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Paperback. The resourceful hero of "The Country Wife" is Horner, the scourge of stupid husbands and the hope of unhappy wives. Through a single simple ruse, Horner helps one woman after another settle accounts with a foolish spouse. Margery, the country wife, upsets his plans when she learns the manners of the city and begins to apply them herself. Editor(s): Fujimura, Thomas Hikaru. Num Pages: 153 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253711
- ISBN
- 9780803253711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. This work is Stanley Cavell's definitive expression on Emerson. The sustained effort of 30 years of labour is drawn together here for the first time into a single volume, which also contains two previously unpublished essays and an introduction by Cavell that reflects on this book and its history. Editor(s): Hodge, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745437
- ISBN
- 9780804745437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Twenty-Third and ed.
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.89€ 114.60
€ 127.89
€ 114.60
Paperback. "The essays, poems, and artwork included in this anthology--by the likes of Abdelkebir Khatibi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Albert Memmi, Etel Adnan, Sembene Ousmane, Renae Depestre, and Mohamed Melehi--offer a unique window into the political and artistic imaginaries of writers and intellectuals from the Global South." Editor(s): Harrison, Olivia; Villa-Ignacio, Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; DQ; DS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796156
- ISBN
- 9780804796156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638376
- ISBN
- 9780816638376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315445
- ISBN
- 9780822315445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Paperback. Drawing attention to the interplay between writing and vision, this book is stuffed with more than 200 images. It is a meditation on the threads that unite mothers and sons and the ways that certain writers and photographers take up those threads and create art that captures an irretrievable past. Num Pages: 536 pages, 215 illustrations (32 in color). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 199 x 47. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339625
- ISBN
- 9780822339625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.90
€ 35.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240562
- ISBN
- 9780823240562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Hardcover. Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New ed of 1928 ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780837111278
- ISBN
- 9780837111278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.68€ 26.00
€ 68.68
€ 26.00
Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232384
- ISBN
- 9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.31
€ 43.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Maclehose Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857050106
- ISBN
- 9780857050106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Hardback. An illustrated collector's edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Father of the modern ghost story. Illustrator(s): Edwards, Les. Editor(s): Jones, Stephen. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: DQ; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388049
- ISBN
- 9780857388049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.87
€ 46.99
€ 30.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388391
- ISBN
- 9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? This title addresses these questions and others. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898386
- ISBN
- 9780859898386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. The re-issue of Just Give me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou - one of the most celebrated writers and poets of the world. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Virago London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860682646
- ISBN
- 9780860682646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. In a series of vignettes of life in her village, Alice Taylor reasserts the priorities of public space and local community. The Parish evokes and explores the positive values of community, which could be renewed and reinvigorated for a present and future that achieves harmony between comfort and the pressing need to respect the environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780863223976
- ISBN
- 9780863223976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 64 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868192345
- ISBN
- 9780868192345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. With "Nervous Device, " Catherine Wagner explores the boundary the poem marks between poet and audience on the map of desire. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865655
- ISBN
- 9780872865655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094693
- ISBN
- 9780906094693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.49€ 108.53
€ 112.49
€ 108.53
hardcover. The letters (1907-1929) present immediate accounts of events and relationships that profoundly shaped Hemingway's life and work. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Ernest Hemingway. Num Pages: 1870 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 150. Weight in Grams: 3760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1870
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107128392
- ISBN
- 9781107128392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.03
€ 118.03
Paperback. The second volume of Staunton's influential mid-nineteenth-century edition of Shakespeare's plays, with illustrations by John Gilbert. Editor(s): Staunton, Howard. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama. Num Pages: 784 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108000031
- ISBN
- 9781108000031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Hardback. From the bestselling authors of The Hell with Love, a fierce, funny, touching collection that takes the sting out of 'aging while female.' Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455567003
- ISBN
- 9781455567003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.15
€ 18.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Mary Shelley's Gothic classic reinvented for a new generation Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472120168
- ISBN
- 9781472120168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552450574
- ISBN
- 9781552450574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 8.28
€ 17.99
€ 8.28