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hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754603429
- ISBN
- 9780754603429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Political Ideas of Enlightenment Women: Virtue and Citizenship
Curtis-Wendlandt, Lisa; Gibbard, Paul; Green,...
hardcover. This edited collection showcases the contribution of women to the development of political ideas during the Enlightenment, and presents an alternative to the male-authored canon of philosophy and political thought. Recently, considerable scholarly attention has been paid to women's literary writing and their role in salon society. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472409539
- ISBN
- 9781472409539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399425
- ISBN
- 9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0007138
- ISBN
- 9781842231364
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141439693
- ISBN
- 9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.75
€ 19.99
€ 9.75
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781555976453
- ISBN
- 9781555976453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. A contemporary political play exploring race, identity and the concept of home, by Olivier Award-winning playwright Bola Agbaje. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408172834
- ISBN
- 9781408172834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
paperback. Explores the author's relationship with his father. This title also reflects on the life and legacy of the author's cousin, Lucy Partington, who disappeared without trace in 1973 and was exhumed twenty years later from the basement of Frederick West, one of Britain's prolific serial murderers. Num Pages: 416 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285823
- ISBN
- 9780099285823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. A divorced, middle-aged English professor finds himself increasingly unable to resist affairs with his female students. When discovered by the college authorities he is expected to apologize to save his job, but instead he refuses and resigns, retiring to live with his daughter on her remote farm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099289524
- ISBN
- 9780099289524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. An omnibus that celebrates Horace Rumpole's legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the "Oxford Book of English Verse" and less-than-salubrious hat. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140067682
- ISBN
- 9780140067682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.81
€ 21.99
€ 15.81
paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140081954
- ISBN
- 9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. Editor(s): Bauer, Laurie; Trudgill, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140260236
- ISBN
- 9780140260236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Presents a vicar's ludicrous expedition in 1857 to the Garden of Eden in Tasmania. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140285215
- ISBN
- 9780140285215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Combines medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. This title recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Editor(s): O'Donnell, C.; Roche, Thomas P. Num Pages: 1248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140422078
- ISBN
- 9780140422078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 18.66
€ 32.99
€ 18.66
paperback. Traces the story of Arthur's rule, from his first encounter with Guinevere and the quest for the Holy Grail to the adultery of his Queen with Launcelot and the King's death in a final battle that spells the ruin of his kingdom. The author's depiction of the Round Table reflects a longing for a past age of valour and chivalry. Editor(s): Gray, J. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140422535
- ISBN
- 9780140422535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. One of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of his best-known poems, from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", "Kubla Khan" to "Dejection: An Ode" and the ballad "Christabel". Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140423532
- ISBN
- 9780140423532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and John Milton, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne. Editor(s): Burrow, Colin. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424447
- ISBN
- 9780140424447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Editor(s): Steffan, T.G.; Steffan, E.; Pratt, W.W. Series Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424522
- ISBN
- 9780140424522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.29
€ 17.99
€ 15.29
paperback. 'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. Gently pointing out human follies and the absurdities of the conventional Victorian society in which he lived, Lear's nonsense has enchanted children and adults alike for generations. Editor(s): Noakes, Vivien. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424652
- ISBN
- 9780140424652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
paperback. A selection of Rossetti's poems that includes an introduction, a chronology of Rossetti's life and works, and explanatory notes. Editor(s): Roe, Dinah. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424690
- ISBN
- 9780140424690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45