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Paperback. Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. This title includes prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441581
ISBN
9780140441581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Professor Jason (Nottingham Trent University); Walton, John K (University of California). Series: Heritage, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTM; KNSG; RGC; TQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138246256
ISBN
9781138246256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. "Concise, learned, revisionary.. should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."- Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Editor(s): Boland, Eavan; Strand, Mark. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321784
ISBN
9780393321784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.43

Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021365
ISBN
9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.06

Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422824
ISBN
9781421422824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.72

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.46
€ 97.57

Hardcover. In this detailed study of the origins of "Shinkokinshu", the author argues that the compilers of "Shinkokinshu" instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions and not a reaction to loss. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008533
ISBN
9780674008533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.84

Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415514682
ISBN
9780415514682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.11

hardcover. This book is a history of the shaping of the reader of Soviet literature, for in Soviet culture the reader was never a "consumer of books" in the Western sense. According to the doctrine of Socialist Realism, the reader was a subject of education, to be reforged and molded. Translator(s): Savage, Jesse M. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728546
ISBN
9780804728546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.27

Hardcover. The first book-length study of Thomas Hoccleve's 'Series' (1419-21), a medieval compilation of texts that exemplify several different literary forms: complaint, dialogue, tale and moralization, and treatise. It combines close textual reading with study of the manuscripts. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898690
ISBN
9780859898690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 437 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; HBA; HBJK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
437
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972056
ISBN
9780865972056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 412 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; HBA; HBJK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
412
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972049
ISBN
9780865972049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. The Malarkey is Helen Dunmore's first poetry book since Glad of These Times (2007). Its title poem won the National Poetry Competition in 2010. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124. 72 pages. The Malarkey is Helen Dunmore's first poetry book since Glad of These Times (2007). Its title poem won the National Poetry Competition in 2010. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 5. Weight: 122.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249403
ISBN
9781852249403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.55

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713642889
ISBN
9780713642889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
71
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877319068
ISBN
9781877319068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

hardcover. As an operative for Pinkerton's Detective Agency the author knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. Taking detective fiction out of the drawing-room, the author 'gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it', as Raymond Chandler said. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152630
ISBN
9781857152630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559361446
ISBN
9781559361446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Offers a collection of over 40 stories by some of the writers of erotica and romance, including Kay Jaybee, K D Grace and Rachel Kramer Bussel - all shortlisted for the Erotic Writer of the Year award - Donna George Storey, Sunday Times bestseller Vina Jackson, Booker-shortlisted Matt Thorne, Portia da Costa and Kristina Lloyd. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472111678
ISBN
9781472111678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Brings together examples of the high-tech, far-future science fiction. This anthology includes stories, such as: "A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String", "A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", "A Machine That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs", "An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe", and more. Editor(s): Ashley, Mike. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 39. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Robinson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
9781845293079
ISBN
9781845293079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.00

Paperback. Mary Shelley's Gothic classic reinvented for a new generation Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472120168
ISBN
9781472120168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. A celebration of women's contribution to science fiction, from established classics to the work of coming stars Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472111661
ISBN
9781472111661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The ultimate collection of tasteless and sick jokes that just shouldn't be told. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849010559
ISBN
9781849010559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780339153
ISBN
9781780339153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
SKU
KTM0006141
ISBN
9780862783723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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