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Paperback. Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was the sister and wife to kings and a pivotal influence in sixteenth-century France. This book contains sampling of Marguerite's varied works: from verse letters and fables to mythological-pastoral tales, from spiritual songs to a selection of novellas. Editor(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Translator(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142722
ISBN
9780226142722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
New Directions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0007462
ISBN
9780811200035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes "Aurelia", the memoir of his madness; the novella of love and memory "Sylvie"; the hermetic sonnets of "The Chimeras"; as well as Nerval's experimental fictions and selections from his correspondence. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446012
ISBN
9780140446012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 42. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593777
ISBN
9781841593777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971677
ISBN
9780865971677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 476 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971653
ISBN
9780865971653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.75

Hardcover. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
500
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971660
ISBN
9780865971660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.26

paperback. Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, the author was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith. Translator(s): Grant, M. Num Pages: 272 pages, genealogy; maps. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440997
ISBN
9780140440997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900564014
ISBN
9781900564014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Brings together the prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose shrewd wit and convivial style have endeared him to generations of readers. This title discusses how his tragic life and sainted reputation, caring for his mentally ill sister Mary, belied the quality of his work. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392912
ISBN
9780141392912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against Lucius Sergius Catilina", "In Defence of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias", and "In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus". Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442144
ISBN
9780140442144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. This selection of Cicero's letters not merely documents in detail Cicero's career but simultaneously provides a month-by-month record of the collapse of the republic and its replacement by a tyranny. It provides a vivid picture of daily life and politics in Rome, the assassination of Caesar, and Cicero's vain resistance to the rise of Mark Antony. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DB; DNF; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199214204
ISBN
9780199214204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The first collection of essays by one of the most important public intellectuals in Ireland. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773547773
ISBN
9780773547773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2000 Modern Library pbk. ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679783220
ISBN
9780679783220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.76

Booker wining novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic - even admirers rarely know John Berger in all his literary incarnations. This collection of essays takes a look at his career. Berger's wide-ranging essays emphasise the continuities that have underpinned more than 40 years of tireless intellectual inquiry and political engagement. Editor(s): Dyer, Geoff. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 948. 608 pages. Editor(s): Dyer, Geoff. Booker wining novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic - even admirers rarely know John Berger in all his literary incarnations. This collection of essays takes a look at his career. Berger's wide-ranging essays emphasise the continuities that have underpinned more than 40 years of tireless intellectual inquiry and political engagement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; JFCX. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 46. Weight: 890.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747554196
ISBN
9780747554196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. A collection of essays that present the author's oeuvre, belles-lettres, essays and occasional pieces which range over autobiography, his French-Canadian heritage, the craft of fiction, American fiction, Australian fiction, and the work of such individual writers as Jack Kerouac, V S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Alice Munro, and Leon Rooke. Editor(s): Metcalf, John; Struthers, J.R.Tim. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231500
ISBN
9781897231500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.01

Paperback. This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556069
ISBN
9780199556069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Contains a selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. This volume includes the best of Johnson's journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 640 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436273
ISBN
9780140436273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of "The Egoist". In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197460
ISBN
9780571197460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971684
ISBN
9780865971684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.26

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