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hardcover. Combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry. Translator(s): Stallings, Alicia. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396903
ISBN
9780141396903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

paperback. A poem that demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this men can live in peace of mind and happiness. Translator(s): Stallings, Alicia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Later Printing Used
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447965
ISBN
9780140447965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors. Num Pages: 250 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319545165
ISBN
9783319545165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.10

Paperback. Cicero's philosophical works are now exciting renewed interest, in part because he provides vital evidence of the views of the (largely lost) Greek philosophers of the Hellenistic age, and partly because of the light he casts on the intellectual life of first century Rome. This edition uses the 1997 Clarendon text by the acclaimed translator P.G. Walsh. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540068
ISBN
9780199540068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HPQ; HRA; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 473.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530977
ISBN
9781349530977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HPQ; HRA; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602298
ISBN
9780230602298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.22

Hardback. An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology. Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844648
ISBN
9781843844648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. Editor(s): Mabey, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140431124
ISBN
9780140431124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.96

Hardback. Full of fiction, nonfiction, art, cartoons, poetry, and humour "The Saturday Evening Post" was a popular and influential American magazine. This text provides summaries of the short stories, which illustrate the changing perception of Native American society. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810838796
ISBN
9780810838796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.63

Hardcover. The National Body in Mexican Literature presents a revisionist reading of the Mexican canon that challenges assumptions of State hegemony and national identity. It analyzes the representation of sick, disabled, and miraculously healed bodies in Mexican literature from 1940 to 1980 in narrative fiction by Vicente Lenero, Juan Rulfo, among others. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137546272
ISBN
9781137546272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

paperback. This collection brings together a wealth of innovative poetry styles that have flourished in the 20th century, whether in the witty modern-day sonnets of Wendy Cope, the nonsense poems of Spike Milligan, the prose poems of T.S. Elliot, or the rhythmic and vibrant outpourings of Benjamin Zephaniah. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
BBC Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022773
ISBN
9780563551430
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. In 1995 BBC Television's "Bookworm" programme conducted a poll amongst viewers to determine their favourite poems. The top 100 are presented in this book. They include the winner, Kipling's "If", and many other classics, as well as modern verse by writers such as Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 207 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Edition
1st. Edition
Publisher
BBC Books B.B.C./BBC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780563387824
ISBN
9780563387824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. A selection of 100 popular love poems, based on a nation-wide poll. They include John Donne's "The Good-Morrow", Shakespeare's sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?", Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "How Do I Love Thee?". Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
London Bridge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0281235
ISBN
9780563383789
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349211
ISBN
9780822349211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403983909
ISBN
9781403983909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. This book investigates representations of the nation of India as characterized by unity and diversity in the works of six contemporary novelists, linking their work to important political, historical and theoretical writings. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349539420
ISBN
9781349539420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Intended for the fans of Anthony Bourdain, this is a collection of his journalism. Containing stories from his worldwide misadventures, it talks about scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, the unglamorous aspects of making television, calling for the head of raw food activist Woody Harrelson, and confessing to lobster-killing guilt. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254. Collected Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps and Bones. 304 pages. Intended for the fans of Anthony Bourdain, this is a collection of his journalism. Containing stories from his worldwide misadventures, it talks about scrounging for eel in the backstreets of Hanoi, the unglamorous aspects of making television, calling for the head of raw food activist Woody Harrelson, and confessing to lobster-killing guilt. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNJ; WBA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747579816
ISBN
9780747579816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing to edges and ffep, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
SKU
KSS0010044
ISBN
9780140104981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents travel writings which chronicle the author's perilous journeys through Japan and also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him. Translator(s): Yuasa, Noboyuki. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441857
ISBN
9780140441857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401052
ISBN
9781137401052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

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