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Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215793
- ISBN
- 9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. This volume brings together nine original essays by cultural historians. The works aim to exhibit the promise of a cultural approach to understanding the range of American experiences from the seventeenth century to the present. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226259550
- ISBN
- 9780226259550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175364
- ISBN
- 9780231175364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02
Hardcover. The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. This profession contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. This title provides a study of the place and function of this important but ambiguous figure. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055353
- ISBN
- 9780520055353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.45
€ 94.64
€ 72.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1258.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322660
- ISBN
- 9780940322660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.32
€ 40.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546507
- ISBN
- 9781857546507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Originally published anonymously in 1844, "Vestiges" was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. This volume includes Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin and an autobiographical essay. It also features a new introduction by James Secord. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226100739
- ISBN
- 9780226100739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.29
€ 48.99
€ 38.29
Paperback. This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species.". Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063464
- ISBN
- 9780520063464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.65
€ 35.99
€ 26.65
Hardback. Ranging in original publication dates between 1940 and 1985, this title features forty-one titles that reveal a great deal about Duncan's life in poetry - including his impressions of poets whose work he admires, both contemporaries and precursors. Editor(s): Maynard, James. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267732
- ISBN
- 9780520267732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351757
- ISBN
- 9781584351757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.35
€ 23.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Offers the reader with modern English parallel-text translations. This title also provides an opportunity to emphasise different but related points about literal and figurative types of chastity and purity appropriate to the laity. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897808
- ISBN
- 9780859897808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Paperback. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520066076
- ISBN
- 9780520066076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.39
€ 38.99
€ 28.39
Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 776
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416430
- ISBN
- 9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.79
€ 18.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. Offering an invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), this essay on the joys of idleness contains writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043968
- ISBN
- 9780141043968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. A companion to British literature explores the political, social, intellectual, and cultural history and background of English poetry, fiction, prose, and drama and analyzes the changing conditions of literary activity. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 700. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002840
- ISBN
- 9780393303438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967874
- ISBN
- 9780241967874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. . Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001102
- ISBN
- 9780241978313
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Offers readers a new perspective on the relationship between time and place, time and timelessness, history and personal history Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803238466
- ISBN
- 9780803238466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691601816
- ISBN
- 9780691601816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.81
€ 59.15
€ 46.81
Paperback. Looks at the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them, from the Jewish dead in a long-neglected cemetery in Poland to a dog slaughtered on a highway fronting the Black Sea to gunshots ringing out in rural Michigan. This title probes what such phenomena suggest about the times we live in. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234314
- ISBN
- 9780803234314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Robert Walser (1878-1956) entered an insane asylum, saying, 'I am not here to write, but to be mad'. This work features a collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces that cover the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298330
- ISBN
- 9780803298330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.57
€ 17.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. All the books published by a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain. In this book, the author meditates on the art of book publishing. It looks at the publishing industry as a whole, from the essential importance of graphics, jackets and cover flaps to the consequences of universal digitization. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978482
- ISBN
- 9780141978482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617432
- ISBN
- 9780816617432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Maclehose Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857050106
- ISBN
- 9780857050106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84