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Paperback. Num Pages: 45 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868198026
- ISBN
- 9780868198026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. This complete guide to ancient Greek rhetoric is exceptional both in its chronological range and the breadth of topics it covers.
* Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium.
* Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1076.
* Traces the rise of rhetoric and its uses from Homer to Byzantium.
* Covers wider-ranging topics such as rhetoric's relationship to knowledge, ethics, religion, law, and emotion. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334142
- ISBN
- 9781444334142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Hardback. Authoritative and reliable editions of the Arabic and modern, lucid English translations introducing treasures of the Arabic literary heritage Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814738948
- ISBN
- 9780814738948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Hardback. Includes insights into Ibn hanbal's childhood, travels, and teachings, descriptions of his way of life, and an account of his legendary confrontation with the caliphal Inquisition Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771662
- ISBN
- 9780814771662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this work details the many blessings of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of subjects such as the ego, the nature of the body, the ephemerality of the world, and the purification of the heart, this work is a great contribution to Muslim spirituality. Translator(s): Slitine, M. Youssef; Fitzgerald, M. Abdurrahman. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621781
- ISBN
- 9780946621781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. In 'Medicine of the Prophet', Ibn Qayyim presents a concise summary of how the Prophet's guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Translator(s): Johnstone, Penelope. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossaries, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH; JFSR2; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621224
- ISBN
- 9780946621224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504935
- ISBN
- 9788763504935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
paperback. "Zombies Vs Robots: This Means War!". Num Pages: 342 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; FM; FX; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 656. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Idea & Design Works
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing
- SKU
- KOC0004678
- ISBN
- 9781613771433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the 20th century's Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. This title argues that through their legacy of social trauma and their obliteration of history, these military regimes gave rise to practices of mourning that pervade the literature of the region. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324157
- ISBN
- 9780822324157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Presents a glimpse into Chinese folk literature through translated verses secretly written by the oppressed village women of Hunan, who bravely scribed their stories, in their own words. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988429
- ISBN
- 9780295988429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180 220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280." Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848145
- ISBN
- 9781603848145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.10€ 73.22
€ 95.10
€ 73.22
Paperback. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180-220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848138
- ISBN
- 9781603848138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841955
- ISBN
- 9781603841955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.56
€ 53.49
€ 42.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206734
- ISBN
- 9781890206734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.80
€ 21.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Jenkins, Islwyn. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Gomer P. Wales
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843233077
- ISBN
- 9781843233077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223231
- ISBN
- 9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The contributors to this collection of essays are all unified by their concern with the instructive power of great literature. The essays explore the polyvalent moral and political impact of classic world literatures on public ethics through the study of some of its major figures. Editor(s): Edmondson, Henry T., III. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101490
- ISBN
- 9780739101490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. This study explores the allegorical-cum-symbolic mode in selected African, African American, and Caribbean literary works, and the discussion of these African, African American, and Caribbean writers' use of the allegorical mode is an attempt to recover the subtext of their works. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851219
- ISBN
- 9780761851219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52
€ 59.52
Paperback. A groundbreaking cultural history of the most influential, most frequently translated, and most imitated novel in the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393353426
- ISBN
- 9780393353426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44