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Paperback. Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747806
- ISBN
- 9780804747806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
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Hardback. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, first published in 1815, was Walter Scott's second novel Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 616 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605682
- ISBN
- 9780748605682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.64
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Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586593
- ISBN
- 9780099586593
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Presents four works that offers the preoccupations of the German Romantic movement. Goethe's "Fairy Tale" depicts an ethereal underground realm and the marriage of a beautiful man and woman. In "Eckbert the Fair", two outsiders seek refuge in the solitude of dark woods to conceal their incestuous passion from the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447323
- ISBN
- 9780140447323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.95
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John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Of interest to those who love his work, this book brings together McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 770. Nice copy in clean dustwrapper. First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0303037
- ISBN
- 9780571245116
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. This translation with notes is primarily for classroom use. It aims to be true to the basic meaning of the text and tries to bring across some of the beauty of the poetry as well as the rhetorical power of the dialogue and speeches. Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203921
- ISBN
- 9780872203921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.67
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Paperback. This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443837
- ISBN
- 9780140443837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
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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€ 11.93
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408879948
- ISBN
- 9781408879948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. With candour, eloquence and indignation, this title carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542254
- ISBN
- 9780099542254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Hardback. Features 142 short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Axios Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604191004
- ISBN
- 9781604191004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.29
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Paperback. From the best-selling author of The Glass Palace and Sea of Poppies, an extraordinary work of non-fiction that combines ancient history with a modern-day travelogue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081940
- ISBN
- 9781847081940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity. Siegfried, prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of princess Kriemhild of Burgundy but is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts most. Translator(s): Hatto, A. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140441376
- ISBN
- 9780140441376
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405922074
- ISBN
- 9781405922074
Paperback
Condition: New
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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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A comprehensive anthology of Swift's writing, including The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, writing on politics, religion, and Ireland, as well as a generous selection from his correspondence. Formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540785
- ISBN
- 9780199540785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904246251
- ISBN
- 9781904246251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.21
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Paperback. William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with labourers, and outbursts at the encroaching cities and sufferings of the poor. Ian Dyck places these accounts in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs. Num Pages: 576 pages, map, explanatory notes, further reading, indexes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DNF; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435795
- ISBN
- 9780140435795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126455
- ISBN
- 9781897126455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
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Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 776
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416430
- ISBN
- 9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
€ 15.20