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Paperback. Features Leonardo da Vinci's character and the nature of his genius. This book explores his sexuality - 'why did da Vinci depict the naked human body the way he did?' and 'What of his tendency to surround himself with handsome young boys that he took on as his pupils? Translator(s): McLintock, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; BGH; DNF; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182377
- ISBN
- 9780141182377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802046994
- ISBN
- 9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Paperback. Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. This collection of Nashe's works includes "The Unfortunate Traveller", "Pierce Penniless", "Terrors of the Night", "Lenten Stuff", and more. Editor(s): Steane, J. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430677
- ISBN
- 9780140430677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286790
- ISBN
- 9780099286790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Hardcover. We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. Translator(s): Greenwood, L.H.G. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 699 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 699
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1935
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993235
- ISBN
- 9780674993235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.82
€ 33.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. An anthology that collects classic and lesser-known writings on Victorian fiction. This title presents important Victorian statements on the form and the function of fiction. It addresses questions of genre, such as realism and sensationalism; questions of gender and authorship; and, questions about the morality of fiction. Editor(s): Maitzen, Rohan Amanda. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117690
- ISBN
- 9781551117690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.31€ 43.75
€ 55.31
€ 43.75
Paperback. A collection of the author's peacetime dispatches, bearing witness to six decades of change. They include coverage of America in the Great Depression, the betrayal of Czechoslovakia, young Poles undaunted by their Communist government, the trial of Adolf Eichmann and Spain in the days after Franco. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862071490
- ISBN
- 9781862071490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. A volume in which rich and unexpected seams of precious materials await discovery' - The Guardian Editor(s): O'Connor, Larry; Morris, Mary. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd London
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860492129
- ISBN
- 9781860492129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
paperback. "War Against Cliche" is a collection of essays. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422228
- ISBN
- 9780099422228
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardback. John Sutherland examines the intergenerational conflict as a new kind of 'war' in which institutional neglect and universal indifference to the old has reached aggressive, and routinely lethal, levels. Series: Provocations. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DNF; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 185 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785901713
- ISBN
- 9781785901713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure Translator(s): Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441451
- ISBN
- 9780140441451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.64
€ 17.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Richardson, John. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, text, translation and commentary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687204
- ISBN
- 9780856687204
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.17
€ 33.99
€ 31.17
Hardback. A treasure trove of original and provocative pieces about modern life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471102660
- ISBN
- 9781471102660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.07
€ 6.07
Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238404
- ISBN
- 9780520238404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.11
€ 23.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Rogge, Benjamin A. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966228
- ISBN
- 9780913966228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.07
€ 10.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222174
- ISBN
- 9780811222174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Laisdell, Bob. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486489230
- ISBN
- 9780486489230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.83
€ 16.99
€ 12.83
Hardcover. Volumes V and VI concern Dryden's most involved labor: the complete translation of Virgil into English. Volume V contains The Pastorals and The Georgics in their entirety; the first six books of The Aeneid is contained as well. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A.; Roper, Alan. Series: Works of John Dryden. Num Pages: 584 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520021211
- ISBN
- 9780520021211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.77
€ 94.64
€ 72.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Kolb, Gwin J.; DeMaria, Robert. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 560 pages, 89 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300106725
- ISBN
- 9780300106725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.13€ 99.21
€ 130.13
€ 99.21
Paperback. A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141399157
- ISBN
- 9780141399157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.90
€ 8.99
€ 7.90
Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256825
- ISBN
- 9780226256825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.67
€ 35.99
€ 28.67
hardcover. Opening with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, this work contains ten other essays. It includes reform papers such as: "The Service Paradise (To Be) Regained"; "Herald of Freedom"; "Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum"; "Resistance to Civil Government Slavery in Massachusetts"; and more. Editor(s): Glick, Thomas F. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691062419
- ISBN
- 9780691062419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.33€ 109.68
€ 144.33
€ 109.68
hardcover. Presents a simple account of a year spent alone in a cabin by a pond in the woods. Editor(s): Shanley, J. Lyndon. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691061948
- ISBN
- 9780691061948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.33€ 109.32
€ 144.33
€ 109.32