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Paperback. Originally adapted for stage, Peter Meineck's revised translation features a general introduction and introductions to the plays. Detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make a this a practical teaching text. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Series: Aristophanes. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203600
ISBN
9780872203600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Series: Aristophanes. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB; DSG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203617
ISBN
9780872203617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nielsen, Erland Kolding. Series: Danish Humanist Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 613 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 178 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
613
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892665
ISBN
9788772892665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.17
€ 65.65

Paperback. Contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. This title covers subjects ranging from Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282679
ISBN
9780099282679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clarendon Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198150848
ISBN
9780198150848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.61

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306216
ISBN
9780226306216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Miscellaneous Reflections. A table of alternative maxim numbers and an index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly. Translator(s): Blackmore, E. H.; Blackmore, A. M.; Giguere, Francine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540006
ISBN
9780199540006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Hardcover. These essays, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures and show Emerson's interest in many practical aspects of human life and reflect his increasing involvement in politics - chiefly the anti-slavery movement - during the decade before the Civil War. Editor(s): Packer, Barbara L.; Wilson, Douglas Emory; Slater, Joseph. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011908
ISBN
9780674011908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89
€ 115.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 501 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line illustration, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674139916
ISBN
9780674139916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89
€ 115.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674139923
ISBN
9780674139923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89
€ 115.21

paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193748
ISBN
9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection of six essays, translated from the French, in which Cixous explores how the problematics of the sexes - viewed as a paradigm for all difference, the organizing principle behind identity and meaning - manifest and write themselves in texts. Translator(s): Liddle, Ann; Sellers, Susan; Cornell, Sarah E. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674144378
ISBN
9780674144378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.10

Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011649
ISBN
9780674011649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351757
ISBN
9781584351757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Hayles, N. Katherine; Pressman, Jessica. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white illustrations and 2 color plates. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680047
ISBN
9780816680047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. These first two volumes of a projected six collect the complete essays of one of the major writers of the 20th century. "His reading was immense, his taste impeccable, and his ear acute..His place in English literature is unique and is certainly assured."-T. S. Eliot. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 607 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 176 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633239
ISBN
9781566633239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.77

Paperback. Pliny's letters provide a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. They document politics, social life, religion, the educational system, the treatment of slaves and include a vivid description of the eruption of Vesuvius. This is a lively and sympathetic new translation. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, one map; one house plan. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538942
ISBN
9780199538942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467153
ISBN
9780226467153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Comprises three classic works: Without Feathers, Getting Even , and Side Effects Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330328210
ISBN
9780330328210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

hardcover. Provides a standard English version of Aristotle. This work contains the substance of the original translation. Editor(s): Barnes, Jonathan. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1582.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
1248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016511
ISBN
9780691016511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 52.96

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