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Literary essays
Paperback. An account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. It also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, himself, as well as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", the poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of woman he loved. Editor(s): Toibin, Colm. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439908
- ISBN
- 9780140439908
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Features essays about why we read. This work explores the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036731
- ISBN
- 9780141036731
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
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Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz. Editor(s): Buckley, Jerome Hamilton. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 864 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393958287
- ISBN
- 9780393958287
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.22
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Paperback. Critics have compared Michaux's work to such diverse artists as Kafka, Goya, Swift, Klee and Beckett. This anthology contains selections from almost all of Michaux's major works, allowing readers to explore the haunting verbal and pictorial landscape of a 20th-century visionary. Translator(s): Ball, David. Num Pages: 270 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212299
- ISBN
- 9780520212299
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.49
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€ 32.49
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
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Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780140440591
- ISBN
- 9780140440591
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
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Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554959
- ISBN
- 9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. A classic translation with critical essays by leading scholars. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- The Indiana Critical Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209306
- ISBN
- 9780253209306
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Condition: New
€ 23.70
€ 23.70
Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444723267
- ISBN
- 9781444723267
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892634
- ISBN
- 9788772892634
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.38
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Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788073218
- ISBN
- 9788788073218
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
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Hardcover. Series: Danish Humanist Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Facsimile edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788798013129
- ISBN
- 9788798013129
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.95
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Paperback. Presents an important early English poem that includes a history of the text and an updated bibliography. Editor(s): Graddon, P. O. E.; Swanton, M. J. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 124 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 126 x 189 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895088
- ISBN
- 9780859895088
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Condition: New
€ 58.27
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Paperback. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld' Includes interviews with Iain Sinclair, Paul Fournel and Richard Long Lyrical essay in the great tradition of psychogeographers Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BM; DNF; HBTB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749272
- ISBN
- 9781910749272
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Condition: New
€ 12.28
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Hardcover. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld', and the strange or illicit contents of the parcels they deliver. Here Jon Day explores the extraordinary subculture of courier bicycle races including the Cycle Messenger World Championships and the Alleycat races. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903991
- ISBN
- 9781907903991
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.87
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Paperback. Collected essays and journalism from the bestselling author of The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake. First publication. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081509
- ISBN
- 9781844081509
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993467
- ISBN
- 9781784993467
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.51
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484551
- ISBN
- 9780801484551
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.21
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Paperback. Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England condemned an industrial society in 'bondage to machinery' and argued instead that the wonder and joy of culture - in particular the 'sweetness and light' of classical civilization - were essential to human life. This book deals with his works. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396248
- ISBN
- 9780141396248
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
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Paperback. First published in 1869, Culture and Anarchy debates questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold asks what good culture can do and how it can best be disseminated. This edition reproduces the first book version and enables readers to appreciate its historical context and its continued importance. Editor(s): Garnett, Jane. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538744
- ISBN
- 9780199538744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
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