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Literary essays
Paperback. This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1419.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465086450
- ISBN
- 9780465086450
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€ 64.65
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Paperback. Presents an Icelandic saga which mixes realism with gothic imagination and history with tales of hauntings. This title dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445305
- ISBN
- 9780140445305
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Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447606
- ISBN
- 9780140447606
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€ 19.99€ 13.91
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paperback. Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", the author set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099755319
- ISBN
- 9780099755319
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. This work then adopts far more radical position, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', and a full-scale reorganization of British society. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JF; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780140433487
- ISBN
- 9780140433487
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445954
- ISBN
- 9780140445954
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.54
€ 20.99
€ 18.54
Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233438
- ISBN
- 9780812233438
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Condition: New
€ 68.62€ 44.59
€ 68.62
€ 44.59
Paperback. This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; DNF; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KNW0008816
- ISBN
- 9781843542629
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. One of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 446 pages, plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1963
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192547019
- ISBN
- 9780192547019
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Condition: New
€ 50.17
€ 50.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007462
- ISBN
- 9780811200035
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Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. "Unquestionably art, a breathtaking piece of writing."-Charles Bock, The New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339017
- ISBN
- 9780393339017
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 4. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486287621
- ISBN
- 9780486287621
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Condition: New
€ 5.86
€ 5.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803222731
- ISBN
- 9780803222731
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
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Paperback. Describing the hard working conditions on plantations and harsh treatment of apprentices unjustly incarcerated, this book argues that apprenticeship actually worsened the conditions of Jamaican ex-slaves: former owners, no longer legally permitted to directly punish their workers, used the Jamaican legal system as a punitive lever against them. Editor(s): Paton, Diana. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 b&w photos, 2 maps, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822326472
- ISBN
- 9780822326472
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
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Hardcover. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Editor(s): Baker, Robert S.; Sexton, James. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 653 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1104.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633475
- ISBN
- 9781566633475
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Condition: New
€ 48.76
€ 48.76
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages but otherwise a good copy
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008782
- ISBN
- 9780486280387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330510790
- ISBN
- 9780330510790
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 4.99
€ 13.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In this sequel to Catherine Cookson's collection of essays and poems, "Let Me Make Myself Plain", she offers a further selection of thoughts, recollections and observations on life - and death - together with more of the poems she prefers to describe as "prose on short lines". Num Pages: 336 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 107 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010071
- ISBN
- 9780552143844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Series: The history of literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1983rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333271391
- ISBN
- 9780333271391
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.21
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€ 43.21
Paperback. Publius Papinius Statius lived from the 40s to the mid-90s AD. In his teens he moved to Rome, and there, some years later, he embarked on his own career in poetry. This title presents an introduction that locates Statius in his historical and literary context, considers the importance of his "Silvae", and presents a brief history of the text. Translator(s): Nagle, Betty Rose. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 17. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216670
- ISBN
- 9780253216670
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.41
€ 16.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. In April 1956, C S Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and the author found himself alone again, and inconsolable. In this journal, he freely confesses his pain, rage, and struggle to sustain his faith. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571310876
- ISBN
- 9780571310876
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.37
€ 11.99
€ 10.37
Paperback. In 1822 William Hazlitt, forty-four years old and married, was both tormented and enchanted by Sarah Walker, his landlady's nineteen-year-old daughter. This work is the chronicle of that obsession. Editor(s): Dart, Gregory. Series: Fyfield Books. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548570
- ISBN
- 9781857548570
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486469478
- ISBN
- 9780486469478
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Condition: New
€ 9.90
€ 9.90
Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212371
- ISBN
- 9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49