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paperback. Offers two works on life's fleeting pleasures by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. This book includes ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court. Translator(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192109
ISBN
9780141192109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141864
ISBN
9780231141864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.57
€ 76.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816512812
ISBN
9780816512812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 461 colour & 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626728
ISBN
9783837626728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.74
€ 57.27

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359027
ISBN
9781906359027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.67
€ 54.81

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359065
ISBN
9781906359065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.67
€ 54.23

Hardback. An examination of the writings of 19th- and turn-of-the-20th-century Native, African, Asian and Anglo-American frontier writers. It views frontiers as "human spaces" where cultures make contact as it considers multicultural frontier writers who speak from "west of the border". Num Pages: 234 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821413456
ISBN
9780821413456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669776
ISBN
9780816669776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669783
ISBN
9780816669783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. A suite of poems as letters to personages both real and imagined with political undertones rarely seen in Sibum's oeuvre. Num Pages: 72 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231524
ISBN
9781897231524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 7.53

Paperback. Some of the speakers in this poetry collection are ancient, some modern, and all ask questions dictated by their situations in life and history. The characters are for the most part stoical and pessimistic, but their pessimism is remote from the cynicism and irony of our age. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543032
ISBN
9781857543032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.66

Hardback. Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London's most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736573
ISBN
9780674736573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650681
ISBN
9781890650681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Hardback. ghton Thaxter was an author, painter, gardener, and one of the most popular New England poets of the late nineteenth century. Drawing on previously unexamined letters and family papers as well as Thaxter's own writings and other sources, Mandel reveals new details about the author's life and places her in a broader literary and cultural context. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652977
ISBN
9781584652977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.46

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646053
ISBN
9780691646053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.43

Hardcover. A stimulating and enticing selection of the writings and witticisms of the early 19th century liberal cleric and founder of 'The Edinburgh Review', arranged thematically along with biographical extracts written by his daughter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC91; HRCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718829513
ISBN
9780718829513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. An intriguing and culturally diverse group of voices exploring the inner life. Editor(s): Minnick, Norman. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935210078
ISBN
9781935210078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.64

Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475054
ISBN
9780801475054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. In this new interpretation of the Education of Cyrus, in which Xenophon theorized about leadership, Sandridge considers Xenophon's portrait of Cyrus as sincerely laudatory though not idealized. He explores the wider context in which Xenophon's Theory of Leadership was conceived, as well as the problems of leadership he sought to address. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067028
ISBN
9780674067028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021989
ISBN
9781910021989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

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