Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. A selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194158
- ISBN
- 9780141194158
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140290493
- ISBN
- 9780140290493
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
paperback. Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the public eye, Snyder has produced a wide-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture and his commitment to the environment. Num Pages: 640 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582430799
- ISBN
- 9781582430799
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.27
€ 30.99
€ 30.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484261
- ISBN
- 9780801484261
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Condition: New
€ 42.15
€ 42.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132. Keywords: "Special Features - History - Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts - 20th Century,Special Features - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KHS0061381
- ISBN
- 9781897648544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094297
- ISBN
- 9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.01€ 145.91
€ 147.01
€ 145.91
Paperback. Helps in understanding the nature and intensity of personal effort that is required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This book presents a series of talks which the author gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and an incomplete essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; HPC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140195859
- ISBN
- 9780140195859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. It contains some of the most important writings in the entire collection. Editor(s): Sherrard, Philip; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Palmer, G. E. H. Translator(s): Palmer, G. E. H.; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Sherrard, Philip. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571193820
- ISBN
- 9780571193820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.16
€ 26.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Translator(s): Hoover, H. Series: Dover Earth Science. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 269 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486600062
- ISBN
- 9780486600062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 34.96
€ 54.99
€ 34.96
hardcover. These are the notebooks that Northrop Frye kept while writing his two final books, "Words with Power" and "The Double Vision", essentially workshops out of which the books were constructed. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802047519
- ISBN
- 9780802047519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.21
€ 108.21
mass_market. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141036687
- ISBN
- 9780141036687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
Paperback. One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This title includes translation of selected letters and essays that traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer. Editor(s): Adler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447088
- ISBN
- 9780140447088
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
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Paperback. Includes the full German text, accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Editor(s): Ackermann, P. K. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415051408
- ISBN
- 9780415051408
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.68
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Paperback. Translator(s): Grafton, Anthony. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608761
- ISBN
- 9780691608761
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
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€ 39.04
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855320
- ISBN
- 9780801855320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.97€ 80.01
€ 89.97
€ 80.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Grafton, John. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486408941
- ISBN
- 9780486408941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.69
€ 5.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971400
- ISBN
- 9780865971400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamilton, Charles H. Num Pages: 430 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966723
- ISBN
- 9780913966723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Hamilton, Charles H. Num Pages: 430 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966730
- ISBN
- 9780913966730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
€ 14.99
€ 12.52
Hardcover. Alexis de Tocqueville is a widely-shared icon of Franco-American political culture. This study seeks to allow for a clearer understanding of Tocqueville's writings by supplying their missing French context for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917788
- ISBN
- 9780813917788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.79
€ 73.79