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Literary essays
Paperback. This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the complex fate of black and white Americans caught, as ever, in a racial history they can neither surmount nor escape". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; FV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492707
- ISBN
- 9781558492707
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Condition: New
€ 39.78
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Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz. Editor(s): Buckley, Jerome Hamilton. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 864 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393958287
- ISBN
- 9780393958287
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.42
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Paperback. Features essays about why we read. This work explores the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 80.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036731
- ISBN
- 9780141036731
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
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Paperback. An account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. It also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, himself, as well as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", the poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of woman he loved. Editor(s): Toibin, Colm. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439908
- ISBN
- 9780140439908
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Contains De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Soul of Man under Socialism, The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0036270
- ISBN
- 9781840224016
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Lucretius lived ca. 99 ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things") he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility. Translator(s): Rouse, William Henry Denham. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 668 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 668
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1924
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674992009
- ISBN
- 9780674992009
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.02
€ 33.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646798
- ISBN
- 9780888646798
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.81
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Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex (The Oth...
Henricus Cornelius Agrippa
Paperback. Originally published in 1529, this work argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that really matter, including the public spheres from which they have long been excluded. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 142 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010595
- ISBN
- 9780226010595
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Condition: New
€ 41.04
€ 41.04
Paperback. Contains essays that explore the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and lament the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning). This book also unfolds the author's views on things from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191263
- ISBN
- 9780141191263
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.42
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Hardcover. The "Templar of Tyre" is the third and longest section of a 14th-century chronicle known as the "Gestes des Chiprois". Written by a Cypriot knight serving the Templar Master William of Beaujeu, it provides precious contemporary insights and the only eyewitness chronicle of the fall of Acre in 1291. Editor(s): Crawford, Dr Paul F. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 216 pages, Includes 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM9; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840146189
- ISBN
- 9781840146189
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Condition: New
€ 174.21
€ 174.21
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540501
- ISBN
- 9780199540501
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
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Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447606
- ISBN
- 9780140447606
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. Intends to capture many of the influential voices from a century of United States history who have spoken out on the struggle to make real the promise of democracy for Americans, railed against abuses of corporate power, renounced American empire, championed environmental causes, opposed war, and waged peace. Editor(s): Rothschild, Matthew. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299232245
- ISBN
- 9780299232245
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970366
- ISBN
- 9780865970366
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970373
- ISBN
- 9780865970373
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
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Paperback. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity; indeed, his very eminence may be responsible for the inclusion under his name of a number of speeches he almost certainly did not write. This volume contains four speeches that are most probably the work of Apollodorus, who is often known as 'the Eleventh Attic Orator'. Translator(s): Bers, Victor. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 237 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709225
- ISBN
- 9780292709225
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.04
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Paperback. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity. Part of the "Oratory of Classical Greece" series, this volume contains his Funeral Oration for those who died in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, and the so-called Erotic Essay, a rhetorical exercise in which the speaker eulogizes the youth Epicrates for his looks. Translator(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: The Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713321
- ISBN
- 9780292713321
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Condition: New
€ 28.42
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Hardback. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412343
- ISBN
- 9780821412343
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Condition: New
€ 28.91
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Paperback. Includes the full German text, accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Editor(s): Ackermann, P. K. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415051408
- ISBN
- 9780415051408
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Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Paperback. Includes the full German text, accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Series: Twentieth Century Texts. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415045483
- ISBN
- 9780415045483
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Condition: New
€ 42.70
€ 42.70
hardcover. Fishing tales by the best authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Charles Phair, Hugh Wise, and Kip Farrington and the best tales, such as Marlins Off Cuba, Fighting Sharks on Hook and Line, and The Angler's Camp. Editor(s): Merritt, J.I. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586670771
- ISBN
- 9781586670771
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.41
€ 36.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. Translator(s): Schwartz, Adam; Bloch, David. Series: Selskabet Til Historiske Kildeskrifters Oversaettelse. Num Pages: 288 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897691
- ISBN
- 9788772897691
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.29
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€ 34.29
paperback. Editor(s): Motion, Sir Andrew. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375705489
- ISBN
- 9780375705489
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. An essay by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, first published posthumously in 1681, in which Hobbes sets forth his mature reflections of the relations between reason and law, and proposes a separation in the functions of government. This edition seeks to provide an accessible and dependable text. Editor(s): Cropsey, Joseph (Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science, University of Chicago, USA). Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345413
- ISBN
- 9780226345413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.77
€ 39.77