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paperback. Essays examine the way stories are told, understood, and used to represent and make sense of the world. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532172
ISBN
9780226532172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113616
ISBN
9780691113616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. On Obligations was written by Cicero after the murder of Julius Caesar to provide principles of behaviour for aspiring politicians. Though written for first-century Romans it has been adopted as a guide to political conduct in every major era in the West: by the early Christians, in the high Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, and in the age of the Enlightenment. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540716
ISBN
9780199540716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.61

Hardcover. In the 4th century CE, Calcidius translated into Latin an important section of Plato's Timaeus, complemented by commentary and organized into coordinated parts. Its organization subsequently informed the sense of macrocosm and microcosm-of the world and our place in it-which is prevalent in western European thought in the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Magee, John. Translator(s): Magee, John. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 940 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674599178
ISBN
9780674599178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of Theology. Editor(s): Sigmund, Paul E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393952438
ISBN
9780393952438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. A collection of poems that takes care and consideration in examining the often brutal arena of human relations, concluding with a mercurial and affecting sequence about a marriage, which takes, as its point of departure, that most influential of military treatise, "The Art of War". Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 105.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237388
ISBN
9780571237388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781788033107
ISBN
9781788033107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 4.57

Paperback. Marcel Proust's fiction is threaded through with evidence of his belief in the importance of reading. This book contains a special selection of Proust's own writings about reading, along with a key Ruskin essay 'Of Kings' Treasuries'. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Series: On. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843916161
ISBN
9781843916161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. A revision of George Kennedy's translation of, introdution to, and commentary on Aristotle's On Rhetoric. His translation is most accurate, his general introduction is the most thorough and insightful, and his brief introductions to sections of the work, along with his explanatory footnotes, are the most useful available. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305098
ISBN
9780195305098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.82

Hardback. Editor(s): Bourdeau, Debra Taylor; Kraft, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493146
ISBN
9781611493146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.42

Paperback. Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043852
ISBN
9780141043852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916260675
ISBN
9780916260675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; VFVC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mystic Productions Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977872763
ISBN
9780977872763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Morgan, Barbara; Perez, Maya. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APFB; DSG; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310908
ISBN
9781477310908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080789
ISBN
9780226080789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396965
ISBN
9780141396965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

paperback. Parallel-text edition. Edited and translated by E. M. Wilkinson and L. A. Willoughby. Editor(s): Wilkinson, E. M.; Willoughby, L. A. Num Pages: 572 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724. Good copy showing minor age and shelf wear. Sunning to spine. Light scoring to interior. Page edges well-defined
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Clarendon Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025198
ISBN
9780198157861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

hardcover. CORK This captivating collection shares the best poems and songs about Cork city, from Edmund Spenser to Theo Dorgan, and from 'The Bold Thady Quill' to Rory Gallagher's 'My Hometown'. Famous characters and landmarks of the Beautiful City are evoked, as is, of course, the River Lee. Editor(s): Hopkin, Alannah. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 360 x 34. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781848892934
ISBN
9781848892934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. Offers a selection taken from Walt Whitman's (1819-1892) Leaves of Grass. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 162 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141398228
ISBN
9780141398228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

46pp. Cover design by Jack Yeats. Worn copy with character, damage to cover at spine leaving front and rear nearly loose, buffed edges on cover, pages remain firmly together and not damaged by cover wear, pages are slightly browned but clean with very few manuscript notes in pencil here and there. Keywords: Ireland - Poetry and prose - Fiction - Poets - Authors -
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
The Cuala Press
Publication date
1938
SKU
KEX0174050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 185.00

Hardback. 46pp. Second Edition. 8vo. For all practical purposes, this is the first edition because all except for 4 copies of the first printing were destroyed by Yeats' wife. Clean and attractive in the original blue wrappers. Cover is worn and detached. Cover design by Jack B Yeats. Keywords: Irish Literature
Publisher
The Cuala Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0044459
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 295.00

Paperback. A dazzling new collection by the former Poet Laureate of the United States. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393320268
ISBN
9780393320268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.87

hardcover. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099266
ISBN
9780802099266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.91

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Anthony; etc. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210. 240pp. Keywords: Irish poetry, anthology
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KHS1011326
ISBN
9780948339851
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 19.00

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