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Paperback. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Greek & English
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856681721
- ISBN
- 9780856681721
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.17
€ 33.99
€ 31.17
paperback. This collection of works by noted Deaf New Englander William B. Swett, which originally appeared in the late nineteenth century, includes his accounts of adventures in the rugged White Mountains of New Hampshire. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781563686832
- ISBN
- 9781563686832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
€ 25.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. Originally published in 1959, this is a collection of Mailer's stories, essays, polemic, meditations and interviews. It may be considered both as a chronicle of a crucial era in the formation of modern American culture, and as a contribution to the autobiographical tradition in American letters. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005907
- ISBN
- 9780674005907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.14
€ 42.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. Scholarly edition of Aelfric's Colloquy with supporting introduction and glossary. Editor(s): Garmonsway, G. N. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 74 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780859890984
- ISBN
- 9780859890984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Offers the reader with modern English parallel-text translations. This title also provides an opportunity to emphasise different but related points about literal and figurative types of chastity and purity appropriate to the laity. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897808
- ISBN
- 9780859897808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Paperback. A simple illustrated English version of the story of the Aeneid, aimed at ages 8-12. Illustrator(s): Weller, Simon. Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; YQF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 148 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bristol Classical Press
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862921989
- ISBN
- 9780862921989
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.77
€ 30.99
€ 25.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Ganiban, Randall Toth; Perkell, Christine. Series: The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102273
- ISBN
- 9781585102273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
€ 25.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. Translator(s): Gibbs, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 2. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540754
- ISBN
- 9780199540754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KEX0212370
- ISBN
- 9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212371
- ISBN
- 9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Gathering a range of traditional African myths, this collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. All the narratives found here concern origins - whether of the universe, peoples or families. Editor(s): Belcher, Stephen. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449457
- ISBN
- 9780140449457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304755
- ISBN
- 9780226304755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424471
- ISBN
- 9780857424471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.38
€ 19.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141190068
- ISBN
- 9780141190068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222731
- ISBN
- 9780803222731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
hardcover. A brand new collection of essays exclusively commissioned by Notting Hill Editions. Iain Sinclair writes in his luminous introduction, the contributors try to explain their impulse to write 'by way of personal anecdote, revelation, or hopeful punt in the dark'. Num Pages: 4 Full Colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions Trade
- Edition
- First Edition. Hardback.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910749166
- ISBN
- 9781910749166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.46
€ 19.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718004
- ISBN
- 9780804718004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Paperback. 'An extraordinarily diverse collection; pure Walker, fresh-eyed and sassy' NEW YORK TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819586
- ISBN
- 9780753819586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations towards the end of his life. Illuminates his process of working on his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415249928
- ISBN
- 9780415249928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WH; WNCB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589880924
- ISBN
- 9781589880924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.35
€ 24.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Comprises texts from the American colonial period, which bear witness to the extraordinary diversity of writing at this time. Editor(s): Radzinowicz, Mary Ann. Series: Cambridge English Prose Texts. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001057
- ISBN
- 9780521286800
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Serves as a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. This book talks about the legends and tales from oral tradition and used experiences from the author's life and community to educate others about the Yankton Sioux. It bridges the gap between her own culture and mainstream American society. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DQ; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803299177
- ISBN
- 9780803299177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.43
€ 16.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Hyneman, Charles S.; Lutz, Donald S. Num Pages: 1447 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1447
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970410
- ISBN
- 9780865970410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. A voice of one of the "baby-boom progeny of the 'Greatest Generation' who at home and abroad became the foot soldiers" not just in Vietnam but in the Peace Corps, the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and beyond. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395. Very good copy in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007406
- ISBN
- 9780820329697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99