Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. Gathering a range of traditional African myths, this collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. All the narratives found here concern origins - whether of the universe, peoples or families. Editor(s): Belcher, Stephen. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449457
- ISBN
- 9780140449457
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€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Hardback. Editor(s): Amhlaigh, Liam Mac; O'Curnain, Brian. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, frontispi. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320684
- ISBN
- 9781851320684
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€ 30.00
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749517
- ISBN
- 9781910749517
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€ 19.99€ 18.58
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 395 pages, 1facsim,1port. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. .
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 395
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228306
- ISBN
- 9780821409602
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Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1324.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995734
- ISBN
- 9780674995734
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158. .
- Publisher
- Lilliput Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510314
- ISBN
- 9781843510314
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Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 27.28
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Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 693 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 693
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1941
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993990
- ISBN
- 9780674993990
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
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Paperback. Translator(s): Ambler, Wayne. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487507
- ISBN
- 9780801487507
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€ 30.99€ 27.40
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Paperback. Recounting the final days of Arthur and set in a world of fading chivalric glory, this title depicts the Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail, and with its integrity threatened by the weakness of Arthur's own knights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442557
- ISBN
- 9780140442557
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
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€ 14.21
Paperback. A selection of Jonathan Edward's sermons, which seeks to recognise their crucial role in his life and art. The 15 sermons reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth, and address a wide range of occasions, situations and states. Editor(s): Kimnach, Wilson H.; Minkema, Kenneth P.; Sweeney, Professor Douglas A. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; DNF; HRCM; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300077681
- ISBN
- 9780300077681
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
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Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 521
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1939
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993693
- ISBN
- 9780674993693
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AVH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Soft Skull Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593766276
- ISBN
- 9781593766276
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.30
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€ 22.30
Paperback. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity. Part of the "Oratory of Classical Greece" series, this volume contains his Funeral Oration for those who died in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, and the so-called Erotic Essay, a rhetorical exercise in which the speaker eulogizes the youth Epicrates for his looks. Translator(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: The Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713321
- ISBN
- 9780292713321
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
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Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011649
- ISBN
- 9780674011649
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
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Hardcover. The major works of Josephus (c. 37 after 97 CE) are "History of the Jewish War," from 170 BCE to his own time, and "Jewish Antiquities," from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical "Life" and a treatise "Against Apion." Translator(s): Marcus, Ralph; Wikgren, Allen. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995383
- ISBN
- 9780674995383
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.64
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262073035
- ISBN
- 9780262073035
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.46
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Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.88
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Paperback. Recounts the ancient war between Athens and Sparta in the translation by the seventeenth century British philosopher. Translator(s): Hobbes, T. Num Pages: 638 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- The Univ of Chicago Pr Edition, 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226801063
- ISBN
- 9780226801063
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.82
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631001
- ISBN
- 9781578631001
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.62
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Paperback. Rural Rides of the Bristol Churchgoer Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845880019
- ISBN
- 9781845880019
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
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Hardback. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826. Manuscript Edition: Volume 3, 1776--1780. 1776-1780. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. 352 pages. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight: 826.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606047
- ISBN
- 9780748606047
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Condition: New
€ 118.32€ 113.01
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Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the 20th century's major cultural critics, a prolific scholar and a theorist of film. In this volume his writings on modern society are translated into English. Written in the 1920s and early 1930s, these essays examine the everyday world of the masses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674551633
- ISBN
- 9780674551633
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
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Paperback. Presents the experiences of Scottish soldiers during the Second World War in their own words. This book includes descriptions ranging from the brutal hardships suffered by General Slim's 'forgotten' 14th Army as it fought its way through Burma to the large scale onslaught of the D-Day landings to the deprivations of the Siege of Malta. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437101
- ISBN
- 9780752437101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
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Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Bilingual edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226467153
- ISBN
- 9780226467153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29