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Paperback. Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as the author. The New York Times Book Review calls her work "personal, necessary, and important," while Publishers Weekly say she is "nothing less than brilliant." This book deals with her works. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226203621
ISBN
9780226203621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.11

Paperback. Jane Eyre is a vivid and powerful novel, abridged and retold here but containing the best and key elements of the novels on which they are based. This book comes with notes, author biography, key themes, a glossary and free audiobook on CD. Series: Webster's Word Power English Readers: Chosen Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset
Edition
Abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910965177
ISBN
9781910965177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Hardback. Edition, translation and full critical study of a hitherto marginalised text, bringing it to full attention for the first time. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843665
ISBN
9781843843665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Examines the human desire to be rich, famous, attractive and powerful and dismisses all these goals as not worth striving for - we are in fact happier as we are. This book seeks to explain both the factual background to the poems and also the literary qualities which make this poetry exciting and moving to a modern audience. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910572337
ISBN
9781910572337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

Paperback. A newly published translation by Kenneth McLeish, with an introduction by Stephen Mulrine. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Series: Drama Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 106 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KTG0010049
ISBN
9781854596109
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents an introduction to Latin literature, with translations of the best passages from Virgil, Livy, Ovid, Seneca and others. This book traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus, to the writers of the Empire such as Lucan and Petronius, to the later writings of St Augustine. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141398112
ISBN
9780141398112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783039113613
ISBN
9783039113613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.28

Paperback. Medea, maddened by her husband Jason's infidelity, murders their two sons. It is one of the most famous of the Greek tragedies. This title conveys the shocking story and our conflicted loyalties as spectators to the tragedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420946
ISBN
9781848420946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Features a story of the wronged wife who avenges herself upon her unfaithful husband by murdering their children is lodged securely in the popular imagination, a touchstone for politics, law, and psychoanalysis and the subject of constant retellings and reinterpretations. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226203454
ISBN
9780226203454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Medea's husband Jason has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made and is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed and fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, and a horrifying, revenge possible. Translator(s): Robertson, Robin. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099511779
ISBN
9780099511779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Morwood, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537969
ISBN
9780199537969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In these four dialogues Plato considers virtue and its definition. Charmides, Laches, and Lysis investigate the specific virtues of self-control, courage, and friendship; the laterMeno discusses the concept of virtue as a whole, and whether it is something that can be taught. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555666
ISBN
9780199555666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Presents author's sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems which sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet's own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of love. Translator(s): Mandelbaum, Allen. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1968
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593586
ISBN
9781841593586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
538
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843072
ISBN
9781603843072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.11

hardcover. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, this book interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Translator(s): Raeburn, David. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394619
ISBN
9780141394619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. This volume completes this distinguished edition of Metamorphoses . This volume completes Donald Hills distinguished edition to the Metamorphoses. Of the pevious volume it was said: It is all we could hope for, with excellent translation, fuller understanding from the notes and an extensive bibliography. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, text, translation, commentary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687334
ISBN
9780856687334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.36

A translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843089
ISBN
9781603843089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. Ovid's witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. Translator(s): Raeburn, David. Num Pages: 768 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447897
ISBN
9780140447897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The "Nicomachean Ethics" is one of Aristotle's most widely read and influential works. Drawing on their intimate knowledge of Aristotle's thought, the authors have produced an English-language translation of the "Ethics" that is as faithful to the original as it is graceful in its rendering. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C.; Collins, Susan D. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226026756
ISBN
9780226026756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Hardcover. "The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called 'the Philosopher'. This title presents a translation of the Ethics. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C.; Collins, Susan D. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226026749
ISBN
9780226026749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.48

Hardback. Translator(s): Reeve, C. D. C. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781624661181
ISBN
9781624661181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.33
€ 55.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Campbell, Dr. Malcolm; McCullagh, Matthew; Daniele, Frederica; Gravell, Benedict; Taylor, John; Colborn, Rob; Harden, Sarah; Webster, Claire; Kennedy, Steven; Paterson, Charlie. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DB; DQ; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 250 x 30. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474266024
ISBN
9781474266024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.56

Paperback. Over the years, Grene and Lattimore's "Complete Greek Tragedies" have been the preferred choice of millions of readers - for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. This title presents Sophocles' searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge. Translator(s): Grene, David. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768687
ISBN
9780226768687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics. Editor(s): Varakis, Angie. Translator(s): Taylor, Don W. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Condition
New
SKU
9780713686760
ISBN
9780713686760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.59

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