Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607168
- ISBN
- 9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.52
€ 13.52
Paperback. The Romance novel didn't begin with Kathleen Woodiwiss or even with the Bronte sisters. By the time Heliodorus wrote his Aethiopica-or Ethiopian Romance-in the third century, the genre was already impressively developed. Translator(s): Hadas, Moses. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216721
- ISBN
- 9780812216721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.46
€ 32.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. Provides an account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, this title argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason. Editor(s): Woolhouse, Roger. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434828
- ISBN
- 9780140434828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
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€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Hardback. The first in a series that brings together the independent works of William Tyndale. It provides the missing link between Sir Thomas More's "Dialogue Concerning Heresies" and "Confutation of Tyndale" and is suitable for those studying English language and literature, church history and theology. Series: Independent Works of William Tyndale S. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DNF; DSBD; DSK; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 853.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813208206
- ISBN
- 9780813208206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.76
€ 95.76
Paperback. Features an introduction to Old English and a starting-point for the discussion of life and literature in Anglo-Saxon England. This book traces the history of early England from the migration of the Saxon war-lords, through Roman Britain, the onslaught of the Vikings, the Norman Conquest and on through the reign of Stephen. Editor(s): Swanton, Michael. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 36 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 36
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893534
- ISBN
- 9780859893534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.42
€ 30.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510708334
- ISBN
- 9781510708334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. These essays were first published in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1869, and were later published in book form in 1873. Celia Thaxter was raised on the Isles of Shoals, a group of islands off the coast of New Hampshire, and this work blends natural history, oral tradition and personal observation. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584653301
- ISBN
- 9781584653301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.90
€ 18.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. A voice of one of the "baby-boom progeny of the 'Greatest Generation' who at home and abroad became the foot soldiers" not just in Vietnam but in the Peace Corps, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and beyond. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395. Very good copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007406
- ISBN
- 9780820329697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872864986
- ISBN
- 9780872864986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Hyneman, Charles S.; Lutz, Donald S. Num Pages: 1447 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1447
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970410
- ISBN
- 9780865970410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Serves as a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. This book talks about the legends and tales from oral tradition and used experiences from the author's life and community to educate others about the Yankton Sioux. It bridges the gap between her own culture and mainstream American society. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DQ; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803299177
- ISBN
- 9780803299177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.35
€ 16.99
€ 16.35
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; HBJK; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630304
- ISBN
- 9780691630304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.30
€ 151.30
Paperback. Comprises texts from the American colonial period, which bear witness to the extraordinary diversity of writing at this time. Editor(s): Radzinowicz, Mary Ann. Series: Cambridge English Prose Texts. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001057
- ISBN
- 9780521286800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Editor(s): Hafertepe, Kenneth; O'Gorman, James F. (Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art, Wellesley College, USA). Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 81 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492820
- ISBN
- 9781558492820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WH; WNCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880924
- ISBN
- 9781589880924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.31
€ 24.99
€ 17.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220288
- ISBN
- 9780826220288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.74
€ 26.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. A selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations towards the end of his life. Illuminates his process of working on his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415249928
- ISBN
- 9780415249928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.52
€ 58.52
Paperback. 'An extraordinarily diverse collection; pure Walker, fresh-eyed and sassy' NEW YORK TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819586
- ISBN
- 9780753819586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Originally published in French: Paris: Gallimard, 1958. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; GTB; HBJD; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416758
- ISBN
- 9780674416758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.50
€ 24.99
€ 21.50