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Literary essays

Hardback. In this eccentric etiquette guide, aphorisms, suggestions, and cautionary tales culled from Mark Twain's personal letters, speeches, and novels are dispensed on topics such as dress, health, food, childrearing, and safety. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B. Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 221 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242456
ISBN
9780520242456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. A family cookbook with over five hundred recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; DSBD; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231049313
ISBN
9780231049313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. Part of a detailed compendium of late-Roman learning in each of the seven liberal arts, set within an amusing mythological-allegorical tale of courtship and marriage among the pagan gods. The text provides an understanding of medieval allegory and the components of a medieval education. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 389 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096362
ISBN
9780231096362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Summers, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174470
ISBN
9781590174470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AVH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593766276
ISBN
9781593766276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.15

paperback. This twelfth century masterpiece comprises 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller. It is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). Translator(s): Ch'en Li-li. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780231101196
ISBN
9780231101196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Reveals some of the author's deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, and his reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Translator(s): Stopp, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447200
ISBN
9780140447200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809126590
ISBN
9780809126590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. These twenty-seven "hair pieces" offer up reflections and revelations about family, race, religion, ritual, culture, motherhood, politics, celebrity, what goes on in African American kitchens and at Hindu Bengali weddings, alongside stories about the influence of Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett, and the Grateful Dead. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616204112
ISBN
9781616204112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Rep Una
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486275482
ISBN
9780486275482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.35

Paperback. The medieval essays in this text range from the late Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium, from the rise of Islam to the western vernacular literature, from missions to China to the caliphs of Egypt, and from the Christian Armenia to religious realities of Christian, Jewish and Muslim Spain. Series: Works of Christopher Dawson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813210179
ISBN
9780813210179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Bisson, Thomas N.; Benton, John F. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 2AB; 3H; DNF; DSBB; HBLC1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647319
ISBN
9780691647319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.37

Paperback. This collection of translated sources investigates all aspects of economic life in the Mediterranean world. It draws on a variety of documents and other contemporary writings, from Arab and Jewish, as well as Christian sources. Translator(s): Raymond, Irving W.; Lopez, Robert S. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 169 x 31. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123570
ISBN
9780231123570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 96. Series: Dover Thrift S. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 7. Weight: 96.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298238
ISBN
9780486298238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.66

Paperback. A selection of 60 thoughtful Thoreau quotations and placed them alongside the wisdom words of writers, philosopohers, and teachers from around the world. Bound in a lovely and compact format, the book totes easily along in your pocket, backpack, or picnic basket. Solitude never felt so cozy. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Wilderness Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780899973210
ISBN
9780899973210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Bonnett, Amy L. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481710
ISBN
9780801481710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.35

Paperback. This text features essays from Ammiel Alcalay covering Mediterranean culture, Arabic literature, the war in Bosnia, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the destruction of Carthage, and much more. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872863606
ISBN
9780872863606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. Features the essays that chart some of the author's experiences or remembrances: his youthful love of a particular London bus route that evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning; and memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris that meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555599
ISBN
9780099555599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; CBP; DNF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455440
ISBN
9781926455440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006122
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9780992974718
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.17

Hardcover. A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Granta
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783780792
ISBN
9781783780792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216523
ISBN
9780812216523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.89

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