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Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437010
- ISBN
- 9780140437010
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
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Paperback. Recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward ugly manifestations. The author reflects on a question underlying the reflections in this book - what does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in God? Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099276968
- ISBN
- 9780099276968
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
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Paperback. Set in the 17th century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, this is a tale of medieval legends and dastardly deeds, mixed with portions of exploration literature. Roberto, a young nobleman, waits alone on a Pacific island, separated from the island beyond: the island of the day before. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396664
- ISBN
- 9780749396664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. Covers a range of topics on which the author has written and lectured over the years. This book explores lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a disquisition on the theme that runs through his novel, "The Prague Cemetery". Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099553946
- ISBN
- 9780099553946
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
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Paperback. The author of "The Name of the Rose" considers a wide range of topics, from "Superman" and "Casablanca", Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni, Jim Jones and mass suicide, and Woody Allen, to pop festivals and football, and not least the social and personal implications of tight jeans. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396282
- ISBN
- 9780749396282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428633
- ISBN
- 9780099428633
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
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€ 11.64
Paperback. Umberto Eco explores the most distant realms of our imagination Translator(s): McEwen, Alastair. Num Pages: 480 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857052964
- ISBN
- 9780857052964
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.36
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Paperback. .". not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." The Review of Metaphysics.". essential reading for anyone interesting in.. the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library JournalIn this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts." Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- Midland Book ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253203182
- ISBN
- 9780253203182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.91
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Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453949
- ISBN
- 9780099453949
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. Umberto Eco explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. With a series of examples, ranging from fairy tales to Mickey Spillane, Eco draws his readers in by making them collaborators in the creation of text, and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674810518
- ISBN
- 9780674810518
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.50
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208699
- ISBN
- 9780253208699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.66
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Paperback. In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about the interpretation of a text in two different languages, thus involving a shift between cultures. Translator(s): McEwen, Alastair. Series: Emilio Goggio Publications Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096142
- ISBN
- 9780802096142
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.28
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€ 28.28
paperback. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W&N London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025142
- ISBN
- 9780753808788
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
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Paperback. Selection from the Korean poet's epic 30-volume series of books featuring a poem about every person he has known in his 81-year life. Translator(s): Sang-Wha, Lee. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780372426
- ISBN
- 9781780372426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.31
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€ 15.31
Paperback. Ko Un, the preeminent Korean poet of the twentieth century, embraces Buddhism with the versatility of a master Taoist sage. This work draws from a poetic reservoir filled with memories and experiences ranging over seventy years of South Korea's tumultuous history from the Japanese occupation to the Korean war to democracy. Translator(s): You, Clare; Silberg, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246133
- ISBN
- 9780520246133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.00
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Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231682
- ISBN
- 9781845231682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
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Paperback. 276pp. A hearing before the subcommittee on international operations and human rights of the committee on interational relations House of Represenatives, 105th Congress, 1st session 24/05/1997
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- US Government Printing Office
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KHS1004024
- ISBN
- 9780160555206
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States...
United States Congress. Ed(S): Bickford, Char...
Hardback. They make available for the first time in English the frank and insightful letters of the French minister on the subject of the new federal government. Editor(s): Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 760 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871603
- ISBN
- 9780801871603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.14
€ 152.14
Paperback. Bibliography and Reference Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KDK0008429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed-a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories. Editor(s): Mahdi, Muhsin. Translator(s): Haddawy, Husain. Num Pages: 560 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Deluxe Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393331660
- ISBN
- 9780393331660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.37
€ 18.99
€ 17.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Wiesenthal, Christine. Num Pages: 333 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 333
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126615
- ISBN
- 9781897126615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
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Paperback. If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159553
- ISBN
- 9780691159553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.17
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173672
- ISBN
- 9780691173672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388800
- ISBN
- 9780195388800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31