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Hardback. Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin, English, French, German, and Persian, Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances, Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials, and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Editor(s): Stock, Markus. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644663
ISBN
9781442644663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

Paperback. In Alexander the Great in his World, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and pedigree in order to discover what influences and elements from the world around him aided in the rise of his incredible life and career. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232469
ISBN
9780631232469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardcover. In Alexander the Great in his World, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the context of his time, place, culture, and pedigree in order to discover what influences and elements from the world around him aided in the rise of his incredible life and career. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232452
ISBN
9780631232452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.48

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

Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838206905
ISBN
9783838206905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.03
€ 46.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718004
ISBN
9780804718004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458164
ISBN
9780916458164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. This book asks us to rethink such a way of understanding Pope. Refusing to accept Popea s version of reality, Laura Brown reads his poems not for what they claim to say, but for what they rationalize away or fail to recognize. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631135036
ISBN
9780631135036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.19

Paperback. A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature. Editor(s): Fuller, John. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230709
ISBN
9780571230709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411432
ISBN
9781572411432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 133. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887485046
ISBN
9780887485046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Aldred's Marginalia provides an introductory discussion to the explanatory comments in the Lindisfarne Gospels. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 62 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859890366
ISBN
9780859890366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. * Fascinating and perceptive new biography of one of the most brilliant writers of his age: novelist, essayist and born-again mystic Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), author of BRAVE NEW WORLD and EYELESS IN GAZA Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349113487
ISBN
9780349113487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This book excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226668680
ISBN
9780226668680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.41

Hardback. Focusing on works by Rene Crevel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, and Herve Guibert, this book studies how the figures of homosexuality function at the limits of narrative, as part of the deep structure of narrative, and at the border between public and private discourse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724678
ISBN
9780804724678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.58

hardcover. A brand new collection of essays exclusively commissioned by Notting Hill Editions. Iain Sinclair writes in his luminous introduction, the contributors try to explain their impulse to write 'by way of personal anecdote, revelation, or hopeful punt in the dark'. Num Pages: 4 Full Colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions Trade
Edition
First Edition. Hardback.
Condition
New
SKU
9781910749166
ISBN
9781910749166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.46

Hardback. Alchemical Mercury is the first comprehensive study to consider alchemy, from the past through the present and beyond, in relation to literary and visual theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760324
ISBN
9780804760324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. Offers economical, metrical translations that convey the range of effects of the playwright's verse, from the idiomatic speech of its dialogue to the high formality of its choral odes. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
8.8.2007
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208223
ISBN
9780872208223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

Hardback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
206
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208230
ISBN
9780872208230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.40

Paperback. Poems & Fragments. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 150 x 211 x 9. Weight: 166. Translator(s): Dent, R. J.
Publisher
Circaidy Gregory Press
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906451530
ISBN
9781906451530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.86

Paperback. Features the stories ranging from Beowulf to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, via Chaucer and Shakespeare, to the Bronte sisters, 'Alice through the Looking Glass' and 'Lord of the Rings'. This work takes the reader from medieval mystery plays to music hall and pantomime; painting; and music, with Purcell and Vaughan Williams. Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099438076
ISBN
9780099438076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.74

Hardback. Presents a reading of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays. This work focuses on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the cycle of terrorism and counter terrorism that characterized the Algerian War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140867
ISBN
9780231140867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 83.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140874
ISBN
9780231140874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. First collection by one of Britain's liveliest young poets. Wayne Holloway-Smith has been a been a strong presence on the London poetry scene for several years, renowned for his wildly imaginative poems and compelling stage presence. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373300
ISBN
9781780373300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

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