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Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674994102
- ISBN
- 9780674994102
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.79
€ 33.99
€ 30.79
Hardback. Named for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d 645 BC), the "Guanzi" is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings in existence. It was compiled in its present form about 26 BC by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. This volume presents a translation of the "Guanzi" into English. Translator(s): Rickett, W. Allyn. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 table 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; DNF; DSBB; HPD; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 999.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048161
- ISBN
- 9780691048161
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Condition: New
€ 266.21€ 198.92
€ 266.21
€ 198.92
hardcover. This volume provides the text of "Povest Vremennykh let" ("The Tale of Bygone Years"), a source for the history of early Rus'. It consists of an intercollation of the five oldest redactions, three modern redactions, three later interpolations and Ostrowski's own final interpretation. Editor(s): Ostrowski, Donald; etc. Series: Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 1800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 220 x 203. Weight in Grams: 6596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458911
- ISBN
- 9780916458911
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€ 124.17€ 115.51
€ 124.17
€ 115.51
Hardback. A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470482
- ISBN
- 9781611470482
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Condition: New
€ 138.79
€ 138.79
Paperback. A collection of charming and celebrated writings about cats, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 111 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007285518
- ISBN
- 9780007285518
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182582
- ISBN
- 9780141182582
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. In June 1862 Fyodor Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan and Vienna. This volume details the impressions of everthing he saw. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115187
- ISBN
- 9780810115187
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Condition: New
€ 24.41
€ 24.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253019042
- ISBN
- 9780253019042
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Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1419.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465086450
- ISBN
- 9780465086450
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Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Hardcover. Editor(s): Schutz, John A.; Adair, Douglass. Num Pages: 325 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972865
- ISBN
- 9780865972865
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.65
€ 24.99
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Paperback. Thirty-eight rare, out-of-print or previously unpublished essays and letters by Lawrence Durrell with scholarly introduction. Editor(s): Gifford, James. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120516
- ISBN
- 9781772120516
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.49
€ 45.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Summers, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590174470
- ISBN
- 9781590174470
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.54
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€ 18.54
Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104319
- ISBN
- 9780231104319
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
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€ 30.89
Hardcover. Xenophon I. Historia Graeca Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145523
- ISBN
- 9780198145523
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Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347899
- ISBN
- 9780226347899
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.76
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Paperback. Collects all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This book includes author's stories that reflect his professed method of "writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related." Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 1245. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Illinois Pbk
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069222
- ISBN
- 9780252069222
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 49.63
€ 54.99
€ 49.63
Paperback. The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar. Editor(s): Waid, Candace. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393967944
- ISBN
- 9780393967944
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Believer Magazine
- Edition
- Illustriert.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934781845
- ISBN
- 9781934781845
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.20
€ 10.99
€ 8.20
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934781852
- ISBN
- 9781934781852
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
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paperback. Editor(s): Editors of The Believer. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McSweeney's, Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936365050
- ISBN
- 9781936365050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
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€ 9.46
paperback. Editor(s): Editors of The Believer. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 218 x 7. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936365333
- ISBN
- 9781936365333
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971660
- ISBN
- 9780865971660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.97
€ 31.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. Presenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs. It argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change, and deplores the influence the revolution might have in Britain. Editor(s): O'Brien, Conor Cruise. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432046
- ISBN
- 9780140432046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971691
- ISBN
- 9780865971691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61