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Paperback. A study of images of writing in scientific study, such as descriptions of nature as a book written in the language of mathematics, and the characterisation of DNA sequences as a code for the book of life. The authors argue that these images enable us to come close to realising the nature of scientific processes. In the WRITING SCIENCE series. Editor(s): Lenoir, Timothy. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 476 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727778
- ISBN
- 9780804727778
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
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Paperback. Using structuralist and post-structuralist methods, this book analyzes a selection of influential Russian texts--classical, modernist, and contemporary--as dialogues with earlier works, in the light of new cultural contexts. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727037
- ISBN
- 9780804727037
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.94
€ 42.99
€ 38.94
Paperback. These essays-which consider a wide variety of cultures from ancient Egypt to contemporary Japan- describe the conditions under which cultures that do not dominate each other may yet achieve a limited translatability of cultures. Editor(s): Budick, Sanford; Iser, Wolfgang. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 364 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725613
- ISBN
- 9780804725613
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. This is a pioneering attempt to rearticulate the relationship between music and the problem of mimesis, of presentation and re-presentation. Four "scenes" compose this book, all four of them responses to Wagner: two by French poets (Baudelaire and Mallarme), two by German philosophers (Heidegger and Adorno). Translator(s): McCarren, Felicia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723855
- ISBN
- 9780804723855
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.91
€ 32.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. One of the more important and original collections of theoretical essays in the field. . . . The issues it addresses are no less pertinent now than they were in 1987; they seem, indeed, to be of perennial importance. -- Anton Kaes, University of California, Berkeley Editor(s): Krieger, Murray. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720984
- ISBN
- 9780804720984
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Bridges mainstream literary history and Gerard Genette's expertise in critical method by undertaking an intensive study of the most vexed of literary problems: language as a representation of reality. Deeply learned, the book draws upon the traditions - both sane and eccentric - of philosophy, linguistics, poetics, and comparative literature. Translator(s): Morgan, Thais E. Series: Stages. Num Pages: 446 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press Lincoln
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270442
- ISBN
- 9780803270442
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.94
€ 42.99
€ 38.94
Paperback. Brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West Editor(s): Graulich, Melody; Witschi, Nicolas S. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803264748
- ISBN
- 9780803264748
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
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Paperback. Presents a discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of "strange" literary phenomena. This title discusses motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, and science fiction's use of robots, cyborgs, and androids. It reveals the range of key concepts from science in literary interpretation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887079
- ISBN
- 9780801887079
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.14
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Paperback. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-textof hypertext studies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, 35, 8 black & white halftones, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; UMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882579
- ISBN
- 9780801882579
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.75
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488887
- ISBN
- 9780801488887
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.83
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488634
- ISBN
- 9780801488634
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; HRQM2; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487750
- ISBN
- 9780801487750
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
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Paperback. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFGR; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478475
- ISBN
- 9780801478475
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.70
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Paperback. Focusing on the 1990s, when debates over voice and representation were particularly explosive, McCall investigates a wide range of "told-to" narratives that have shaped the struggle for Aboriginal rights in Canada, and asks what is at stake in crafting a politics and ethics of collaboration. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774819800
- ISBN
- 9780774819800
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
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Hardcover. * Jacques Ranciere is a leading French philosopher, particularly well known for his work in aesthetics and political philosophy * In this concise and brilliant text, Ranciere presents a thoughtful analysis of the way in which artworks and films represent historical events and those who were involved. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745679563
- ISBN
- 9780745679563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. For more than 30 years and until his death in 2004 Jacques Derrida remained one of the most influential contemporary philosophers. It may be difficult to evaluate what forms his heritage will take in the future but Derrida Now provides some provocative suggestions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655741
- ISBN
- 9780745655741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardcover. For more than 30 years and until his death in 2004 Jacques Derrida remained one of the most influential contemporary philosophers. It may be difficult to evaluate what forms his heritage will take in the future but Derrida Now provides some provocative suggestions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655734
- ISBN
- 9780745655734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Not exercising as much as you should? Counting your calories in your sleep? Feeling ashamed for not being happier? You may be a victim of the wellness syndrome. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655604
- ISBN
- 9780745655604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. * This is a unique testimony to one of the most important literary friendships of our time. Robbe-Grillet, the master of the nouveau roman, considered Barthes, France s greatest postwar literary theorist and critic, as one of his very few true friends. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650791
- ISBN
- 9780745650791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.88
€ 15.88
Hardback. * This is a unique testimony to one of the most important literary friendships of our time. Robbe-Grillet, the master of the nouveau roman, considered Barthes, France s greatest postwar literary theorist and critic, as one of his very few true friends. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650784
- ISBN
- 9780745650784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76