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paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540136
ISBN
9780199540136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A complete English translation of the correspondence between the philosopher Martin Heidegger and the novelist and essayist Ernst Junger, together with a translation of Junger's essay Across the Line. Translator(s): Quinn, Timothy Sean. Series: New Heidegger Research. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HPCF; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783488766
ISBN
9781783488766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.49

Paperback. Selima Hill is one of Britain's leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). "People Who Like Meatballs" is her 14th book of poetry - her 11th from Bloodaxe. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178. 128 pages. Selima Hill is one of Britain's leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). "People Who Like Meatballs" is her 14th book of poetry - her 11th from Bloodaxe. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight: 178.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249458
ISBN
9781852249458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

paperback. If you know sentences, you know everything. Good sentences promise nothing less than lessons and practice in the organization of the world. This title offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061840531
ISBN
9780061840531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99

Paperback. A History of Victorian Literature offers a wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900 exploring the extraordinarily varied literary production and reception of the Victorian age, with fresh considerations of major figures and new attention to neglected and less familiar careers. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672396
ISBN
9780470672396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Paperback. Latest collection by leading British poet. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248840
ISBN
9781852248840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.81

Paperback. I saw a tramp last night the way the old dog walked with dotted, tired fur down nobody's alley being nobody's dog ..past the empty vodka bottles past the peanut butter jars, with wires full of electricity and the birds asleep somewhere, down the alley he went - nobody's dog moving through it all, brave as any army. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061771217
ISBN
9780061771217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. With tactile eroticism coursing through, this work presents poems that never give up hope; they exhibit a tenacious optimism - or at least a steely pragmatism - that says: we have what we are given, there is no alternative, and we all must find what joy we can in life, and in its living. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224081719
ISBN
9780224081719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Juxtaposing creation and destruction, hope and grief, this book presents poems that argue for bewilderment and 'the slight bruise of doubt'. It features poems that remind us of our abdications, of our collapsed relationships with nature, with history and with ourselves; whether walking an abandoned road, or considering a friend's suicide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224079440
ISBN
9780224079440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 344 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Minden, Michael; Bachmann, Holger. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film, "Metropolis" became an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. This work provides a range of materials and resources for the study of this film, including critical essays and contributions. It also presents a two-part introduction dealing with the genesis, production, and contemporary reception of the film. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH. Dimension: 162 x 228 x 19. Weight: 504.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571131461
ISBN
9781571131461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.83

Paperback. Tibullus was one of the great Roman elegists, alongside Ovid and Propertius. His poems of love, addressed to his mistresses Delia and Nemesis and the boy Marathus portray idealism, anguish, and betrayal, newly translated into stylish English by A. M. Juster, with parallel Latin text, introduction, and notes by Tibullus scholar Robert Maltby. Translator(s): Juster, A. M. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199603312
ISBN
9780199603312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799409
ISBN
9780804799409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and Proust. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923868
ISBN
9781847923868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536251
ISBN
9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447040
ISBN
9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415229357
ISBN
9780415229357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. The Half-Caste is a story of race relations in colonial India; daring and progressive in its time, it is still fresh today.

Editor(s): Edmundson, Melissa. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812752
ISBN
9781554812752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. New version of Lorca's bloodfest at the Almeida Theatre, London, directed by Rufus Norris and starring Gael Garcia Bernal. On the eve of the wedding of a young couple from rival clans, the bride-to-be elopes with a former lover. The groom's mother is torn between a desire for vengeance and the instinct to protect her son. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598554
ISBN
9781854598554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family - and a marriage - through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425767
ISBN
9781848425767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: D; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Playdead Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910067222
ISBN
9781910067222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry, from secondary to graduate school. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470656013
ISBN
9780470656013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; DB; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 180 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1486.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611800951
ISBN
9781611800951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.80

Paperback. Explores the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature - issues central to the study of medieval art. This book examines the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and more. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Bouche, Anne-Marie. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 464 pages, 198 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; DSBB; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124766
ISBN
9780691124766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Eugene F. Num Pages: 684 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
684
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970564
ISBN
9780865970564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.36

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