Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416544210
- ISBN
- 9781416544210
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
Hardcover. A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present. Editor(s): Gilbert, Sandra M.; Porter, Roger J. Num Pages: 512 pages, ---. BIC Classification: DNF; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 892.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239843
- ISBN
- 9780393239843
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.08
€ 36.99
€ 32.08
hardcover. Lives are known textually, and this collection of new essays explores, corrects, and advances contemporary knowledge of historical lives and texts, particularly of the British eighteenth century. Complementing the essays is a complete translation and critical edition of a life of Hester Thrale Piozzi written in French by Frances Burney. Editor(s): Swan, Jesse G. Num Pages: 302 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611485400
- ISBN
- 9781611485400
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Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Paperback. Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. Editor(s): Scudder, Bernard; Lewis, Simon; Thorsson, Ornulfur. Num Pages: 288 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447705
- ISBN
- 9780140447705
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. This is an annotated edition of El laberinto de la soledad, a classic text on Mexican culture and identity, first published in 1950 by Nobel prize winner Octavio Paz. It includes a wide-ranging introduction, hundreds of explanatory notes and four appendices. Editor(s): Stanton, Anthony. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DNF; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719048746
- ISBN
- 9780719048746
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Condition: New
€ 16.26
€ 16.26
Paperback. Explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This title offers a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. Editor(s): Lysaker, John T.; Rossi, William. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221438
- ISBN
- 9780253221438
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGL; DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633572
- ISBN
- 9780691633572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.74
€ 145.74
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays which argues that art is what we have to cleave to in the face of evil, against the expression of the darker side of human nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571250899
- ISBN
- 9780571250899
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
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€ 13.09
Paperback. Presenting an interpretation of England in the 1690s, this book reconstructs the reign of William III through the eyes and in the words of those who lived through it. The author employs a range of sources including popular ballads, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, sermons, poems and memoirs. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209362
- ISBN
- 9780631209362
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Condition: New
€ 72.33
€ 72.33
Hardback. Presenting an interpretation of England in the 1690s, this book reconstructs the reign of William III through the eyes and in the words of those who lived through it. The author employs a range of sources including popular ballads, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, sermons, poems, and memoirs. Series: History of Early Modern England S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175452
- ISBN
- 9780631175452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.65
€ 156.65
Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403961839
- ISBN
- 9781403961839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. When he was twenty, C.H. Sisson found himself in Hitler's Germany, and a year later in Paris. Fifty years later, 'English Perspectives' presents his reflections on politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856359804
- ISBN
- 9780856359804
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.33
€ 37.99
€ 32.33
Hardcover. Offers an annotated edition of both Creswell's English text, based on the original copy presented to the ambassador of James I, and his contemporary Castilian version from the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Creswell draws on his personal knowledge to write comments about the Gunpowder Plot events. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; DNF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780823214464
- ISBN
- 9780823214464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258228
- ISBN
- 9780674258228
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.86
€ 43.99
€ 36.86
Paperback. ESSAYISM is a personal, critical and polemical book about the genre, its history and its contemporary possibilities, itself an example of what it describes: an essay that is curious and digressive and at the same time held together by a personal voice and a polemical point. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695418
- ISBN
- 9781910695418
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Revealing the author's thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes, this work includes titles such as: "On Solitude," "To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die," and "On Experience". Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140178975
- ISBN
- 9780140178975
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Featuring a collection of articles, this book focuses on the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. It includes a selection of shorter pieces such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'Decline of the English Murder', 'Shooting an Elephant' and 'A Hanging'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183060
- ISBN
- 9780141183060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
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Paperback. Features essays, reviews and articles that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and who elevated political writing to an art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395463
- ISBN
- 9780141395463
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
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Hardback. Editor(s): Shawn, Wallace. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608460021
- ISBN
- 9781608460021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300164985
- ISBN
- 9780300164985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52