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paperback. Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, the author was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith. Translator(s): Grant, M. Num Pages: 272 pages, genealogy; maps. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440997
- ISBN
- 9780140440997
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€ 13.00€ 11.84
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Paperback. This volume brings together Cicero's tentative and undogmatic reflections on the good life, in which he discusses duty, friendship, the training of a statesman, and the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness. Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442441
- ISBN
- 9780140442441
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€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against Lucius Sergius Catilina", "In Defence of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias", and "In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus". Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442144
- ISBN
- 9780140442144
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€ 13.00€ 11.85
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paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540136
- ISBN
- 9780199540136
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€ 13.00€ 12.53
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Paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. These three dialogues here are among the most accessible of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Griffin, Miriam T. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199644148
- ISBN
- 9780199644148
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€ 16.98
€ 16.98
Paperback. Translator(s): Sharples, R. W. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684760
- ISBN
- 9780856684760
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€ 33.99€ 31.17
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Paperback. A significant two-fold development in recent classical scholarship has been a revival of interest in, and respect for, post-Aristotelian Greek philosophy and Cicero's contribution to our knowledge of it. Of Cicero's major works in this field the Tusculan disputations is perhaps the most approachable. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 136 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First published in the United Kingdom in 1985. Rep
- SKU
- V9780856682513
- ISBN
- 9780856682513
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€ 33.99€ 31.17
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Paperback. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2015 and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2015, this book examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981772
- ISBN
- 9780141981772
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€ 14.99€ 11.14
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€ 11.14
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306216
- ISBN
- 9780226306216
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 353 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306223
- ISBN
- 9780226306223
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300223552
- ISBN
- 9780300223552
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€ 13.00€ 12.72
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447241041
- ISBN
- 9781447241041
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€ 19.99€ 16.00
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paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150848
- ISBN
- 9780198150848
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€ 149.61
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Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Colleen A.; McDowell, Gary L. Num Pages: 573 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 573
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971554
- ISBN
- 9780865971554
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€ 16.99€ 13.52
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheehan, Colleen A.; McDowell, Gary L. Num Pages: 526 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971547
- ISBN
- 9780865971547
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€ 33.99€ 24.94
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Paperback. Dealing with contemporary Irish writing, this work includes a mixture of poetry, prose and photography. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 210. Weight in Grams: 717.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747516125
- ISBN
- 9780747516125
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€ 18.99€ 14.01
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Paperback. "This is the Confucius translation for our time."-Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] Translator(s): Leys, Simon. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 127 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393316995
- ISBN
- 9780393316995
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€ 17.99€ 16.09
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Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Dr Conor (University of Cambridge National University of Ireland, Maynooth National University of Ireland, Maynooth University of Cambridge University of Cambridge University of Cambridge National University of Ireland, Maynooth University of Cambridge). Series: Key Texts in Anti Colonial Thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; DQ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474410687
- ISBN
- 9781474410687
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€ 41.99€ 25.20
€ 41.99
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Paperback. Features three works attributed to Constantine two of which were certainly not written by him which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. This title includes "The Oration to the Saints" and the "Edict of Constantine". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853236481
- ISBN
- 9780853236481
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.72
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paperback. Illustrator(s): Cary, Bob. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816641840
- ISBN
- 9780816641840
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€ 17.99€ 17.55
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Paperback. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. Num Pages: 386 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644. Representation, Power and Culture. 386 pages, b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight: 678.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077409
- ISBN
- 9780520077409
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€ 41.99€ 30.02
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Hardback. Presenting an interpretation of England in the 1690s, this book reconstructs the reign of William III through the eyes and in the words of those who lived through it. The author employs a range of sources including popular ballads, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, sermons, poems, and memoirs. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175452
- ISBN
- 9780631175452
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Condition: New
€ 158.04
€ 158.04
Paperback. Presenting an interpretation of England in the 1690s, this book reconstructs the reign of William III through the eyes and in the words of those who lived through it. The author employs a range of sources including popular ballads, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, sermons, poems and memoirs. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209362
- ISBN
- 9780631209362
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Condition: New
€ 72.40
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Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193199
- ISBN
- 9780141193199
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43