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Hardcover. Translator(s): Artes, Skyler. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937564
ISBN
9780813937564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.01

Paperback. Translator(s): Artes, Skyler. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937571
ISBN
9780813937571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe; Orrells, Daniel. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939100
ISBN
9780813939100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.34

Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607168
ISBN
9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424471
ISBN
9780857424471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Some of North Carolina's finest writers ruminate on the meaning of place in this collection of twenty-one original essays, untangling North Carolina's influence on their work, exploring how the idea of place resonates with North Carolinians, and illuminating why the state itself plays such a significant role in its own literature. Editor(s): Gingher, Marianne. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469622392
ISBN
9781469622392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. This new edition of Zapata s Disciple, which won the 1999 Independent Publisher Book Award for Creative Nonfiction/Memoir, opens with a new essay on this history of censorship and continues Espada s lifelong fight for freedom of expression." Series: Curbstone. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133853
ISBN
9780810133853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.93

hardcover. A biographical sketch of the antecedents, early life and career of William Thornton, particulary known for his design of the US Capitol. It includes his early antislavery writings, and detailed accounts of the evolution of the first successful steamboat. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; BGHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1243.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813913445
ISBN
9780813913445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07

Hardback. This volume studies Victorian female protagonists who participate in the public universe conventionally occupied by men. The author examines classical novels by female authors in relation to each other and to developments in the emerging British women's movement. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917726
ISBN
9780813917726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Hardback. A selection of the non-novelistic work of William Gilmore Simms, leading literary figure of the Old South (1806-1870). It features his letters, short fiction, essays, historical writings, poetry and epigrams - all chosen and introduced by Simms scholar, John Caldwell Guilds. Editor(s): Guilds, John Caldwell. Series: Southern Texts Society. Num Pages: 416 pages, port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920191
ISBN
9780813920191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.02

Paperback. The Treaty of Bayonne of 1388 between Juan I, King of Castile, and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Pretender to the Castilian throne, was one of the most important treaties of the Hundred Years War. In the transcription of the documents, the original spellings of words, however inconsistent, have been respected. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893169
ISBN
9780859893169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.88

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
€ 42.96

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

€ 86.98

Paperback / so. Series: Klassiker Der Politik. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663039891
ISBN
9783663039891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

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

€ 36.99
€ 32.08

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

€ 179.37

paperback. This is the first volume of essays arising out of a series of high-level seminars held in All Souls College, Oxford during the Spring of 1993. The contributors, among them distinguished judges and academics, have produced essays of sparkling quality which will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the future direction of English law. Editor(s): Birks, Peter. B. H. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; DNF; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780198259022
ISBN
9780198259022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.93

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

€ 78.97

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

€ 126.36

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

€ 80.64

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