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Paperback. Offers a collection of essays which argues that art is what we have to cleave to in the face of evil, against the expression of the darker side of human nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571250899
ISBN
9780571250899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. A collection of prose pieces by the Poet Laureate, on literary matters and on writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen and Sylvia Plath. Hughes also expresses concerns about education, the environment, and the arts in general. Num Pages: 480 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 35. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571174263
ISBN
9780571174263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography that were all written in the second half of the 4th century. Editor(s): White, Carolinne. Translator(s): White, Carolinne. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435269
ISBN
9780140435269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. With several never-before published writings, this volume gathers Althusser's major essays on psychoanalytic thought--documenting his intense and ambivalent relationship with Lacan, and dramatizing his intellectual journey and troubled personal life. Editor(s): Corpet, Olivier; Matheron, Francois. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101691
ISBN
9780231101691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. Calling on diverse examples from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings, this title creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only art worth loving is that built on complete untruths. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192659
ISBN
9780141192659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855840812
ISBN
9781855840812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
1114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064010
ISBN
9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. THIS YOUNG MONSTER is a hallucinatory celebration of artists who raise hell, transform their bodies, anger their elders and show their audience dark, disturbing things. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695357
ISBN
9781910695357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. This volume gathers together some of the real and the imagined lives of Willa Muir, one of the finest and fiercest intellectuals of her generation. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 473.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416058
ISBN
9780862416058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. The Hystoria Constantinopolitana relates the adventures of Martin of Pairis, an abbot of the Cistercian Order who participated in the plunder of the city, as recorded by his monk Gunther. Alfred Andrea has captured the full flavor of the original with its alternating sections of prose and poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; DNF; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215861
ISBN
9780812215861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight: 842.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
492
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605903
ISBN
9780748605903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.67
€ 113.30

Paperback. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; JFCV; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771642743
ISBN
9781771642743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Arrow Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099821601
ISBN
9780099821601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484261
ISBN
9780801484261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572350
ISBN
9780099572350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Wellstone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985419073
ISBN
9780985419073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Shows the range and depth of Ruskin's work, and reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. This volume also shows that his work "Unto this Last" is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432114
ISBN
9780140432114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. 'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days?.. We are bequeathed on earth one very short life, and it might be good, one of these days, to make sure that we are living it.' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782112082
ISBN
9781782112082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Orberg, Hans Henning. Series: Lingua Latina. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJBR; DC; DNF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585106349
ISBN
9781585106349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. A collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of Pamuk's friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571327355
ISBN
9780571327355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

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