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Paperback. Interspersed with poems and songs, this novel takes its readers over vast distances across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. It uses colourful characters, twists of plot, and witty dialogue to convey its religious message - that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation. Translator(s): Clart, Philip. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 504 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; DNF; FC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987255
- ISBN
- 9780295987255
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780471
- ISBN
- 9781783780471
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848398
- ISBN
- 9781603848398
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
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Hardcover. "This translation is based on Estienne de La Boaetie, De la servitude volontaire ou Contr'un, edited by Malcolm Smith, with additional annotation and a bibliography by Michel Magnien (Geneva: Librarie Droz, 2001)" -- Publisher. Translator(s): Atkinson, James B.; Sices, David. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848404
- ISBN
- 9781603848404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Focus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051019
- ISBN
- 9780941051019
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
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Paperback. This translation with notes is primarily for classroom use. It aims to be true to the basic meaning of the text and tries to bring across some of the beauty of the poetry as well as the rhetorical power of the dialogue and speeches. Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203921
- ISBN
- 9780872203921
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.67
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Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 16.
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929524559
- ISBN
- 9780929524559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.17
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€ 17.17
Hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 120 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995338
- ISBN
- 9780674995338
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
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Hardback. Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631129
- ISBN
- 9781566631129
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Condition: New
€ 23.01
€ 23.01
hardcover. Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 67
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631143
- ISBN
- 9781566631143
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Condition: New
€ 23.03
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paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780853232087
- ISBN
- 9780853232087
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.09
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€ 28.09
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352719
- ISBN
- 9780393352719
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGL; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633572
- ISBN
- 9780691633572
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Condition: New
€ 145.71
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Paperback / so. Illustrator(s): Cisneros, Jose. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DNF; DQ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595347442
- ISBN
- 9781595347442
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.90
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Hardcover. Eliot wrote in his introduction: I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's literary criticism is the most important contemporary criticism of its kind..perhaps the kind we can least afford to do without..the refreshment, the revitalization and making new' of literature in our time. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313211676
- ISBN
- 9780313211676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.33
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Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226511047
- ISBN
- 9780226511047
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 46.16
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Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238404
- ISBN
- 9780520238404
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
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paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780908205042
- ISBN
- 9780908205042
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Includes three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571309597
- ISBN
- 9780571309597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33