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Paperback. This anthology seeks to revolutionize the way the Harlem Renaissance is viewed. It seeks to redress the emphasis on male writers, offering a balanced collection of writers - men and women, gay and straight, famiiar and obscure. It includes poetry, short stories, drama, essays, music and art. Editor(s): Patton, Venetria K.; Honey, Maureen. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; ACX; AVGC6; DNF; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 184 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529301
ISBN
9780813529301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.82

hardcover. A new critical edition of the first Protestant catechism to be published in English. The editors' introduction establishes the historical, religious, social and cultural contexts out of which the work was born. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043894
ISBN
9780802043894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.74

Paperback. This work offers an account, from the perspective of a young lieutenant, of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea. Num Pages: 160 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FPK; 3JJPG; DNF; HBJF; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Arba Yayinlari
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789759481841
ISBN
9789759481841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.63

hardcover. This bibliography encompasses all extant books of emblems, and books dealing with the theory and practice of emblematics written by members of The Society of Jesus. Translations and adaptations of Jesuit works in all languages are also included. Editor(s): Daly, Peter M.; Dimler, S. J.; Dimler S.J., G.Richard. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038531
ISBN
9780802038531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.18

hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802046994
ISBN
9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.71

Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802026040
ISBN
9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.01

hardcover. The essays, which cover a period of approximately forty years, reflect Page's enduring concerns as a verbal and visual artist with the power of art and the imagination to transcend the barriers that limit our perceptions of the world and our sympathies with our fellow human beings. Editor(s): Pollock, Zailig. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091086
ISBN
9780802091086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.94

Paperback. Pourquoi ne profite-t-on pas de tout ce qui nous arrive pour changer notre vie? Editor(s): Carriere, Marie. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
52
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645531
ISBN
9780888645531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Thirty-eight rare, out-of-print or previously unpublished essays and letters by Lawrence Durrell with scholarly introduction. Editor(s): Gifford, James. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120516
ISBN
9781772120516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.33

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cathcart, Michael; Darian-Smith, Kate. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DNF; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522846812
ISBN
9780522846812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 359 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810109940
ISBN
9780810109940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. In this lively collection of essays and talks from 1967-80, Heathcote shares the findings of her groundbreaking work in the application of theatre techniques and play to classroom teaching. She provides a time-tested philosophy on the value of dramatic activity in breaking down barriers and overcoming inertia. Editor(s): Johnson, Liz; O'Neill, Cecily. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AN; DNF; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810109995
ISBN
9780810109995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely not only over Karolina Pavlova's oeuvre but also in their analytical stances. The volume includes close poetic and prosodic analysis, literary history, gender studies, intertextual comparison and biography. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne; Lehrman, Alexander. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northwestern University Press,U.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810115446
ISBN
9780810115446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.40

Paperback. A poet, critic and theoretician during the Silver Age of Russian poetry, Viacheslav Ivanov was praised for his erudition, sumptuous and elusive poetry and brilliant essays. This volume covers a range of Ivanov's interests, including the aesthetics of Symbolism, theatre and culturalogical concerns. Editor(s): Wachtel, Michael; Emerson, Caryl. Translator(s): Bird, Robert. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810120839
ISBN
9780810120839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Paperback. Series: Marlboro travel. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Marlboro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810160521
ISBN
9780810160521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.91

Hardcover. The first book of its kind to explore and unpack the Pulitzer winning poet's oeuvre. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633358
ISBN
9780815633358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09

Hardcover. The 25 essays in this collection range from the earliest of O.B. Hardison Jr's work to those unpublished at the time of his death and cover such subjects as Shakespeare's plays, Dadaist poetry and architecture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318196
ISBN
9780820318196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.01

Hardcover. These essays record in personal and idiosyncratic terms a year in the life of a man with a tenacious commitment to pausing and wondering. Moving between humour and seriousness, the mundane and the philosophical, truth and fiction, the essays saunter through life and rummage through lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319407
ISBN
9780820319407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.80

Hardcover. This volume completes a three-volume documentary history of the work of John Franklin Jameson. Composed principally of Jameson's public and private correspondence, this volume highlights some of his contributions as Director of the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; DNF; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320397
ISBN
9780820320397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.61

Hardcover. The author's essays in this book describe elements of the natural world: wind, water, ice, fire, and trees. The "unequal hours" are of the changing seasons. Other essays explore a nature reserve, a garden, backyard wildlife, and a hot air balloon ride. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820320403
ISBN
9780820320403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.59

Paperback. Describes how the author's mother, as the dean of girls at a high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, "constructed a nostalgic past out of nothing." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330396
ISBN
9780820330396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.64

Hardcover. A collection of essays across disciplines that unpacks and explores our conceptions of perfection and proceeds with the full consciousness that perfection s exact definition is subjective, reliant on who is speaking, and easily unmoored by time, geography, and the vagaries of taste." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347127
ISBN
9780820347127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.07

Paperback. Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception. The narrative spans the common and often contested ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347578
ISBN
9780820347578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347622
ISBN
9780820347622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.56

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