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Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DCF; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Olmstead Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587540233
- ISBN
- 9781587540233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.52
€ 20.99
€ 15.52
Hardback. Brings together the important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, to provide a contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. This book aims to understand the likenesses and differences which existed between Israel and the surrounding cultures. Editor(s): Pritchard, James B. Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 285 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691035031
- ISBN
- 9780691035031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.81€ 158.24
€ 205.81
€ 158.24
Paperback. Robert Alter's award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible continues with the stirring narrative of Israel's ancient history. Num Pages: 880 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRCG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393348767
- ISBN
- 9780393348767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.45
€ 21.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in "doing" ancient history, as opposed to "reading" it. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106580
- ISBN
- 9781405106580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.89
€ 43.99
€ 43.89
Hardcover. This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in "doing" ancient history, as opposed to "reading" it. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106573
- ISBN
- 9781405106573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.79
€ 110.79
This volume examines cinematic representations of ancient Greek women from the realms of myth and history. It discusses how these female figures were resurrected on the big screen by different filmmakers during different historical moments, and were therefore embedded within a narrative which served various purposes. Editor(s): Nikoloutsos, Konstantinos P. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; APFA; DSBB; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199678921
- ISBN
- 9780199678921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
Paperback. This book not only introduces readers to ancient scholarship, but also teaches them how to read it. It includes a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the language, a glossary of over 1500 grammatical terms, and a set of more than 200 passages for translation, each accompanied by commentary. Series: American Philological Association Classical Resources Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195312935
- ISBN
- 9780195312935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Paperback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Editor(s): Stephens, Susan A.; Winkler, John J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 558 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608846
- ISBN
- 9780691608846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 63.31
€ 82.32
€ 63.31
Paperback. Editor(s): McConnell, Justine; Hall, Edith. Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSK; HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472579386
- ISBN
- 9781472579386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. In this book, Tim Whitmarsh offers an innovative new introduction to ancient Greek literature. The volume integrates cutting--edge cultural theory with the latest research in classical scholarship, providing a comprehensive, sophisticated and accessible account of literature from Homer to late antiquity. Series: Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627922
- ISBN
- 9780745627922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.28
€ 28.28
Hardback. After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265790
- ISBN
- 9780520265790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 71.25
€ 94.08
€ 71.25
Hardback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159470
- ISBN
- 9781405159470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.41
€ 98.41
Paperback. Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118255346
- ISBN
- 9781118255346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.55
€ 35.55
paperback. Poetry, stories, hymns, prayers, and wisdom texts found exquisite written expression in ancient Egypt while their literary counterparts were still being recited around hearth fires in ancient Greece and Israel. This title offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature. Translator(s): Foster, John L. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780292725270
- ISBN
- 9780292725270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.03
€ 27.99
€ 21.03
Paperback. A collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt. It shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. It explores the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 line drawings 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2CXC; AS; DNF; HRC; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004587
- ISBN
- 9780691004587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 55.00
€ 70.56
€ 55.00
Paperback. This is a much-needed and highly anticipated examination of Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, one of the forerunners of Greek philosophical and scientific thought. Series: Phoenix Presocractic Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611634
- ISBN
- 9781442611634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.14
€ 40.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. 247pp
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780670918072
- ISBN
- 9780670918072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99
€ 13.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813562155
- ISBN
- 9780813562155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. In Egypt, Nuri, a teenage boy, falls in love with Mona - the woman his father will marry. Consumed with longing, Nuri wants to get his father out of the way - to take his place in Mona's heart. But when his father disappears, Nuri regrets what he wished for. Alone, he and Mona search desperately for the man they both love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027500
- ISBN
- 9780141027500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631448
- ISBN
- 9781629631448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.46
€ 15.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213944
- ISBN
- 9780520213944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.62
€ 40.99
€ 28.62
Hardcover. The "Anabasis of Alexander" by Arrian (ca. 95 175 BCE) is the best extant account of Alexander the Great s adult life. A description of India and of Nearchus voyage thence, was to be a supplement. Translator(s): Robson, E.I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 634 pages, 1col map. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 634
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Revised Text and Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674992603
- ISBN
- 9780674992603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.29
€ 33.99
€ 30.29
Hardcover. The "Anabasis" by Xenophon (c. 430 c. 354 BCE) is an eyewitness account of Greek mercenaries' challenging 'March Up-Country' from Babylon back to the coast of Asia Minor under Xenophon s guidance in 401 BCE, after their leader Cyrus the Younger fell in a failed campaign against his brother. Translator(s): Brownson, C.L. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 652
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674991019
- ISBN
- 9780674991019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.44
€ 33.99
€ 32.44
Paperback. This collection of forty 'hadith' by one of the most famous compilers of 'hadith' is generally regarded as the most popular anthology and the best introduction to the study of the Prophet's sayings. The Arabic original has been printed alongside the English translation. Translator(s): Ibrahim, Ezzeddin; Davies, Denys Johnson. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HRH; HRLC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 132
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621651
- ISBN
- 9780946621651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58