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Paperback. Offers the reader with modern English parallel-text translations. This title also provides an opportunity to emphasise different but related points about literal and figurative types of chastity and purity appropriate to the laity. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897808
- ISBN
- 9780859897808
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520066076
- ISBN
- 9780520066076
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 776
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416430
- ISBN
- 9780862416430
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
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Paperback. Offering an invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), this essay on the joys of idleness contains writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043968
- ISBN
- 9780141043968
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Paperback. A companion to British literature explores the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history and background of English poetry, fiction, prose, and drama and analyzes the changing conditions of literary activity. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 700. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002840
- ISBN
- 9780393303438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967874
- ISBN
- 9780241967874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. . Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001102
- ISBN
- 9780241978313
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781721292
- ISBN
- 9781781721292
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.02
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€ 18.02
Paperback. Offers readers a new perspective on the relationship between time and place, time and timelessness, history and personal history Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803238466
- ISBN
- 9780803238466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
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€ 17.63
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601816
- ISBN
- 9780691601816
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Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631424
- ISBN
- 9780691631424
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Condition: New
€ 189.04
€ 189.04
Paperback. Looks at the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them, from the Jewish dead in a long-neglected cemetery in Poland to a dog slaughtered on a highway fronting the Black Sea to gunshots ringing out in rural Michigan. This title probes what such phenomena suggest about the times we live in. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234314
- ISBN
- 9780803234314
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Robert Walser (1878-1956) entered an insane asylum, saying, 'I am not here to write, but to be mad'. This work features a collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces that cover the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298330
- ISBN
- 9780803298330
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
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Paperback. All the books published by a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain. In this book, the author meditates on the art of book publishing. It looks at the publishing industry as a whole, from the essential importance of graphics, jackets and cover flaps to the consequences of universal digitization. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978482
- ISBN
- 9780141978482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617432
- ISBN
- 9780816617432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Maclehose Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857050106
- ISBN
- 9780857050106
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. A study of the relationship between walking and writing which argues that much Romantic literature has its source in the rise of pedestrian touring in the late 18th century. Discusses the impact of this cultural revolution on the creativity of Romantic writers, including William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Clare, Keats, Hazlitt and Hunt. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658147
- ISBN
- 9780333658147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.22
€ 194.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559138
- ISBN
- 9781875559138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Representing 40 years of work with modern French art and formalistic theory, these essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, from Fry's influential promotion of post-Impressionism to art education, museums, architecture, decorative art, literature and dance. Num Pages: 452 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226266428
- ISBN
- 9780226266428
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
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Paperback. From Ulysses' Argo to Freud's Lun, these stories explore the mysterious and often intense relationship between human beings and dogs. Illustrating a broad knowledge of literary dog lovers, and elaborating on their insights, Grenier's volume abounds with humour and history. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308289
- ISBN
- 9780226308289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49