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Paperback. Having been persuaded to view the match as imprudent, Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to a naval officer with no prospects. Seven years later, when they meet again, Anne has the chance to recover the happiness she had forgone. This new edition examines Persuasion against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and includes fuller notes and appendices on social rank, dancing, and the Navy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535552
ISBN
9780199535552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472508676
ISBN
9781472508676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Hardback. Focusing on two late-Ming or early-Qing plays central to the Chinese canon (Peony Pavilion and Peach Blossom Fan), this study explores crucial questions concerning personal identity. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737111
ISBN
9780804737111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.91

Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437010
ISBN
9780140437010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

hardcover. This book studies identity formation and transformation in twentieth-century China by focusing on women's autobiographical writing. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750059
ISBN
9780804750059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936314
ISBN
9780813936314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.89

Hardcover. New essays by prominent scholars in German and Holocaust Studies exploring the boundaries and confluences between the fields and examining new transnational approaches to the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139610
ISBN
9781571139610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400648
ISBN
9781421400648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400631
ISBN
9781421400631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.54

Paperback. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195070088
ISBN
9780195070088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Marashi, Mehdi. Num Pages: 576 pages, tables & illus. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347356
ISBN
9780936347356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.80

Hardback. This volume is an invaluable companion for anyone who wants to understand the continuing relevance and influence of Classical Persian Poetry. Editor(s): Ashtiany, Mohsen; Bruijn, J. T. P. de; Yarshater, Ehsan. Series: History of Persian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781845119041
ISBN
9781845119041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 90.20

Paperback. Presents several articles and other writings of Sorour S Soroudi (1938-2002), who taught in the Department of Iranian Studies at the Hebrew University for three decades. Editor(s): Chehabi, H. E. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053427
ISBN
9780674053427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Paperback. Tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. This title explains the libertarian, critical spirit of the early eighteenth century. Translator(s): Betts, C. J. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFS; BG; BJ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442816
ISBN
9780140442816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Process United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976082200
ISBN
9780976082200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.01

Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139709
ISBN
9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.60

Hardcover. Traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s. This title illuminates contemporary responses to debates on such matters as the position of women students, the 'dangers' perceived to be associated with undergraduate acting, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898447
ISBN
9780859898447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Hardback. Asking whether a genuinely shared European memory is possible while addressing the dangers of a single, homogenized European memory, Gluhovic examines the contradictions, specificities, continuities and discontinuities in the European shared and unshared pasts as represented in the works of Pinter, Tadeusz Kantor, Heiner Muller and Artur Zmijewski. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230297906
ISBN
9780230297906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.97

Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320162
ISBN
9781137320162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardback. Part of a new wave of cross-disciplinary scholarship, where Chinese studies meets the British eighteenth century, this novel work will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including performance studies, East Asian studies, British literature, cultural history, gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402161
ISBN
9781421402161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.05

hardcover. Stephenson explores the autobiographical form by analysing seven works by Canadian playwrights written and performed between 1999 and 2009, including Judith Thompson's Perfect Pie, Daniel MacIvor's In On It, and Timothy Findley's Shadows. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644465
ISBN
9781442644465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 27 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319544502
ISBN
9783319544502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.55

Hardcover. From the Greeks and Shakespeare to the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata", war has often been a major theme of dramatic performances. This work looks at theater and performances that often occur quite literally as bombs are falling, as well as during times of ceasefire and in the aftermath of hostilities. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497149
ISBN
9781906497149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631912
ISBN
9780691631912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.78

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