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Paperback. The Domesday Book was described by David Hume as "the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation". This text presents a complete translation of this extraordinary document. Num Pages: 1456 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439945
- ISBN
- 9780141439945
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€ 50.99€ 34.55
€ 50.99
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Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435610
- ISBN
- 9780140435610
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€ 19.99€ 18.20
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Paperback. The author was no ordinary genius. He upset those in authority, gave captivating lectures, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints and touched countless lives everywhere. This title collects letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021133
- ISBN
- 9780141021133
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€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Includes stories that provide an opportunity to glimpse the daily life of the church which for over a century was the faith of the majority of North African Christians. This title features narratives that represent the lives and deaths of Christians who carried on pre-Constantine traditions from the fourth century to the advent of Islam. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HB; DNF; HBJH; HBLA; HRAM7; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853239314
- ISBN
- 9780853239314
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Condition: New
€ 46.61
€ 46.61
Paperback. This anthology seeks to revolutionize the way the Harlem Renaissance is viewed. It seeks to redress the emphasis on male writers, offering a balanced collection of writers - men and women, gay and straight, famiiar and obscure. It includes poetry, short stories, drama, essays, music and art. Editor(s): Patton, Venetria K.; Honey, Maureen. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; ACX; AVGC6; DNF; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 184 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813529301
- ISBN
- 9780813529301
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Condition: New
€ 59.22
€ 59.22
Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184388
- ISBN
- 9780141184388
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Documents the author's 'first contact with poverty'. This title shows a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor - sleeping in bug-infested hostels and doss houses of last resort, working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile 'Hotel X', surviving on scraps and cigarette butts, living alongside tramps, a star-gazing pavement artist and more. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141393032
- ISBN
- 9780141393032
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.66
€ 10.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography that were all written in the second half of the 4th century. Editor(s): White, Carolinne. Translator(s): White, Carolinne. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435269
- ISBN
- 9780140435269
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Selections from Patti Smith's writings over the decade in which she made a lasting impact on America's underground literary and rock scene. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393313017
- ISBN
- 9780393313017
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.45
€ 16.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Reveals the author's mind which was on the brink of one of the most revolutionary ideas in human history - the theory of Communism. Translator(s): Livingstone, Rodney; Benton, Gregor. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DNF; JPA; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445749
- ISBN
- 9780140445749
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.21
€ 17.99
€ 17.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894759908
- ISBN
- 9781894759908
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. A full-colour guide to understanding Nevada's magnificent but challenging landscape - teal sky and a sea of purple sage, mountain mahogany and a crimson mass of claret cup cactus. Num Pages: 136 pages, 66 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; 2ABM; AJC; DNF; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 206 x 12. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874175264
- ISBN
- 9780874175264
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Condition: New
€ 40.99
€ 40.99
Hardback. Translator(s): Poole, Janet. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149440
- ISBN
- 9780231149440
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Condition: New
€ 141.85
€ 141.85
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 18.99€ 17.23
€ 18.99
€ 17.23
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239843
- ISBN
- 9780393239843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.74
€ 35.99
€ 31.74
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 149.68
€ 149.68
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: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447705
- ISBN
- 9780140447705
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
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
€ 16.19
€ 16.19
Paperback. The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. This book seeks to restore Phelps' reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. Editor(s): Duquette, Elizabeth; Tevlin, Cheryl. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243972
- ISBN
- 9780803243972
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.54
€ 31.99
€ 29.54
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 31.58
€ 31.58
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
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Condition: New
€ 140.02
€ 140.02
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
€ 16.99€ 13.00
€ 16.99
€ 13.00
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209362
- ISBN
- 9780631209362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.98
€ 89.98
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.
- Format
- 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
€ 195.83
€ 195.83