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Hardcover. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his "Roman History" survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 507 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
507
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1916
Edition
New issue of 1916 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990739
ISBN
9780674990739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 116 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
482
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994270
ISBN
9780674994270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222174
ISBN
9780811222174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of "Histories" covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of "Annals" tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66. Translator(s): Jackson, J. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
430
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1937
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993457
ISBN
9780674993457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223552
ISBN
9780300223552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.72

Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature. He regarded Either/Or as the beginning of his authorship. These pseudonymous volumes of Either/Or are the writings of a young man and of Judge William. Editor(s): Hong, Howard V.; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 44. Weight in Grams: 842.
Edition
n Later printing
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
728
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020419
ISBN
9780691020419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Political science as a discipline is multifaceted and its role in society is complex. This collection of essays is based on an approach grounded in history and informed by a theory of participatory pluralism. The author reflects on the discipline's fragmentation and its retreat from public debate, Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 275 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783847405061
ISBN
9783847405061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Congail, Nollaig Mac. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arlen House
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321490
ISBN
9781851321490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.34

Paperback. A comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship. It features forty-four articles that take stock of the history, evolving literature, and the trajectories of new world history. Editor(s): Dunn, Ross E.; Mitchell, Laura J.; Ward, Kerry. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 656 pages, 2 b/w images, 16 charts, 7 tables. BIC Classification: DNF; HBAH; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289895
ISBN
9780520289895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.23

Hardcover. We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. Translator(s): Greenwood, L.H.G. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 699 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
699
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993235
ISBN
9780674993235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

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

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604734201
ISBN
9781604734201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.84

paperback. The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. This title follows the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 384 pages, further reading, notes, maps, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780140448993
ISBN
9780140448993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. The text presented here remains as faithful to the original Middle English as possible, without sounding archaic. Editor(s): Staley, Lynn. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCS1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
9780393976397
ISBN
9780393976397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. The first collection of essays by one of the most important public intellectuals in Ireland. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773547773
ISBN
9780773547773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. . Good clean copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001102
ISBN
9780241978313
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Herman Melville's own life. Editor(s): Levine, Robert S.; Weinstein, Cindy. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Critical
SKU
V9780393938944
ISBN
9780393938944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

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

paperback. Presents a range of Swift's writing, including not only the major literary prose works but also substantial poetic and political writings. This title includes a selection of contemporary materials, along with criticism, a chronology and bibliography. Editor(s): Rawson, Claude; Higgins, Ian. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 1 map, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
9780393930658
ISBN
9780393930658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.34

Paperback. Presents the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever. This book weaves a story of adultery, treachery and ultimately - in its tragic finale - death. Editor(s): Cowen, Janet. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430448
ISBN
9780140430448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

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