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paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900001505
ISBN
9780900001505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germain de Stael achieved an influence on European culture through the force of her fiction and critical writings. This volume makes a representative sample of her work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055871
ISBN
9780231055871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. Collects letters, novellas, essays, criticism, and a play by a leading intellectual of the Romantic period. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055864
ISBN
9780231055864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.45
€ 90.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226502427
ISBN
9780226502427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Hardback. This volume contains the shorter books and monographs of Hugh MacDiarmid, as part of Carcanet's "MacDiarmid 2000" programme. Other titles in the series include "Complete Poems", "Lucky Poet", "Contemporary Scottish Studies" and "Scottish Eccentrics". Editor(s): Riach, Alan. Series: Lives & letters: MacDiarmid 2000. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857542332
ISBN
9781857542332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Doyle-Du Breuil, Brian. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Four Winds Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940423067
ISBN
9781940423067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DNF; HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408107
ISBN
9781869408107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995378
ISBN
9781853995378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.50

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Commentary. Num Pages: 110 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; HBG; HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100293
ISBN
9781585100293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.51

paperback. A collection of essays with the themes of time and knowledge, consciousness and perception. Num Pages: 447 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520217003
ISBN
9780520217003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. "Frederick the Great (1712--1786), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years' War in 1756; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; and established Prussia as" Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306809088
ISBN
9780306809088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

Paperback. A collection which proceeds chronologically, from poetry and short stories which offer insights into the filmmaker, Luis Bunuel's life and thought. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADS; APFA; APFB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Selected Writings of Luis Bunuel. 277 pages, 1 b&w photograph. A collection which proceeds chronologically, from poetry and short stories which offer insights into the filmmaker, Luis Bunuel's life and thought. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADS; APFA; APFB; DNF. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight: 400. Translator(s): White, Garrett.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234239
ISBN
9780520234239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

Hardcover. Lucretius De Rerum Natura Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146247
ISBN
9780198146247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.04

Hardcover. Lucretius lived ca. 99 ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things") he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility. Translator(s): Rouse, William Henry Denham. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 668 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
668
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1924
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674992009
ISBN
9780674992009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

paperback. Translator(s): Ahl, Frederick. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780801494338
ISBN
9780801494338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. A collection of essays in which the author writes of her own upbringing, her human and literary antecedents, and also dwells on lives and poems. The book includes writings on T.S. Eliot, George Oppen, Sylvia Plath, Robinson Jeffers, Wallace Stevens, and John Berryman. Series: Lives & letters. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543902
ISBN
9781857543902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover. A collection of essays form Louisa McCord, a 19th-century Southern US conservative intellectual. A supporter of slavery and a believer in the superiority of the white race, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles, supported laissez-faire political economy and abhorred socialism. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915708
ISBN
9780813915708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.44

Paperback. With several never-before published writings, this volume gathers Althusser's major essays on psychoanalytic thought--documenting his intense and ambivalent relationship with Lacan, and dramatizing his intellectual journey and troubled personal life. Editor(s): Corpet, Olivier; Matheron, Francois. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101691
ISBN
9780231101691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation. Translator(s): Whitinger, Raleigh. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259522
ISBN
9780803259522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. The principal motif that runs throughout The Virtual Point of Freedom is a confrontation with the discourse of freedom, or, more specifically, the falsely transgressive ideal of a total emancipation that would know no constraints. Series: Diaeresis. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HPN; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133730
ISBN
9780810133730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780140440591
ISBN
9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554959
ISBN
9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

hardcover. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736350
ISBN
9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.98

Paperback. Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure Translator(s): Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441451
ISBN
9780140441451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

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