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Paperback. A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 151 x 2. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496836
- ISBN
- 9781847496836
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. A humorous, historical, and hirsute miscellany that's the baseball book Howard Zinn would have written, if he hated the Yankees. Num Pages: 236 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893459
- ISBN
- 9781566893459
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
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€ 16.61
Hardback. This posthumous work brings together articles, interviews, statements, prefaces, manifestos, and speeches dating from 1964 to 1985 (just before Genet's death in 1986). These texts bear witness to the many political causes and groups with which Genet felt an affinity. Editor(s): Dichy, Albert. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729444
- ISBN
- 9780804729444
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Condition: New
€ 181.14
€ 181.14
Paperback. Calling on diverse examples from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings, this title creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only art worth loving is that built on complete untruths. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192659
- ISBN
- 9780141192659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. The Decay of Lying sees Wilde explore his deepest preoccupations about the relationship between life and art, and examine the work of such writers as Shakespeare and Balzac. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 279 x 18. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496829
- ISBN
- 9781847496829
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Recounting the final days of Arthur and set in a world of fading chivalric glory, this title depicts the Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail, and with its integrity threatened by the weakness of Arthur's own knights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442557
- ISBN
- 9780140442557
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. The voyages of Captain Cook are endlessly fascinating to a wide audience, and no aspect of them has been more controversial than Cook's death. This book contains introductory essays that discuss Samwell's contribution to our understanding of the dramatic period in Pacific and maritime history, and examines the personality and career of Samwell. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- No Statement of Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320730
- ISBN
- 9780708320730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.37
€ 5.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589866
- ISBN
- 9781595589866
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. A collection of seven essays that sketches out the author's personal view of the history and value of the novel. The real work of a novel is not bound up in the specifics of any one language: what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. This work describes how the best novels do just that. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232819
- ISBN
- 9780571232819
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
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€ 14.63
Hardback. A vibrant study of the rich cultural and literary landscape of mid-eighteenth Britain and the forging of 'modern' subjectivity in a time of global war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625642
- ISBN
- 9780748625642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80€ 125.47
€ 130.80
€ 125.47
Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802026040
- ISBN
- 9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. Can civilization save us from ourselves? In this book, that is the question the author asks in a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910702369
- ISBN
- 9781910702369
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. A detailed study of an increasingly popular genre, this book offers readings of a group of significant and representative works, drawing on a range of interpretative strategies to examine the ways in which the contemporary historical novel engages with questions of nation and identity to illuminate Britain's post-imperial condition. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200074
- ISBN
- 9780230200074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This title records of his campaigns. Translator(s): Gardner, Jane; Handford, S.A. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444339
- ISBN
- 9780140444339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the first fifty-three years of his radical life, including his earliest years, where we can see the source of his belief in the innocence of childhood; and the development of his philosophical and political ideas. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440331
- ISBN
- 9780140440331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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€ 14.33
Hardback. Contains various of W H Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including various essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom. This book includes the text of Auden's first separately published prose book, "The Enchafed Flood", or, "The Romantic Iconography of the Sea", followed by more than one hundred essays, reviews and lectures. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 824
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133263
- ISBN
- 9780691133263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.18€ 68.86
€ 89.18
€ 68.86
Hardback. W H Auden's first ten years in the United States were marked by rapid and extensive change in his life and thought. He became an American citizen, fell in love with Chester Kallman, and began to reflect on American culture. This volume contains prose that Auden wrote during these years, including essays and reviews he published under pseudonyms. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089355
- ISBN
- 9780691089355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.39€ 83.75
€ 109.39
€ 83.75
Hardcover. Compiled in three beautifully slip-cased hardback editions, with an introduction by Toni Morrison, this book focuses on the understanding of the human condition and philosophical exploration of the polarities of good and evil. Num Pages: 3008 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 171 x 175. Weight in Grams: 5010.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713999563
- ISBN
- 9780713999563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.69€ 100.25
€ 142.69
€ 100.25
Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1114
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064010
- ISBN
- 9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44