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Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175364
ISBN
9780231175364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.63

Paperback. A selection of extracts documenting the friendship between Louis Bouilhet and Gustave Flaubert. Editor(s): Raitt, A. W. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 83 pages, bibliography, colour frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
83
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894418
ISBN
9780859894418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.42

Paperback. Offers readers a new perspective on the relationship between time and place, time and timelessness, history and personal history Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803238466
ISBN
9780803238466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812978919
ISBN
9780812978919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Hardcover. In this revealing collection of personal essays, renowned essayist, Phillip Lopate, shares his unique views on the big subjects of parenthood, marriage, sex, friendship, and 'the nail parings of daily life'. At turns funny, tender, and searingly honest, he searches with a cool eye for that elusive truth about himself and the world. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903960
ISBN
9781907903960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780684818450
ISBN
9780684818450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. Translator(s): von Bohlen, Claus. BIC Classification: DNF; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531069
ISBN
9780714531069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. Includes all issues such as political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. This title offers an essay on style. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 2. Weight in Grams: 22.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393063
ISBN
9780141393063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540136
ISBN
9780199540136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Paperback. Political science as a discipline is multifaceted and its role in society is complex. This collection of essays is based on an approach grounded in history and informed by a theory of participatory pluralism. The author reflects on the discipline's fragmentation and its retreat from public debate, Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 275 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847405061
ISBN
9783847405061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.72

Hardback. Looking at the careers of significant political commentators of the 20th century, this sourcebook includes print and broadcast journalists, scholars, and political consultants. It offers insights into the rise and demise of political commentary, and its future possibilities. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295850
ISBN
9780313295850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.72
€ 28.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843911470
ISBN
9781843911470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.76

Paperback. Features essays ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled - the short story. This title presents the views and opinions of this eminent writer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288909
ISBN
9780099288909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book ranges from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, and highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122601
ISBN
9780691122601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. The 25 essays in this collection range from the earliest of O.B. Hardison Jr's work to those unpublished at the time of his death and cover such subjects as Shakespeare's plays, Dadaist poetry and architecture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318196
ISBN
9780820318196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.42

Hardcover. Translator(s): Hammond, N. G. L. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
56
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896830
ISBN
9788772896830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Editor(s): Heath, Malcolm. Translator(s): Heath, Malcolm. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446364
ISBN
9780140446364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995635
ISBN
9780674995635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

paperback. Although best known as a master of the formal lyric poem, Louise Bogan (1897- 1970) also published fiction and what would now be called lyrical essays. A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan showcases her devotion to compression, eloquence, and sharp truths. Editor(s): Kinzie, Mary. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 916. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804010719
ISBN
9780804010719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. This volume contains shorter prose works from throughout Patrick Kavanagh's career: the autobiographical pieces and rural reminiscences and a selection of Kavanagh's penetrating, sometimes scabrous, literary and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510109
ISBN
9781843510109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 13.70

Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157215
ISBN
9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. The major seventeenth-century English poet between Shakespeare and Milton, Donne is chiefly celebrated as a love poet. But he was also the author of satires and epistles, and a series of religious poems including the Holy Sonnets. This volume presents a complete portrait of this poet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157222
ISBN
9781857157222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Offers a selection of the poet's work, including all the lyrics and the important prophetic books. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 666.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150346
ISBN
9781857150346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.58

Hardcover. From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns, this book delivers two dozen essays that revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella's writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DNF; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226729091
ISBN
9780226729091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

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