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Literary essays
Paperback. A collection of essays taken from 40 years of the author's work. It is divided into three sections: State of the Art , which covers literature; State of the Union , which deals with politics and public life; and State of Being , which gives his personal responses to people and events. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 65. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105246
- ISBN
- 9780349105246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.53
€ 21.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of "The Decretum" or "Concordance of Discardant Canons", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law. Translator(s): Thompson, Augustine; Gordley, James. Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 157 pages, 1 col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC; HRCG; HRCX1; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813207865
- ISBN
- 9780813207865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99
€ 30.99
hardcover. 'Courageous reporting - read this book!' Michael Moore Original hardback edition of this New York Times bestseller. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032437
- ISBN
- 9780745318462
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Written with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a life of addiction, from the epiphany of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. With comic insight and meticulous precision, Hens deconstructs every facet of the dependency and offers a brilliant disquisition on the psychopathology of addiction. Translator(s): Calleja, Jen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; VFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695074
- ISBN
- 9781910695074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.79
€ 16.99
€ 12.79
Perfect Paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856306366
- ISBN
- 9783856306366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442953
- ISBN
- 9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816527731
- ISBN
- 9780816527731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.34
€ 35.34
Paperback. A translation into English of "Life of the Fathers", a collection of twenty lives of saints which present a cross-section of the Gallic Church and are a counterpart to the secular society described in Gregory's History of the Franks. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 172 pages, maps, family trees, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853233275
- ISBN
- 9780853233275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52
paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223606
- ISBN
- 9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Prasse, Karl G. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1QDAP; DNF; HBJF1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890401
- ISBN
- 9788772890401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10€ 49.14
€ 63.10
€ 49.14
Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007462
- ISBN
- 9780811200035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044569
- ISBN
- 9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 519 pages, 45ill. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 519
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905838472
- ISBN
- 9780905838472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.43€ 137.30
€ 143.43
€ 137.30
paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435825
- ISBN
- 9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.06
€ 12.99
€ 9.06
paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Stephen. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- David Philip South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864862556
- ISBN
- 9780864862556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.96
€ 15.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 716 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 716
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970519
- ISBN
- 9780865970519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.24
€ 15.99
€ 13.24
Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV Editor(s): Powell, J. E.; Jones, Sir H. Stuart. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145509
- ISBN
- 9780198145509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.35
€ 42.35
The Gift of Birds. True Encounters with Avian Spirits.
Habegger, Larry; Carlson, A.Greimann. Ed(S): ...
Paperback. Whether it roots us in our own backyard or takes us across continents, watching birds calls us to stillness and demands our keen attention to the details that flicker around us. This collection of stories will appeal to bird lovers everywhere. Editor(s): Habegger, Larry. Series: Special interest. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; DNF; RG; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885211415
- ISBN
- 9781885211415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.12
€ 18.12
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). Translator(s): Idema, Wilt. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987842
- ISBN
- 9780295987842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. A newly translated epic about the premier leader of the Songhay Empire. Editor(s): Hale, Thomas. Series: African Epic. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209900
- ISBN
- 9780253209900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.48
€ 20.48