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Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393032
- ISBN
- 9780141393032
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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Paperback. Featuring a collection of articles, this book focuses on the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. It includes a selection of shorter pieces such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant' and 'A Hanging'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183060
- ISBN
- 9780141183060
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
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Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185293
- ISBN
- 9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Hardcover. Orwell continued the BBC program "Voice" and developed an "open university" with broadcasts by distinguished speakers such as E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Joseph Needham. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780436203664
- ISBN
- 9780436203664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 42.82
€ 59.15
€ 42.82
Paperback. Features essays, reviews and articles that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and who elevated political writing to an art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395463
- ISBN
- 9780141395463
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102773
- ISBN
- 9780231102773
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825693
- ISBN
- 9780753825693
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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€ 10.97
Paperback. i>A Vital Rationalist brings together for the first time a selection of Canguilhem's most important writings, including excerpts from previously unpublished manuscripts and a critical biography by Camille Limoges. Editor(s): Delaporte, Francois. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299731
- ISBN
- 9780942299731
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
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paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619344
- ISBN
- 9780816619344
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers. Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves, before he is reunited with his wife and son. Illustrator(s): Ambrus, Victor. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5AN; DNF; YQF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140383096
- ISBN
- 9780140383096
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Condition: New
€ 9.62
€ 9.62
Paperback. Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes "Aurelia", the memoir of his madness; the novella of love and memory "Sylvie"; the hermetic sonnets of "The Chimeras"; as well as Nerval's experimental fictions and selections from his correspondence. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446012
- ISBN
- 9780140446012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
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€ 15.04
Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857157215
- ISBN
- 9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Hardcover. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973190
- ISBN
- 9780865973190
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.52
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Paperback. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973206
- ISBN
- 9780865973206
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.69
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Paperback. A selection of the works of the author taken from the period between 1905 and 1936, when he was engaged in an astounding number of still-surprising literary experiments, whose innovations continue to influence various arts. Editor(s): Retallack, Joan. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248069
- ISBN
- 9780520248069
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.96
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DNF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837635171
- ISBN
- 9783837635171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.28€ 80.41
€ 105.28
€ 80.41
Paperback. Translator(s): Pinton, Giorgio A.; Shippee, Arthur W. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DNF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480874
- ISBN
- 9780801480874
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
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Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051040
- ISBN
- 9780231051040
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Condition: New
€ 133.68€ 101.49
€ 133.68
€ 101.49
Paperback. A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. Editor(s): Mabey, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140431124
- ISBN
- 9780140431124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.96
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Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559053
- ISBN
- 9781875559053
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951177
- ISBN
- 9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Causa-Steindler, Mariangela; Mauch, Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062761
- ISBN
- 9780226062761
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
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€ 25.00
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3226 x 4852 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thieme Publishing Group Germany
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783132411364
- ISBN
- 9783132411364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.83
€ 46.99
€ 44.83