Literary essays
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Literary essays
paperback. A collection of writings from the influential feminist art journal "M/E/A/N/I/N/G", with a foreward by Johanna Drucker. This book is of interest to artists, art historians, critics, and a general audience interested in the views of practising artists. Editor(s): Bee, Susan; Schor, Mira. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325666
- ISBN
- 9780822325666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Beckford, William; Jack, Malcolm
paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435306
- ISBN
- 9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. A holistic approach toward the omnipotence of design. Num Pages: 176 pages, Extensively illustrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; AK; AM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 182 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037785119
- ISBN
- 9783037785119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.54
€ 24.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. This second edition includes virtually every piece produced during the first 100 years of Christian history. Ehrman shows how the canon of the New Testament was formulated and how other texts were excluded from the canon. He also provides brief up-to-date introductions to each of the texts. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195154641
- ISBN
- 9780195154641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.82
€ 140.82
Hardback. This volume studies Victorian female protagonists who participate in the public universe conventionally occupied by men. The author examines classical novels by female authors in relation to each other and to developments in the emerging British women's movement. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917726
- ISBN
- 9780813917726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.89
€ 79.89
Paperback. A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel "Pigs in Heaven", explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571179503
- ISBN
- 9780571179503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. This essay collection brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. The essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems and their solutions have grown from the Earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215775
- ISBN
- 9780571215775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.33
€ 16.99
€ 12.33
Paperback. Offers a historical guide through the metamorphoses and tumultuous debates that have defined literary study in recent decades, as viewed by one of critical theory's most astute thinkers. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Bill Johnson; Feuerstein, Melissa; Valens, Keja. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354192
- ISBN
- 9780822354192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.04
€ 32.04
Hardcover. Based on the author's lectures at the Judisches Freies Lehrhaus, these essays include notes for a group of lectures of 1920, "Faith and Knowledge", followed by a three-part lecture series of 1922, "The Science of God", "The Science of Man", and "The Science of World". Editor(s): Galli, Barbara E. (Aaron Aaronov Chair, Judaic Studies, University of Alabama, USA). Translator(s): Galli, Barbara E. (Aaron Aaronov Chair, Judaic Studies, University of Alabama, USA). Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815627883
- ISBN
- 9780815627883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.24
€ 46.24
Paperback. Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo, BBC Samuel Johnson Prize winner Barbara Demick. revisits her compelling account of living in a city under fire. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084118
- ISBN
- 9781847084118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.05
€ 17.99
€ 13.05
Hardback. This anthology of selected writings of the late Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum underscores his contributions in the areas of civil and human rights, international affairs and - above all - the development of Jewish-Christian understanding and mutual respect. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; HRAF; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222308
- ISBN
- 9780823222308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
Paperback. Shows us how to exploit friends and enemies alike to thrive in a world of deception and illusion. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 112 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with some creasing to rear cover and pages. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0021680
- ISBN
- 9780141398273
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Defines the essential virtues for those at Court. This title includes a series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, in which his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour - chiefly discretion and gracefulness - as well as questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Translator(s): Bull, George. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441925
- ISBN
- 9780140441925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Suspending the distinction between headline news and high theory, this book examines the diverse figures of finitude in our modernity: war, guerrilla video, trauma TV, AIDS, music, divorce, sadism, electronic tagging, rumor. Num Pages: 370 pages, 14 photographs, table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 114 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289499
- ISBN
- 9780803289499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073113
- ISBN
- 9780252073113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.12
€ 32.12
Hardback. Weaves varied reflections to reveal an understanding of the relationships among literature, the past, and the world around us. Describing trips to such diverse destinations as Namibia; Afghanistan; Bellagio, Italy; and the Bellagio in Las Vegas, this book conveys the apprehension of visiting new places. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133845
- ISBN
- 9780231133845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580911863
- ISBN
- 9781580911863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996205
- ISBN
- 9780674996205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996267
- ISBN
- 9780674996267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography that were all written in the second half of the 4th century. Editor(s): White, Carolinne. Translator(s): White, Carolinne. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435269
- ISBN
- 9780140435269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49