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Hardcover. Andreas Huyssen explores the history and theory of metropolitan miniatures--short prose pieces about urban life written for European newspapers. His fine-grained readings open vistas into German critical theory and the visual arts, revealing the miniature to be one of the few genuinely innovative modes of spatialized writing created by modernism. Num Pages: 359 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416727
ISBN
9780674416727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 221.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173640
ISBN
9781590173640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. Offers an unparalleled portrayal of the physical and psychological impact of war and its aftermath. This title represents the author's penetrating chronicles of perseverance and defeat, courage and fear, and love and loss in the midst of modern warfare. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099583189
ISBN
9780099583189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this work details the many blessings of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of subjects such as the ego, the nature of the body, the ephemerality of the world, and the purification of the heart, this work is a great contribution to Muslim spirituality. Translator(s): Slitine, M. Youssef; Fitzgerald, M. Abdurrahman. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621781
ISBN
9780946621781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Dalley, Stephanie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 frontispiece, 1 map,. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538362
ISBN
9780199538362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605988443
ISBN
9781605988443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Eyewear Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908998880
ISBN
9781908998880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 151 x 2. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496836
ISBN
9781847496836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Taneda Santoka's poetry attracted limited notice during his lifetime (1882-1940), but there has been a remarkable upsurge of interest in his life and writings. Including 245 poems and selected diary excerpts, For All My Walking makes Santoka's work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125178
ISBN
9780231125178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. The best of short literary memoirs, essays and reflections, many of which were written expressly for this collection. Editor(s): Kitchen, Judith; Lenney, Dinah. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350999
ISBN
9780393350999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. This collection of essays features the theme of what people wanted as children. The contributing writers include: Doris Lessing, Paul Auster, Brian MacKinnon and Nell Stroud. There are also pieces by George Steiner, J.M. Coetzee, Joyce Carol Oates, John Biguenet and Peter Walker. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: CFG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. Weight in Grams: 319.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141079
ISBN
9780903141079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardcover. "Momus" has attracted increasing attention from scholars as a work anticipating the realism of Machiavelli and the satiric wit of Erasmus. This edition provides a Latin text, based on the two earliest manuscripts, both corrected by Alberti himself, and includes a full translation into English. Translator(s): Knight, Sarah. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3H; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007543
ISBN
9780674007543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Offers a collection of author's critical essays and reflections. This title presents a discussion on contemporary art, issues and people. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140289701
ISBN
9780140289701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. This is a reader covering Tolstoy's later beliefs after he had rejected orthodox religion. The book mainly draws on "Confession" (1879), "What is My Faith?" (1884) and other occasional pieces. Translator(s): Kentish, Jane. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444735
ISBN
9780140444735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540136
ISBN
9780199540136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.53

Hardcover. N+1 Anthology Volume II brings together some of the best Essays of the last decade. Emily Witt writes on Pornography, Nikil Saval on the birth of the office, A.S.Hamrah on Hollywood and the war on terror and Philip Connors on working at The Wall Street Journal during 9/11. Editor(s): Lorentzen, Christian. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 191 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903793
ISBN
9781907903793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Eugene F. Num Pages: 684 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
684
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970564
ISBN
9780865970564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet still inspire loyalty in his followers? When is it necessary to break the rules? Is it better to be feared than loved? In this book, the author answers all these questions in a work of realpolitik that still has shrewd political lessons. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442259
ISBN
9780141442259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. ESSAYISM is a personal, critical and polemical book about the genre, its history and its contemporary possibilities, itself an example of what it describes: an essay that is curious and digressive and at the same time held together by a personal voice and a polemical point. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695418
ISBN
9781910695418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses. Editor(s): Forey, Madeleine. Translator(s): Golding, Arthur. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology, bibliog , notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140422306
ISBN
9780140422306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Includes: "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea", "Welcome to the Moon", "The Red Coat", "Down and Out", "Let Us Go Out Into The Starry Night", "Out West", "A Lonely Impulse of Delight", "Savage in Limbo", "Women of Manhattan", "The Dreamer Examines His Pillow"and "An Italian-American Reconciliation". Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Applause Theatre Book Publishers United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Volume I
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557830999
ISBN
9781557830999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.68

Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Waingrow, Marshall. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606054
ISBN
9780748606054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.15
€ 116.66

Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258624
ISBN
9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Old Street Publishing United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906964207
ISBN
9781906964207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

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