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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649047
ISBN
9780691649047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Hardback. The author meticulously contextualises the experiences of Achebe and his peers as students at Government College Umuahia and argues for a re-assessment of this influential group of Nigerian writers in relation to the literary culture fostered by the school and its tutors. Series: African Articulations. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011091
ISBN
9781847011091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Greek & English
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856681721
ISBN
9780856681721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. Presents a new perspective on the series of novels that created the stereotype of The Old West, published 1912-39, by looking at the romantic and erotic elements in Grey's portrayal of the landscape, the Code of the West, good guys and bad guys, and women. An appendix lists all 56 novels with short Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875651217
ISBN
9780875651217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Mackintosh-Smith, Tim. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSN; 3F; DQ; HBTM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556. .
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479830596
ISBN
9781479830596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Examines Dante's relation to his contemporary public, an audience that included poets who responded to Dante's early work as well as those who first copied, preserved, and circulated his poetry. Based on research of manuscripts and documents, this study reveals the importance of professional, urban classes as cultivators of early Italian poetry. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041229
ISBN
9780268041229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. * A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
V9780349114477
ISBN
9780349114477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Accompanied Voices is a unique book: not only is it a highly readable anthology of some of the most memorable and accessible international writing about classical music, but also a moving commentary by one set of practising artists on the work of another. Editor(s): Greening, John. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: AV; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270156
ISBN
9781783270156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.58

Paperback. This book features Morton's best work to date from her ten collections. While her poems range in style, topic and region, they capture each universal emotion, delving into our desire to know our place in this world; the reason for our very being. Her words are comfort and wonder and hope. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Review Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781680030877
ISBN
9781680030877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

Hardback. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031562
ISBN
9780674031562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. A reissue of Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's play, Accidental Death of an Anarchist - a sharp satire on police corruption. The play concerns the case of an anarchist railway worker who, in 1969, 'fell' to his death from a police headquarters' window. Translator(s): Hanna, Gillian; Hanna, G.; Nye, Simon. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413156105
ISBN
9780413156105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.49

Hardback. Underwriting the Accident shows how late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century novels taught Americans to classify a wide range of modern injuries as blameless accidents, which in turn became a powerful rationale for new and more interdependent modes of social organization. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804775359
ISBN
9780804775359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.84

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Secular Commentary Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBG; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441896
ISBN
9781580441896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.00

Hardback. Examining fashion accessories in both novels and fashion discourses, Susan Hiner reframes the feminine accessory as a signifier of modernity and makes an important claim about the "accessory" status of women in nineteenth-century France: as both commodities and consumers, women were in fact "accessories to modernity." Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242591
ISBN
9780812242591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.50

Paperback. Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framework and experimentally justified. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFGA; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349280735
ISBN
9781349280735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Paperback. Explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. This title discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; H; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115719
ISBN
9780691115719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Hardback. College-mystery novels, a subgenre known for settings within universities and college towns, draw a reading audience comprised of both academics and the general mystery fan. Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction promises to be an invaluable resource suited for scholarly inquiry and the lay mystery reader. Num Pages: 448 pages, index, references. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSR; FF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810838413
ISBN
9780810838413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.23

Hardback. Bringing his troubling, questing characters - souls who are fascinated by what preceded and conceived them, the author writes with a rich mix of anecdote and reflection, aphorism and quotation, offering enigmatic glimpses of the present, and confident, pointed borrowings from the past. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422446
ISBN
9780857422446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815635154
ISBN
9780815635154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Hardcover. Introducing the infamous hard-drinking and eloquent poet who stands at the very heart of Arabic literary culture. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 145 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
145
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851683604
ISBN
9781851683604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.94

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 78 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd London
Number of pages
78
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573010231
ISBN
9780573010231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.40

Paperback. For years Helene Cixous has been dreaming about The Book-I-Don t-Write but each time she approaches The Book, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don t Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509500550
ISBN
9781509500550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.72

hardcover. Helene Cixous has dreamed for years of "The Book-I-Don't-Write," but each time she approaches it, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don't-Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781509500543
ISBN
9781509500543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479818365
ISBN
9781479818365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

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