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Hardback. Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205598
ISBN
9780872205598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.65
€ 52.14

Hardcover. First edition - Very good copy - Includes newsclippings with dates and publications noted - 10/0027 - 189pp. - Faber and Faber, London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
Number of pages
189
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KCK0001825
ISBN
9780374105181
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 175.00

Paperback. Recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. The author describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps, tables, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440607
ISBN
9780140440607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Hardback. Quintus Ennius, often considered the father of Roman poetry, is best remembered for his epic poem, the Annals, a history of Rome from Aeneas until his own lifetime. This book represents an important bridge between Homer's works in Greek and Vergil's Aeneid. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411293
ISBN
9781421411293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.36
€ 64.43

Paperback. Bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll, this work looks at Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and focuses on topics ranging from Alice's influence on the Beat poet, Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad. Illustrator(s): Tenniel, Sir John. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, references. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140289299
ISBN
9780140289299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Hardback. Emerson remains one of America's least understood writers, having spawned neither school nor follower. Those wishing to discover or reacquaint themselves with Emerson's writings but who have not known where or how to begin will not find a better starting place or more reliable guide than David Mikics in this richly illustrated Annotated Emerson. Editor(s): Mikics, David. Num Pages: 576 pages, 92 color illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 240 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049239
ISBN
9780674049239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. For the first time in paperback, the only annotated edition of Edwin Abbott's classic mind-bending tale of an alternate, two-dimensional universe presented side-by-side with mathematician Ian Stewart's revealing commentary and analysis. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465011230
ISBN
9780465011230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest provides facing-page commentary on Oscar Wilde's greatest play. Editor Nicholas Frankel highlights the play's relation to the author's homosexuality and to the climate of sexual repression that led to Wilde's imprisonment just months after the play's London opening in 1895. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 282 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048980
ISBN
9780674048980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.82

Hardcover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author. Editor(s): Matteson, John. Series: The Annotated Books. Num Pages: 736 pages, Full color, 233 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 347 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393072198
ISBN
9780393072198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.60

Paperback. 336pp. Keywords: "Contemporary, General, Popular Fiction"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KHS0065348
ISBN
9780060559205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059846
ISBN
9780226059846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.46

Hardcover. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059686
ISBN
9780226059686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.45

Hardcover. A gathering of poems, articles, aphorisms, writing exercises, and interviews from this prolific and venerable author Editor(s): Merchant, Paul; Wixon, Vincent. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472098545
ISBN
9780472098545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.23

Paperback. Features an international mix of classic first-person accounts of exploration, literary travelogues and works of cultural history, natural science and fiction about the South Pole. Published alongside, "The Arctic: An Anthology", this title also includes contributors from explorers such as Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Richard Byrd. Editor(s): Spufford, Francis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First THUS
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080288
ISBN
9781847080288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This title demonstrates that rap is also a wide-reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. Editor(s): Bradley, Adam; DuBois, Andrew. Num Pages: 920 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
920
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141917
ISBN
9780300141917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521021265
ISBN
9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638904
ISBN
9780691638904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.27

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610849
ISBN
9780691610849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 42.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Nicola J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555710
ISBN
9780199555710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.35

Hardback. The third of the Waverley Novels is dominated by two old men, Jonathan Oldbuck (the Antiquary of the title) and the beggar Edie Ochiltree. Editor(s): Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605378
ISBN
9780748605378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.26
€ 114.32

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