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Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606061
ISBN
9780748606061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.03
€ 197.27

Hardcover. Eliot wrote in his introduction: I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's literary criticism is the most important contemporary criticism of its kind..perhaps the kind we can least afford to do without..the refreshment, the revitalization and making new' of literature in our time. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
478
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313211676
ISBN
9780313211676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.82

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193199
ISBN
9780141193199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A collection of essays on books and why they matter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296031
ISBN
9780007289875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244805
ISBN
9780571244805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Hardcover. The "Rhetorica ad Herrenium" was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106 43 BCE), and reflects, as does Cicero s "De Inventione," Hellenistic rhetorical teaching. But most recent editors attribute it to an unknown author. Translator(s): Caplan, H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1954
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994447
ISBN
9780674994447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. "Makes easily available to legal historians and medievalists alike an important source for social and political no less than legal history."-American Journal of Legal History Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213225
ISBN
9780812213225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785901270
ISBN
9781785901270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Wilde's poetry and prose short stories, plays, critical dialogues and his only novel - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540761
ISBN
9780199540761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138413
ISBN
9780231138413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434316
ISBN
9780140434316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 121 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008115272
ISBN
9780008115272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Ill Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143129264
ISBN
9780143129264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. Offering an invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), this essay on the joys of idleness contains writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043968
ISBN
9780141043968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043852
ISBN
9780141043852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Granta Magazine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881871
ISBN
9781905881871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover. These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150742
ISBN
9781857150742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.43

paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442380
ISBN
9780140442380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Hardcover. 'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.' Deborah Levy BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903632
ISBN
9781907903632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

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