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Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. This book provides both a clear exposition and an original critique of Butlers work. It examines her core ideas, traces the development of her thought from her first book to her most recent work, assessing Butlers engagement with other key philosophies, as well as addressing the nature and impact of Butlers writing on feminist theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626123
- ISBN
- 9780745626123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976120
- ISBN
- 9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. "This is the Confucius translation for our time."-Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] Translator(s): Leys, Simon. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 127 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393316995
- ISBN
- 9780393316995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Conversations on jazz and literature with some of America's most important artists and writers Editor(s): Feinstein, Sascha. Num Pages: 472 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVGJ; DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 31. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253218766
- ISBN
- 9780253218766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. For centuries readers have struggled to fuse the seemingly scattered pieces of John Donne's works into a complete image of the poet and priest. This book offers a way to read Donne as a writer who returned again and again to a single great subject, one that connected to his deepest intellectual and emotional concerns. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789644
- ISBN
- 9780226789644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308968
- ISBN
- 9780226308968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.54
€ 16.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. This study offers a different reading of the archaic lesbian poet, Sappho, whose poetry dates from the seventh century BC. Her presentation of many certitudes in the history of poetry, philosophy and sexuality are featured here. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167565
- ISBN
- 9780226167565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.92
€ 34.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Shows how Jane Austen became "Jane Austen". The author begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, then passes through the four critical phases of Austen's reception - the Victorian era, the First and Second World Wars, and the establishment of the Austen House and Museum in 1949. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226155036
- ISBN
- 9780226155036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.79
€ 33.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. Editor(s): Scudder, Bernard; Lewis, Simon; Thorsson, Ornulfur. Num Pages: 288 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447705
- ISBN
- 9780140447705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 416 608pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141189383
- ISBN
- 9780141189383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Based upon "Distant Voices", this work gathers together essays on a range of subjects including Burma, Fleet Street, East Timor, Vietnam, the media and UK politics. Num Pages: 704 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0005122
- ISBN
- 9780099741510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Homer's Odyssey is one of the supreme masterpieces of Western literature. Of this much acclaimed translation by Robert Fitzgerald, George Steiner has written, 'Fitzgerald is taking his place beside Chapman and Pope in the unbroken lineage of English Homeric translations..it has an economy and soar of a poet'. Introduced by Seamus Heaney Translator(s): Fitzgerald, Robert. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 33. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150940
- ISBN
- 9781857150940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.19
€ 21.99
€ 16.19
Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408801185
- ISBN
- 9781408801185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.90
€ 10.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000403
- ISBN
- 9780140064162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. John Keegan concentrates in this book on significant war themes: the impact of war on the 20th century and the forms it has taken; the origin of war in human nature and history; the adoption and use of war by states as an instrument of policy; and the experience of war by individuals. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000311
- ISBN
- 9780712665667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KKD0000279
- ISBN
- 9780140060324
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0000232
- ISBN
- 9780140236552
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. This work explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 580. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0000118
- ISBN
- 9780099458265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44