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Paperback. Brings you the works of thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036700
ISBN
9780141036700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. J.G.Ballard is the author of the novels "Crash", "Empire of the Sun" and "Rushing to Paradise". Throughout his career he has also been a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers. This book collects together pieces of his journalism, grouped under themes including science and film. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006548218
ISBN
9780006548218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295831
ISBN
9780486295831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.56

Paperback. A collection of highly-informed essays offering fresh perspectives on cutting-edge writers, musicians and fimmakers. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; APB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350245
ISBN
9781785350245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Retraces John C. Fremont's five remarkable western expeditions (1842-53) and portrays wilderness on the brink of irreversible change. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 254 x 9. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570982606
ISBN
9781570982606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.28

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244805
ISBN
9780571244805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.40

paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435306
ISBN
9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius' Epitome was for long a part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a professional standing army, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defence policy. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 207 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853239109
ISBN
9780853239109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241248874
ISBN
9780241248874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Brenkman, John. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140. Weight in Grams: 401. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
G&B Arts International
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0208395
ISBN
9789057013911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856682537
ISBN
9780856682537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Originally published anonymously in 1844, "Vestiges" was the first attempt to connect the natural sciences to a history of creation. This volume includes Chambers's earliest works on cosmology, an essay on Darwin and an autobiographical essay. It also features a new introduction by James Secord. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 37. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100739
ISBN
9780226100739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. An English-language introduction to the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. Editor(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 488 pages, 58 illus. BIC Classification: ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951153
ISBN
9781890951153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

paperback. Editor(s): Slager, Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571313232
ISBN
9781571313232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970106
ISBN
9780865970106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Hardcover. First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. The introduction discusses her ideas. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150865
ISBN
9781857150865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

hardcover. Woolf responds passionately to those writers - past, present - who deal honestly with the reader, who express their own variations on the 'I am I' - the selective vision of the finite self. Editor(s): Kavenna, Joanna. Series: Classic Collection. Num Pages: 182 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903922
ISBN
9781907903922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. Martin Amis provides portraits of contemporaries and mentors alike. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099461876
ISBN
9780099461876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. i>A Vital Rationalist brings together for the first time a selection of Canguilhem's most important writings, including excerpts from previously unpublished manuscripts and a critical biography by Camille Limoges. Editor(s): Delaporte, Francois. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
482
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299731
ISBN
9780942299731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.20

Hardback. A selection of important yet previously untranslated and unpublished essays. Editor(s): Prenowitz, Eric. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639038
ISBN
9780748639038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.40
€ 114.36

Paperback. This groundbreaking collection draws together for the first time Mayakovsky's key translators from the 1930s to the present day, bringing some remarkable works back into print in the process and introducing poems which have never before been translated. Editor(s): Carrick, Rosy Patience. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392164
ISBN
9781910392164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. This volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167602
ISBN
9780226167602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826704
ISBN
9781509826704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Fender, Stephen Allen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538065
ISBN
9780199538065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

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