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Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119779
- ISBN
- 9780349119779
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles. Translator(s): Healey, John. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444131
- ISBN
- 9780140444131
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Hardcover. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973190
- ISBN
- 9780865973190
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.64
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Paperback. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973206
- ISBN
- 9780865973206
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.75
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Paperback. An anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. It contains sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire). It also contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. Editor(s): Gilbar, Steven. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212091
- ISBN
- 9780520212091
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 221.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173640
- ISBN
- 9781590173640
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.50
€ 21.99
€ 18.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158. .
- Publisher
- Lilliput Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510314
- ISBN
- 9781843510314
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Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 27.28
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryan, Paul. Num Pages: 470 pages, 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Plexus Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859653176
- ISBN
- 9780859653176
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.73
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Paperback. Translator(s): Fraleigh, Matthew. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BJ; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Edition
- paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947518
- ISBN
- 9781933947518
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630847
- ISBN
- 9780691630847
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Condition: New
€ 249.44
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Paperback. The City Section of The New York Times shows us "real New Yorkers". Editor(s): Rosenblum, Constance. Num Pages: 303 pages, Photos. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775721
- ISBN
- 9780814775721
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
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Paperback. Written in 1890, at the close of William Morris's most intense period of political activism, News from Nowhere is a compelling articulation of his mature views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and structure of the ideal society. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112671
- ISBN
- 9781551112671
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.24
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paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140433302
- ISBN
- 9780140433302
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
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Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Wellstone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985419073
- ISBN
- 9780985419073
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.35
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Paperback. Charles Dickens describes his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness, and vice on the streets. This collection of essays shows him as one of the greatest visionaries of the city in all its variety and cruelty. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047508
- ISBN
- 9780141047508
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. Nineteenth--Century American Women Writers: An Anthology is a multicultural, multigenre collection celebrating the quality and diversity of nineteenth century American womena s expression. Editor(s): Kilcup, Karen L. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 656 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199861
- ISBN
- 9780631199861
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Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
paperback. Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance and inadequacy of the law. Editor(s): Cook, Robert. Translator(s): Cook, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 maps, chronology, family trees, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; 3F; DNF; FT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447699
- ISBN
- 9780140447699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.29
€ 14.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in December 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was serving an eleven-year sentence in a Chinese prison for "incitement to subvert state power." These essays and poems not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Editor(s): Link, Perry; Martin-Liao, Tienchi; Liu, Xia. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072329
- ISBN
- 9780674072329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.52
€ 27.99
€ 25.52
hardcover. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736350
- ISBN
- 9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Paperback. Contains essays that describe what it means to be black in America. This book describes the tragedies that are inflicted by racial segregation and presents a poignant account of the author's first journey to 'the Old Country', the Southern states. Num Pages: 208 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140184471
- ISBN
- 9780140184471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61