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Paperback. On a New England campus, Viennese housewife Utchka and her aspiring writer husband live a rather placid life with their two children. Until, that is, they meet Severin Winter, Professor of German and wrestling coach, and his delicate wife Edith at a faculty party. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552992084
ISBN
9780552992084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. In seven independent, but closely related chapters, the author presents his personal conception of the European novel, which he describes as 'an art born of the laughter of God'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571227495
ISBN
9780571227495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): McLeish, Kenneth. These translations of "Oedipus the King", "Antigone", "Acharnians" and "Peace", are here reissued in paperback. They are written to be accessible for use in schools and for performance, and contain no Greek text. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DD; YNDS. Dimension: 128 x 182 x 14. Weight: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duckworth Publishers
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995835
ISBN
9781853995835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Paperback. Witty, exuberant and irresistibly entertaining, Shaw's fifth and most ambitious novel is a brilliant satire on social prejudice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547292
ISBN
9781848547292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The first English translation of two captivity plays by Cervantes, set in Algiers and Constantinople. Featuring a lively cast of corsairs, captives, and renegades, they offer important insights into early modern Spain's conception of the world of Islam. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222159
ISBN
9780812222159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.68

Paperback. Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. This title presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative. Translator(s): Kovacs, Maureen Gallery. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804717113
ISBN
9780804717113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

paperback. This much-anticipated Norton Critical Edition of Shakespeare's best-known play is based on the Second Quarto, widely agreed to be the most authoritative early text. Editor(s): McMullan, Gordon. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Norton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926262
ISBN
9780393926262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.44

Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9780340963265
ISBN
9780340963265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.51

Paperback. This is a study of machines for writing and reading at the end of the 19th century in America. Its aim is to explore writing and reading as culturally contingent experiences, and at the same time to broaden our view of the relationship between technology and textuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; TDPB; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738729
ISBN
9780804738729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Want to become a science fiction buff? Want to expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of some of the finest SF novels ever published. Num Pages: 224 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 128. 224 pages, N/A. Want to become a science fiction buff? Want to expand your reading in your favourite genre? This is a good place to start! From the publishers of the popular Good Reading Guide comes a rich selection of some of the finest SF novels ever published. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Dimension: 219 x 170 x 29. Weight: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713675856
ISBN
9780713675856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Trident Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTJ0008768
ISBN
9781900724265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Poems selected and translated from her previous publications. Translator(s): Anthony, Brother, de Taize; Hyung-Jin, Lee. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947501
ISBN
9781933947501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. A collection of twenty-five essays which explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space. It examines the settings in which plays were acted; and juxtaposes the theater with such contemporary subcultures as the church, the city, and the court. Editor(s): Cox, John D.; Kastan, David Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102438
ISBN
9780231102438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.65
€ 42.58

Paperback. A handbook for practical living in posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V I Lenin, the daddy of communism. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; D; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137780
ISBN
9780691137780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.48

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

Paperback. The poems of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and in world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. This title includes his poems such as "Earth", "In the Eyes of a Peacock", "Recovery - 14", "New Rain", and "Grandfather's Holiday". Editor(s): Radice, William. Translator(s): Radice, William. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449884
ISBN
9780140449884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Hardback. An exciting new collection, The L.M. Montgomery Reader assembles significant rediscovered primary materials on one of Canada's most enduringly popular authors throughout her high-profile career as the author of the resoundingly successful Anne of Green Gables (1908) and after her death. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644915
ISBN
9781442644915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.83
€ 47.11

Paperback. Using interviews, letters, notebooks, and their published texts, Powe offers a new alchemy of their thought, in which he combines the philosophical hallmarks of McLuhan's "The medium is the message" and Frye's "the great code." Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442616165
ISBN
9781442616165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. Explores the rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. Num Pages: 706 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; DSB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 41. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
706
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260030
ISBN
9780520260030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.08

Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9780992974718
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Contains an Introduction, suggestions for further reading, a note on the translation, and an appendix on Zola's notes on Anzin. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 544 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846264
ISBN
9781603846264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0036891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094594
ISBN
9780906094594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. This title is not entirely consistant with the content of the work as it is not just a topographical description of the city but also an account of its inhabitants and the regulations governing their lives, of how the Sultan spent his time, of the principles and practice of Islam, and more. Editor(s): Lewis, Geoffrey. Translator(s): Austin, Michael J. L. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DVT; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094365
ISBN
9780906094365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.49
€ 75.63

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