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paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099485155
ISBN
9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. Pomeroy sets the Pythagorean and Neopythagorean women vividly in their historical, ecological, and intellectual contexts, illustrated with original photographs of sites and artifacts known to these women. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409566
ISBN
9781421409566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.14

Hardback. Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting volume that explores the theory and practice of tragedy from the Greek tragedians to the present day, tracing important developments, continuities and discontinuities in the tragic tradition and exploring the afterlives of some of the most resonant tragic narratives. Editor(s): Brown, Sarah Annes; Silverstone, Catherine. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135467
ISBN
9781405135467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Stanbury, Sarah. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 117 pages, 0 black and white; 1 full color. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580440332
ISBN
9781580440332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Sarah. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785848
ISBN
9781564785848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Poems about the anxiety of the present -- the dread that comes with being human at his particular moment. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452646
ISBN
9781552452646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. Written by a Principal Lecturer in English with over ten years' experience in teaching literary and cultural theory, Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction gives you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It outlines the basics in clear, jargon-free English, and provides added-value features like key ideas and memorable quotations. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473611924
ISBN
9781473611924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779836
ISBN
9780226779836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. This is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the 'new wars' of the global era. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899932
ISBN
9780859899932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.17

Paperback. This is a full-length study of the representation of contemporary warfare on the British stage and investigates the strategies deployed by theatre practitioners in Britain as they meet the representational challenges posed by the 'new wars' of the global era. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899949
ISBN
9780859899949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.45

Mechthild of Magdeburg gained some renown for her extraordinary book of mystical revelations, "The Flowing Light of the Godhead". Yet her writings dropped into obscurity after her death, many assume because of her gender. This seeks to explain this fate by considering Mechthild's own view of female authorship. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238020
ISBN
9780812238020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.31

Hardback. This is the first English translation of Sara Pujol Russell's poetry. It has density of presence and lyrical complexity. This is conceptualized, metaphysical poetry that challenges us to unwrap her imagery and thus to enter intimately into her universe. Such poetry relies less on narrative and more on the compulsion of words themselves. Translator(s): Valis, Noel Maureen. Num Pages: 123 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910994
ISBN
9781575910994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650902
ISBN
9781890650902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.34

Hardback. Gray Matter: 1. the material of the brain. 2. an expression naming an idea or situation held in shadow. This book tangles with the unknown, but also celebrates the seductive curiosity its mystery provokes--A love letter from the imagination to the scientists and philosophers who, despite remarkable attempts, still cannot locate its source. Series: Poets Out Loud. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257782
ISBN
9780823257782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.54

Paperback. Malton examines the literary and cultural representation of the financial crime of forgery from the time of massive executions of forgers during the early nineteenth century to the forger's emergence as the ultimate criminal aesthete at the fin-de-siecle." Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349376964
ISBN
9781349376964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.10

Hardback. The book addresses three key questions in Victorian studies-property, the state, and national identity-and will interest scholars of the period as well as those in Irish studies, postcolonial theory, and gender studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781421403274
ISBN
9781421403274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110806
ISBN
9781551110806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.66

Hardback. Romanticism After Auschwitz reveals how one of the most insistently anti-romantic discourses, post-Holocaust testimony, remains romantic, and proceeds to show how this insight compels a thorough rethinking of romanticism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755245
ISBN
9780804755245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Paperback. Explores how people of African descent responded to the collapse and reconsolidation of colonial life in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1845). This title traces expressions of both aesthetic and experiential transcolonial black politics across the Caribbean world, including Hispaniola, Louisiana and the Gulf South, Jamaica and Cuba. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 312 pages, 29 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271128
ISBN
9780520271128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.48
€ 43.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 45 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 77.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650759
ISBN
9781890650759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.73

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