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Paperback. Offering a study of buildings, traditions and myth, this title describes the glory of Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century. Illustrator(s): Newberry, John; Lacey, Jeffery. Translator(s): Levi, Peter. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations, maps, plans, bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442250
ISBN
9780140442250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Scully, Pauline Bermingham. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 331.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Arlen House
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781851321193
ISBN
9781851321193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.13

Hardback. Detailing Humphrey's civil rights speeches from 1948-1964, this work analyses his key ideas and contributions. Comments by Humphrey and others are included in order to provide additional framework for the study of his rhetoric. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; JPQ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761802242
ISBN
9780761802242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.92

Paperback. Of Gardens records a great adventure of continual discovery not only of the artful beauty of individual gardens and landscapes but also of the intellectual and historical threads that weave them into patterns of civilization. Deitz's vivid descriptions and recollections allow readers to share in the experience of her extensive travels. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: AMV; DNF; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223545
ISBN
9780812223545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811202138
ISBN
9780811202138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

paperback. Translator(s): Moody, Johanna E. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 693 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
693
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896801608
ISBN
9780896801608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.09
€ 76.12

Paperback. Provides a set of dialogues with one of the writer-directors in American film. Editor(s): Jackson, Kevin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; APFB; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 355.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221769
ISBN
9780571221769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.58

Paperback. With lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, this book features essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. It articulates a vision that he calls 'dark ecology,' which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571329694
ISBN
9780571329694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryholt, Kim. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
206
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772895475
ISBN
9788772895475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.27
€ 70.97

Hardback. A collection of word portraits of significant political, historical and literary figures by the columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner, Paul Greenberg. Among those who are discussed are Beckett, Gromyko, Fulbright, Lincoln, Orwell and Swaggart. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331532
ISBN
9780896331532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.27
€ 59.33

Paperback. The biography of one of the most remarkable and memorable of the Medieval kings of Norway. Translator(s): Magnusson, Magnus; Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441833
ISBN
9780140441833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807621
ISBN
9780875807621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Though known chiefly as a writer of novels and stories, Paul Bowles (1910-99) thought of himself first and foremost as a composer. This book collects the music criticism that Bowles published between 1935 and 1946 as well as an interview conducted by Irene Herrmann shortly before his death. Editor(s): Mangan, Timothy; Herrmann, Irene. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236554
ISBN
9780520236554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.00
€ 64.94

Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034041
ISBN
9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. A collection, in which, the author traces the compulsion to make literature. In a selection of interviews, as well as in the essay 'The Red Notebook' itself, he reflects upon his own work, on the need to break down the boundary between living and writing, and on the use of certain genre conventions to penetrate matters of memory and identity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226412
ISBN
9780571226412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.48

Paperback. Selections from Patti Smith's writings over the decade in which she made a lasting impact on America's underground literary and rock scene. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393313017
ISBN
9780393313017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803239845
ISBN
9780803239845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Paperback. This volume contains shorter prose works from throughout Patrick Kavanagh's career: the autobiographical pieces and rural reminiscences and a selection of Kavanagh's penetrating, sometimes scabrous, literary and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510109
ISBN
9781843510109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 13.70

Paperback. David Gallop provides a Greek text and a new facing-page translation of the extant fragments of Parmenides' philosophical poem. Translator(s): Gallop, David. Series: Phoenix Presocractic Series. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802069085
ISBN
9780802069085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.17

Translator(s): Berg, Deena; Parker, Douglass. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DNF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203631
ISBN
9780872203631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Rebecca. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593764173
ISBN
9781593764173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. The Domesday Book was described by David Hume as "the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation". This text presents a complete translation of this extraordinary document. Num Pages: 1456 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439945
ISBN
9780141439945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.00

hardcover. The essays, which cover a period of approximately forty years, reflect Page's enduring concerns as a verbal and visual artist with the power of art and the imagination to transcend the barriers that limit our perceptions of the world and our sympathies with our fellow human beings. Editor(s): Pollock, Zailig. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091086
ISBN
9780802091086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.36

Paperback. Brings together many important historical texts, including speeches of Themistius, the "Passion of St Saba", and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853234265
ISBN
9780853234265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.61

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