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Hardcover. This is the prose masterpiece of the Heian era of the 10th and 11th centuries, which is recognized as a great period in Japanese literature. It is an account of the intricate, exquisite, highly ordered court culture which made such a masterpiece possible. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151084
ISBN
9781857151084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.04

Paperback. Presents the author's incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189857
ISBN
9780141189857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Brings together various W B Yeats' published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180015
ISBN
9780140180015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Hardcover. "This translation is based on Estienne de La Boaetie, De la servitude volontaire ou Contr'un, edited by Malcolm Smith, with additional annotation and a bibliography by Michel Magnien (Geneva: Librarie Droz, 2001)" -- Publisher. Translator(s): Atkinson, James B.; Sices, David. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
92
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848404
ISBN
9781603848404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeua engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on this fascinating topic. Editor(s): Ahmed, Sara; Stacey, Jackie. Series: Transformations. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415223560
ISBN
9780415223560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.81

Paperback. This groundbreaking collection draws together for the first time Mayakovsky's key translators from the 1930s to the present day, bringing some remarkable works back into print in the process and introducing poems which have never before been translated. Editor(s): Carrick, Rosy Patience. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392164
ISBN
9781910392164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Freudian thought permeates many aspects of 20th-century life, and to understand Freud is to explore not only his scientific papers but also his writings on art, literature, politics, religion and culture. This collection of 51 texts, with introductions by Peter Gay, spans Freud's entire career. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577119
ISBN
9780099577119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Presents a critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain. This work examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036625
ISBN
9780141036625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Moncrieff, Scott. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 42. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
900
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841598970
ISBN
9781841598970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. Presenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs. It argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionary change, and deplores the influence the revolution might have in Britain. Editor(s): O'Brien, Conor Cruise. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432046
ISBN
9780140432046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Bannister, Robert C. Num Pages: 423 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
423
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971011
ISBN
9780865971011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575757
ISBN
9780099575757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322660
ISBN
9780940322660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. Presented in a new edition with expanded notes, this genre-defying meditation on the semiotics of late-1920s Weimar culture, composed of 60 short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme, offers a fresh opportunity to encounter Walter Benjamin at his most virtuosic and experimental, writing in a vein that anticipates later masterpieces. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052291
ISBN
9780674052291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. Translator(s): Varese, Louise. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200073
ISBN
9780811200073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099629603
ISBN
9780099629603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436082
ISBN
9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Ross, Angus; Woolley, David, QC. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimile title page. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549788
ISBN
9780199549788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Features a collection of essays on literature, cinema, art - and everything in between. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141019468
ISBN
9780141019468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This collection of the writings of Ignacio Martin-Baro clarifies his importance in Latin American psychology and social theory. It introduces the questions and concerns that shaped his thinking and led to his passionate fight against oppression in El Salvador, resulting in his early death. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; DNF; JMH; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674962477
ISBN
9780674962477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.19

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