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Hardback. A detailed discussion by the editor complements this critical edition and translation of the phonetical treatise (Pratisakhya) of the Saunaka Samhita, one of two versions of the second oldest Indian text, the Saunaka Atharvaveda. Translator(s): Deshpande, Madhav M. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 826 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DNF; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
826
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674789876
ISBN
9780674789876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.77
€ 71.39

Hardback. Translator(s): Johnson, Wallace. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; DNF; HBJF; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691636320
ISBN
9780691636320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 315.49

Hardback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674028418
ISBN
9780674028418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.29

Hardcover. The 25 essays in this collection range from the earliest of O.B. Hardison Jr's work to those unpublished at the time of his death and cover such subjects as Shakespeare's plays, Dadaist poetry and architecture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318196
ISBN
9780820318196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.01

Hardback. Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 Illustrations, 1geneal.table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231089258
ISBN
9780231089258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.08

Hardback. Vols. 8-27 have various assistant and associate editors. Num Pages: 685 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
685
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231089265
ISBN
9780231089265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.35

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244805
ISBN
9780571244805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. An introduction to one of the key literary figures to emerge from Brazil in the second half of the twentieth century, this book offers English-speaking readers an ample selection of this prodigious writer's celebrated poetry and widely influential critical work. Editor(s): Bessa, Antonio Sergio; Cisneros, Odile. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810120303
ISBN
9780810120303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Paperback. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; FC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224023
ISBN
9781840224023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Paperback. Of many slave narratives published before the Civil War, this is one of the few written by a woman. It blends and manipulates several narrative techniques, including those of sentimental novel, of autobiography, and of the classical slave narrative. Series: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 117 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195066708
ISBN
9780195066708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. This text traces the efforts of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson and others to establish a credible international presence for America as a new nation. The primary source documents include dispatches, private letters and documents from archives, libraries and societies. Editor(s): Giunta, Mary A.; Graebner, Norman A.; Hill, Peter P.; Kaplan, Lawrence S. Num Pages: 311 pages, illustrations, map, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842026642
ISBN
9780842026642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379374
ISBN
9780674379374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.80
€ 66.17

Paperback. This work offers an account, from the perspective of a young lieutenant, of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FPK; 3JJPG; DNF; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arba Yayinlari
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789759481841
ISBN
9789759481841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Forty-seven of the primary texts of contemporary architecture theory, introducing each by detailing the concepts and categories necessary for its understanding and evaluation. Editor(s): Hays, K. Michael. Num Pages: 824 pages, 70. BIC Classification: AMA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1906.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
824
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262581882
ISBN
9780262581882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BJ; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Anchor
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780804171441
ISBN
9780804171441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.44

Paperback. A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts the development of that prose, beginning with three meditative works from the "Travel Pictures". Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Translator(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448504
ISBN
9780140448504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.47

Hardback. A selection of important yet previously untranslated and unpublished essays. Editor(s): Prenowitz, Eric. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639038
ISBN
9780748639038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.42
€ 120.45

Paperback. A timeless classic that should be on every book-lover's 'must read' list. First published in 1971, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD has never been out of print. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860498503
ISBN
9781860498503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Critics have compared Michaux's work to such diverse artists as Kafka, Goya, Swift, Klee and Beckett. This anthology contains selections from almost all of Michaux's major works, allowing readers to explore the haunting verbal and pictorial landscape of a 20th-century visionary. Translator(s): Ball, David. Num Pages: 270 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212299
ISBN
9780520212299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.00

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 146 x 36. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679783343
ISBN
9780679783343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.71

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826704
ISBN
9781509826704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Fender, Stephen Allen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538065
ISBN
9780199538065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Ill Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143129264
ISBN
9780143129264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Penguin Classic Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140390445
ISBN
9780140390445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.72

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