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Paperback. The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216523
ISBN
9780812216523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Clarkson pays sustained attention to the dynamic interaction between Coetzee's fiction and his critical writing, exploring the Nobel prize-winner's participation in, and contribution to, contemporary literary-philosophical debates. The book engages with the most recent literary and philosophical responses to Coetzee's work. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221567
ISBN
9780230221567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. The volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren, Robert Francis Garcia, Cesar Lacara, Zelda Soriano, Peter Bacho, and Rey Ventura in their works. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; GTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ateneo de Manila University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789715504713
ISBN
9789715504713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.11

Hardback. A vibrant study of the rich cultural and literary landscape of mid-eighteenth Britain and the forging of 'modern' subjectivity in a time of global war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625642
ISBN
9780748625642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.80
€ 125.47

Paperback. Presents four works that offers the preoccupations of the German Romantic movement. Goethe's "Fairy Tale" depicts an ethereal underground realm and the marriage of a beautiful man and woman. In "Eckbert the Fair", two outsiders seek refuge in the solitude of dark woods to conceal their incestuous passion from the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447323
ISBN
9780140447323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Carlos Castaneda was one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the 20th century. In this stunning new jacket edition of his bestselling book, he takes the reader on an amazing journey of the soul via the teachings of the great sorcerer don Juan and reveals that there are worlds existing within our own that can be visited through dreams. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; VXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Element Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855384279
ISBN
9781855384279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns, this book delivers two dozen essays that revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DNF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729091
ISBN
9780226729091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. * A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. * Includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation. Editor(s): Pollard, Tanya. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405111942
ISBN
9781405111942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Hardcover. Editor(s): Canfield, Douglas J.; Hunter, Paul J. Num Pages: 200 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes bibliographical references. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133745
ISBN
9780874133745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.13

Paperback. 'I've lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac - and that's just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism is due an upgrade or two?' Combining the best of her recent columns, the author deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools, and why the internet is like a drunken toddler. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091949068
ISBN
9780091949068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. In April 1956, C S Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and the author found himself alone again, and inconsolable. In this journal, he freely confesses his pain, rage, and struggle to sustain his faith. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571310876
ISBN
9780571310876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.37

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550022346
ISBN
9781550022346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Commemorative
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195146905
ISBN
9780195146905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. An 365-day anthology of readings from one of the most influential writers of all time, George MacDonald, compiled by CS Lewis himself. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008181246
ISBN
9780008181246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, this attractive book offers daily inspirational readings from this much-loved writer, making this a most thoughtful gift. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007532827
ISBN
9780007532827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. Virginia Woolf's Ethics of the Short Story aims at a synthetic appraisal of Woolf's short stories as a space of encounter and a site of resistance. It throws a new light on Woolf's short stories as foregrounding the ethical as well as the political and the aesthetic and shows how they participate fully in her creative process. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227187
ISBN
9780230227187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Mexico is a top travel destination. This book offers a vision of Mexico by some of Mexico's contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. It provides information on the people of the beaches, the deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains and megacities. It is a journey from the Pacific to the Gulf, from Yucatan to border slums, and more. Editor(s): Mayo, C. M. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883513153
ISBN
9781883513153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442272927
ISBN
9781442272927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.66

Hardcover. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. Poets, Poems, and the Rest. 240 pages. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226899510
ISBN
9780226899510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardback. When he was twenty, C.H. Sisson found himself in Hitler's Germany, and a year later in Paris. Fifty years later, 'English Perspectives' presents his reflections on politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856359804
ISBN
9780856359804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.33

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