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Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079595
- ISBN
- 9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. An anthology of the verse of Ryokan (1758-1831), a Buddhist monk of the Zen sect, who was a major figure in Tokugawa poetry. It contains not only representative works influenced by poets of the 8th-century, but also a number of Chinese poems (kanshi) which are doctrinal in nature. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 126 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231044158
- ISBN
- 9780231044158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. In the first in-depth study of the emotional dimensions of Du Bois's and Emerson's writings on public intellectualism, reform, and race, Schneider offers a valuable and eloquent contribution to the critical tradition. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618848
- ISBN
- 9780230618848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. Established in 1968, John Fuller's Sycamore Press published some of the most critically acclaimed writers of the past half-century including W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, and Peter Porter. The press ceased operations in 1992, but remains an excellent example of the unique qualities associated with the small press movement in England. Editor(s): Roberts, Ryan. Num Pages: 160 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243235
- ISBN
- 9781851243235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604734201
- ISBN
- 9781604734201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Paperback. Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975705
- ISBN
- 9780674975705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.71
€ 23.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534873
- ISBN
- 9781557534873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.94
€ 61.94
Hardcover. Magic and the supernatural are common themes in the philosophy and fiction of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores varieties of scepticism and belief exhibited by a selection of philosophers and playwrights, including Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Giordano Bruno, John Dee, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193294
- ISBN
- 9781845193294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643196
- ISBN
- 9780748643196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.94
€ 34.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178. 190 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 14. Weight: 178.
- Publisher
- Akashic Books,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933354958
- ISBN
- 9781933354958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 10 line art illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646869
- ISBN
- 9780816646869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289932
- ISBN
- 9780803289932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417974
- ISBN
- 9781421417974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.75
€ 41.99
€ 34.75
Hardcover. The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240028
- ISBN
- 9780312240028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403049
- ISBN
- 9781137403049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.65
€ 105.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349210626
- ISBN
- 9781349210626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480771
- ISBN
- 9781611480771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.35
€ 117.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349049318
- ISBN
- 9781349049318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSC; HRH; JFSJ. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343249
- ISBN
- 9781349343249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340640
- ISBN
- 9780230340640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349136711
- ISBN
- 9781349136711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.83
€ 67.83
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection that includes early formal lyrics, fierce feminist and political poems, and meditations on the author's husband suicide, on love, loss, blindness and aging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First U. K. Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248413
- ISBN
- 9781852248413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. A collection of poems that focus on the lives of ordinary people - children, vicars, orphans, nurses, grannies, social workers at a dance, and old people in residential homes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463839
- ISBN
- 9780856463839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.50
€ 15.99
€ 14.50
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125227
- ISBN
- 9781905125227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.83
€ 74.83