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Paperback. A groundbreaking addition to today's popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism's beliefs and practices in facing death. Num Pages: 384 pages, music. BIC Classification: DNF; HRKP; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperOne
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062515162
ISBN
9780062515162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062564504
ISBN
9780062564504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.74

Paperback. Containing 74 essays, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture, film, politicians, the Labour Party, racial prejudice and the preciousness of free expression. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140140361
ISBN
9780140140361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.22

Hardback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138024
ISBN
9780231138024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312101701
ISBN
9780312101701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Hardback. This volume in the W.B.Yeats series brings together for the first time introductions written for anthologies that he edited or for books by other writers. The introductions span the full length of his career. Topics range from Irish legends and folklore to the design of graceful new Irish coins. Editor(s): O'Donnell, William H. Series: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333325605
ISBN
9780333325605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.74

Hardback. A discussion of the role and place of the intellectual in 20th-century French society. Spanning a range of disciplines, the essays are for the most part written by eminent French scholars and are intended to make available to the English-speaking reader a growing body of research. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333498897
ISBN
9780333498897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

Hardcover. A discussion of Bolingbroke's political writings in the context of contemporary thought in England and France. Cottret provides an analysis of both "A Dissertation upon Parties" and "The Idea of a Patriot King", supported by a full reprint of these texts. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBG; HBLH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333598870
ISBN
9780333598870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.44

Paperback. The hilarious new book from a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446552431
ISBN
9780446552431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Translator(s): von Bohlen, Claus. BIC Classification: DNF; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531069
ISBN
9780714531069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Hardback. A new edition of The Talisman, the second of Tales of the Crusaders, which is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189-92) Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605828
ISBN
9780748605828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.21

Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856556
ISBN
9780801856556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

"At Zero Point" presents a new way of looking at Restoration culture, discourse and satire. The book locates a rupture in English culture and epistemology not at the end of the 18th century (when it occurred in France) but at the end of the 17th century. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120393
ISBN
9780813120393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.69

Paperback. A book of moral and religious reflections written by a Carolingian noblewoman for her teenage son. Dhuoda reveals the authority of Carolingian women in aristocratic households. She dwells on family relations, social order, and the central place of Christian devotion in a noble life. Translator(s): Neel, Carol. Series: Medieval Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRCS; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813209388
ISBN
9780813209388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.91

Paperback. This translation of the "Dialogue with Trypho" reveals important information on the development of early Jewish-Christian relations and the text of the New Testament, and is one of the earliest conversion accounts. It should prove a useful text on the development of religion in Late Antiquity. Editor(s): Slusser, Michael. Translator(s): Falls, Thomas B. Series: Selections from the Fathers of the Church S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HRAF; HRAX; HRCM; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213422
ISBN
9780813213422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.45

Hardcover. A collection of tales based on "The Long Story", a lost (and perhaps legendary) repository of Indian fables, in which prince Naravahanadatta wins twenty-six wives and becomes the emperor of the sorcerers. Translator(s): Mallinson, James. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 115 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Volume One
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814788165
ISBN
9780814788165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.01

Hardcover. Describes the exploits of sorcerers and lovers Translator(s): Mallinson, James. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 610 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Volume Two
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795583
ISBN
9780814795583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Slater, Maya. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st English edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817910259
ISBN
9780817910259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryan, Paul. Num Pages: 470 pages, 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653176
ISBN
9780859653176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970366
ISBN
9780865970366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

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