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Hardback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674028418
ISBN
9780674028418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.89

Paperback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028425
ISBN
9780674028425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Dealing with contemporary Irish writing, this work includes a mixture of poetry, prose and photography. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 210. Weight in Grams: 717.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747516125
ISBN
9780747516125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. "Socrates in The Apology: An Essay on Plato's Apology of Socrates". Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872200883
ISBN
9780872200883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138982116
ISBN
9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749470
ISBN
9781910749470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.66

Paperback. This essay collection brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. The essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems and their solutions have grown from the Earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571215775
ISBN
9780571215775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.22

paperback. Editor(s): Arrow, Michelle; Baker, Jeannine; Monagle, Clare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DNF; JFDT; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925377101
ISBN
9781925377101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1011 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 86. Weight in Grams: 2152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975002
ISBN
9780865975002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.56
€ 51.01

Paperback. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308. . Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
2., Aktualisier ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236599
ISBN
9780195128673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2., Aktualisier ed.
SKU
KEX0236598
ISBN
9780195128673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Brock, Geoffrey. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241275955
ISBN
9780241275955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. This work offers an account, from the perspective of a young lieutenant, of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FPK; 3JJPG; DNF; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arba Yayinlari
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789759481841
ISBN
9789759481841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.08

Paperback. Sisterhood is POWA's 7th anthology of poems, short stories and personal essays. The anthology embodies the meaning of sisterhood, of relationships in which girls and women give and receive friendship, love and support. Series: Breaking the Silence. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208. Series: Breaking the Silence. 132 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ; DNF; FYB. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 9. Weight: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jacana Media
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920196660
ISBN
9781920196660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580911863
ISBN
9781580911863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.74

Hardback. This book presents a selection of the writings of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959), one of the leading bibliographers of the 20th century and, along with R. B. McKerrow and A. W. Pollard, the founder of the New Bibliography that dominated 20th-century textual studies. Series: Great Bibliographers S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833999
ISBN
9780810833999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.67

Paperback. Since the early 1970s, when Marina Warner reported from Vietnam and America, in startling essays, she has been one of the most challenging and profound commentators on the culture. This collection draws together essays, offering a retrospective of her changing ideas on literature and culture - on fiction, drama, religion, language and fairy tale. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437727
ISBN
9780099437727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A dazzling follow-up to the novel Faces in the Crowd, this collection of literary peregrinations around the margins of metropolitan life demonstrates Valeria Luiselli's equal virtuosity as a writer of non-fiction Translator(s): MacSweeney, Christina. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085191
ISBN
9781847085191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Includes a travel book and a biography of its author. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DN; BGH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432695
ISBN
9780140432695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Featuring a collection of non-fiction, this volume includes classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187396
ISBN
9780141187396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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