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Literary essays
Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232384
- ISBN
- 9780853232384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780471
- ISBN
- 9781783780471
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966327
- ISBN
- 9780913966327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966310
- ISBN
- 9780913966310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.23
€ 26.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. A selection of Jonathan Edward's sermons, which seeks to recognise their crucial role in his life and art. The 15 sermons reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth, and address a wide range of occasions, situations and states. Editor(s): Kimnach, Wilson H.; Minkema, Kenneth P.; Sweeney, Professor Douglas A. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HRCM; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300077681
- ISBN
- 9780300077681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheppard, Steve. Num Pages: 1569 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; DNF; LAFC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 99. Weight in Grams: 2648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1569
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973152
- ISBN
- 9780865973152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.74€ 50.42
€ 59.74
€ 50.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheppard, Steve. Num Pages: 1569 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; DNF; LAFC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2204.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1569
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973169
- ISBN
- 9780865973169
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.12
€ 40.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-ca. 1421) is Europe's first professional woman writer. She wrote an astonishing body of work in many genres, including lyric poetry, allegorical dream visions, history, political treatises, and biography. Editor(s): Brownlee, Kevin. Translator(s): Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate; Brownlee, Kevin. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393970104
- ISBN
- 9780393970104
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.38
€ 20.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJK; HBLH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971639
- ISBN
- 9780865971639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
€ 14.99
€ 12.52
Hardback. Andrea Zanzotto is widely considered Italy's most influential living poet. This book includes the very best poems from fourteen of his major books of verse and a selection of thirteen essays that helps illuminate themes in his poetry as well as elucidate key theoretical underpinnings of his thought. Editor(s): Barron, Patrick. Translator(s): Barron, Patrick; Feldman, Ruth; Harrison, Thomas J.; Swann, Brian; Welle, John P.; Wilkins, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftines, 41 line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 37. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226978840
- ISBN
- 9780226978840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.77€ 45.33
€ 52.77
€ 45.33
Hardcover. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813523194
- ISBN
- 9780813523194
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.42
€ 109.42
paperback. Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore, and the general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina. This book depicts holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule. Editor(s): Sarris, Peter. Translator(s): Williamson, G. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455281
- ISBN
- 9780140455281
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
€ 14.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447385
- ISBN
- 9780140447385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. First published in 1920, this is T.S. Eliot's first collection of literary criticism. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, including "Tradition and the Individual Talent", "Hamlet and His Problems", and Eliot's thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger and Dante. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190898
- ISBN
- 9780571190898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. First published in 1758, this was the book that brought the wonders of Greek classical architecture to the notice of the Western world. This is a translation of the second, considerably expanded, edition of 1770. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 576 pages, 101 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 44. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366699
- ISBN
- 9780892366699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 45.72
€ 58.63
€ 45.72
Hardcover. The first book of its kind to explore and unpack the Pulitzer winning poet's oeuvre. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633358
- ISBN
- 9780815633358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.00
€ 56.00
Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044569
- ISBN
- 9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Perfect Paperback. Editor(s): Hinshaw, Robert. Num Pages: 393 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Daimon Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783856305406
- ISBN
- 9783856305406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.89
€ 47.99
€ 33.89
Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185293
- ISBN
- 9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903267
- ISBN
- 9781907903267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29