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paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193748
ISBN
9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years the author has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. This title brings together his writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; and many others. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241960981
ISBN
9780241960981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961766
ISBN
9780241961766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140435825
ISBN
9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433302
ISBN
9780140433302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

mass_market. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141036687
ISBN
9780141036687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.06

paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140290493
ISBN
9780140290493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140437379
ISBN
9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.74

paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446494
ISBN
9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

paperback. Thomas Carlyle was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1795. He was influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment while at the University of Edinburgh and became a teacher instead. He published a life of Schiller and translations of Goethe in the 1820s. This book presents a selection of his work. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396767
ISBN
9780141396767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102773
ISBN
9780231102773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clarendon Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198150848
ISBN
9780198150848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.61

hardcover. Series: Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of A. J. Arberry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; BK; DNF; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138210943
ISBN
9781138210943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.60

Hardcover. Xenophon I. Historia Graeca Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145523
ISBN
9780198145523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642468
ISBN
9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.92

paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300223606
ISBN
9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.49

paperback. A collection that outlines the author's early preoccupation with issues of mental illness, creativity and femininity, all of which would become recurrent themes in her later work. It contains the thirteen stories together with five pieces of her journalism, as well as a further nine stories selected from the Indiana archive. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. From the library of June Levine. Ownership details to ffep. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025686
ISBN
9780571049899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138982116
ISBN
9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Hardcover. Presents various texts of Cicero's dialogues on political philosophy, "De Re Publica" and "De Legibus", together with corrected versions of the editor's editions of "Cato Maior de Senectute" and "Laelius de Amicitia". Editor(s): Powell, J. G. F. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 466 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146698
ISBN
9780198146698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.07

Paperback. Translator(s): Jordon, M.D. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268015039
ISBN
9780268015039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DNF; JFSK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 299. *
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781771510547
ISBN
9781771510547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.67

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

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

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

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