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Paperback. Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning', the author begins with an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325680
- ISBN
- 9780822325680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Paperback. Through five colourful characters, three of them living out their very individual lives in an unnamed public park in Johannesburg, Zakes Mda explores the plight of women and children in a patriarchal and male-dominated twenty-first century world. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. Weight in Grams: 165.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145676
- ISBN
- 9781868145676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
paperback. This collection of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. Included is the story of two women who meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868142224
- ISBN
- 9781868142224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
paperback. This is the first book to survey all of Klein's poetry, prose, and journalism, published and unpublished, and place it in the context of its times. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802072344
- ISBN
- 9780802072344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.66
€ 44.99
€ 39.66
Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 120 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880382
- ISBN
- 9781589880382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.80
€ 20.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. 'White Teeth' is a comic epic of multicultural Britain which tells the story of immigrants in England over a period of 40 years. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140297782
- ISBN
- 9780140297782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, this book is written with a passion for ideas, for language and for the rich tragic-comedy of life. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 1st Paper Back - 6th Impression
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140276336
- ISBN
- 9780140276336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Features a collection of essays on literature, cinema, art - and everything in between. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019468
- ISBN
- 9780141019468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the competitive context in which Athenian comic drama was performed shaped the poetry and plots of Aristophanes' plays. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521764070
- ISBN
- 9780521764070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.50
€ 71.50
Paperback. The poems in Zachariah Wells's second collection range from childhood to dimly foreseen events in the future; they idle on all three of Canada's coasts, travel the open road, take walks in the city and pause on the banks of country streams and ponds. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897231586
- ISBN
- 9781897231586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 7.49
€ 15.99
€ 7.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 36
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890650506
- ISBN
- 9781890650506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632430182
- ISBN
- 9781632430182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.50
€ 18.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431424863
- ISBN
- 9781431424863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009530
- ISBN
- 9780947962906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- SKU
- KLN0014330
- ISBN
- 9780947962906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 82 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Smith/Doorstop
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910367568
- ISBN
- 9781910367568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.43
€ 13.00
€ 11.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747571124
- ISBN
- 9780747571124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.99
€ 19.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444744156
- ISBN
- 9781444744156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This work analyzes Paz's political thought, arguing that it is rooted in two separate and often antagonistic traditions, Liberalism and Romanticism. This work also provides a discussion of the political culture and democratization of Mexico. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 170 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511279
- ISBN
- 9780742511279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.73
€ 134.73
Hardcover. Since the publication of his first book in 1953, the author has become one of the most important French poets of the postwar years. This English translation of his celebrated work "L'Arriere-Pays", takes us to the heart of his creative process and to the very core of his poetic spirit. Translator(s): Romer, Stephen. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 164 pages, 20 colour plates. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562. From the library of Michel Déon. Signed by the translator with an inscription to Déon. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelf wear, remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021380
- ISBN
- 9780857420268
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780916583286
- ISBN
- 9780916583286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. IN Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857423023
- ISBN
- 9780857423023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.33
€ 20.99
€ 18.33
Hardback. As a translator of Shakespeare in France, the author's fascination with Nicolas Poussin is displayed in "God in Hamlet" and "For a Staging of Othello," two poems in prose which belong to a series of his meditations on the plays. This collection includes haunting reflections on children, nature, the origins of art, and vanished cultures. Translator(s): Rogers, Hoyt. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857421838
- ISBN
- 9780857421838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.97
€ 19.99
€ 16.97
Hardback. Yves Bonnefoy is considered as foremost French poet of his generation. This title features both epigrammatic concision and narratives that meander with the poet's thought as he struggles to understand and express some of the undercurrents of human life. It also includes Bonnefoy childhood cityscapes and explores the tricks memory plays on us. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverley Bie. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422279
- ISBN
- 9780857422279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.34
€ 20.99
€ 18.34