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Literary essays
The Gift of Birds. True Encounters with Avian Spirits.
Habegger, Larry; Carlson, A.Greimann. Ed(S): ...
Paperback. Whether it roots us in our own backyard or takes us across continents, watching birds calls us to stillness and demands our keen attention to the details that flicker around us. This collection of stories will appeal to bird lovers everywhere. Editor(s): Habegger, Larry. Series: Special interest. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; DNF; RG; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885211415
- ISBN
- 9781885211415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.69
€ 18.99
€ 18.69
Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV Editor(s): Powell, J. E.; Jones, Sir H. Stuart. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145509
- ISBN
- 9780198145509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.02
€ 43.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 716 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 716
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970519
- ISBN
- 9780865970519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.52
€ 16.99
€ 13.52
paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Stephen. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- David Philip South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864862556
- ISBN
- 9780864862556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
€ 16.99
€ 15.35
paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435825
- ISBN
- 9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.06
€ 12.99
€ 9.06
Paperback. A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 151 x 2. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496836
- ISBN
- 9781847496836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 519 pages, 45ill. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 519
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905838472
- ISBN
- 9780905838472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.54€ 140.96
€ 148.54
€ 140.96
Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044569
- ISBN
- 9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007462
- ISBN
- 9780811200035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Prasse, Karl G. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1QDAP; DNF; HBJF1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890401
- ISBN
- 9788772890401
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Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 50.81
€ 65.35
€ 50.81
Translator(s): Ariew, Roger; Grene, Marjorie. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206809
- ISBN
- 9780872206809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.35
€ 47.99
€ 34.35
paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223606
- ISBN
- 9780300223606
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.49
€ 24.99
€ 6.49
Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442953
- ISBN
- 9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Perfect Paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856306366
- ISBN
- 9783856306366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. This work then adopts far more radical position, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', and a full-scale reorganization of British society. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JF; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780140433487
- ISBN
- 9780140433487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 521
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1939
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993693
- ISBN
- 9780674993693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 693 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 693
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1941
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993990
- ISBN
- 9780674993990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of "The Decretum" or "Concordance of Discardant Canons", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law. Translator(s): Thompson, Augustine; Gordley, James. Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 157 pages, 1 col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC; HRCG; HRCX1; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813207865
- ISBN
- 9780813207865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.12
€ 32.12
Paperback. Contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. This title covers subjects ranging from Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282679
- ISBN
- 9780099282679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
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Paperback. A collection of essays taken from 40 years of the author's work. It is divided into three sections: State of the Art , which covers literature; State of the Union , which deals with politics and public life; and State of Being , which gives his personal responses to people and events. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 65. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105246
- ISBN
- 9780349105246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65