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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

paperback. Editor(s): Murdoch, Brian O. Translator(s): Murdoch, Brian. Series: Medieval Literature S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873982020
ISBN
9781873982020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.42

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.52

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

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

€ 5.34

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

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

€ 130.38
€ 123.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
347
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218207
ISBN
9780811218207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801856556
ISBN
9780801856556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.98

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

€ 125.91

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.80

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

€ 63.77

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
€ 11.78

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
€ 13.37

Paperback. "Translation, introduction, and notes Henry Chadwick c1991."--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Chadwick, Henry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537822
ISBN
9780199537822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.46

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

€ 88.89
€ 67.89

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

€ 109.04
€ 82.56

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

€ 142.23
€ 99.29

paperback. Collects all of Synge's published plays, including The Playboy of The Western World, along with his Poetry and Translations, and the prose works that detail his travels in The Aran Islands, In Wicklow, In Kerry and In Connemara. Editor(s): Arrowsmith, Aidan. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022524
ISBN
9781840221510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.96

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
€ 29.35

Paperback.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892815258
ISBN
9780892815258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.33

paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140437379
ISBN
9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.74

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