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Literary essays

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604734201
ISBN
9781604734201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.76

paperback. This book, first published in 1957, is a collection of Herbert Read s essays on various topics. The essays explore many different subjects and themes, including art, literature, religion and philosophy. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers. " Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138913981
ISBN
9781138913981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44

Paperback. Features fifty essays that focus on a period in which modernization and republicanism coexisted within classical Chinese culture. This work provides an introduction that supplies critical literary and historical background on the relationship between xiaopin wen and the May Fourth movement. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629964238
ISBN
9789629964238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.21

paperback. If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.' Henry Rollins has a unique hard- edged view of the world. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Virgin Books
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780753510353
ISBN
9780753510353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Closer to Dylan Thomas than Matthew Arnold in his creative violence and insistence on the sound of poetry, the author was no staid, conventional Victorian. On entering the Jesuit order the age of twenty-four, he burnt all his poetry and 'resolved to write no more, as not belonging to my profession, unless by the wishes of my superiors'. Editor(s): Gardner, William Henry. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140420159
ISBN
9780140420159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Just what was so great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard, Mark Anthony? Why do people suffer from Montezuma's revenge? This title takes you on a journey through the annals of history with the heroes and villains of the past as your fellow travellers. Illustrator(s): Steig, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGH; DNF; HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750932042
ISBN
9780750932042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Offers a historical guide through the metamorphoses and tumultuous debates that have defined literary study in recent decades, as viewed by one of critical theory's most astute thinkers. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Bill Johnson; Feuerstein, Melissa; Valens, Keja; Porten, Lili; Valens, Keja L. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 785.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354031
ISBN
9780822354031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.79

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896219059
ISBN
9781896219059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.14

paperback. This is a commentary on Aeschines' "Against Timarchos", the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misrepresentation, which persuaded the jury to convict Timarchos despite the fact that Aeschines had virtually no evidence of his misdeeds. Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; JFSK2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199241569
ISBN
9780199241569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.19

Paperback. A collection of essays on the Chinese life and culture. It poses questions on the cultural turn of the time and on the role a Chinese intellectual assumed in translating his native culture to the West. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 2GDC; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629964351
ISBN
9789629964351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group New York
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KAC0004730
ISBN
9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Very good copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001779
ISBN
9780140433388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. This collection of annotated newspaper articles and memorials by Dorothea Dix provides a forum for the mid-19th-century humanitarian and reformer to speak for herself. An introduction to each document places it in social and historical context, and the editor considers Dix's ongoing impact. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; HBTB; JFFA; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809321636
ISBN
9780809321636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.73

Hardcover. Aristotle Categoriae et Liber de Interpretatione Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1936
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
198th
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145073
ISBN
9780198145073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

paperback. Series: Florida History and Culture (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813034393
ISBN
9780813034393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.23

Hardcover. We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. Translator(s): Greenwood, L.H.G. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 699 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
699
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993235
ISBN
9780674993235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Hardcover. Brings together Manetti's famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. Translator(s): Baldassarri, Stefano U.; Bagemihl, Rolf. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011342
ISBN
9780674011342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. A comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the history, evolving literature, and the trajectories of new world history. Editor(s): Dunn, Ross E.; Mitchell, Laura J.; Ward, Kerry. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 b/w images, 16 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: DNF; HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289895
ISBN
9780520289895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Congail, Nollaig Mac. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arlen House
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321490
ISBN
9781851321490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.34

Paperback. Political science as a discipline is multifaceted and its role in society is complex. This collection of essays is based on an approach grounded in history and informed by a theory of participatory pluralism. The author reflects on the discipline's fragmentation and its retreat from public debate, Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 275 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847405061
ISBN
9783847405061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.68

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGL; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633572
ISBN
9780691633572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DNF; KNTD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Signed copy
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550177787
ISBN
9781550177787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.30

Paperback. Rock My Religion collects eighteen of Graham's essays from all periods of his work, beginning with his essays on minimalist artists such as Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, continuing with his writings on punk rock and popular culture, and concluding with his more recent considerations of architecture, urban space, and power. Editor(s): Wallis, Brian. Series: Writing Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 230. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AGB; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 267 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262571067
ISBN
9780262571067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.72

Paperback. An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223552
ISBN
9780300223552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.77

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