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Paperback. Their dispatches, which reported the war with the immediacy of real time, make up the core of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; DNJ; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Maryland Historical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780938420149
- ISBN
- 9780938420149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.76
€ 40.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. "[Joseph Roth] is now recognized as one of the twentieth century's great writers."-Anthony Heilbut, Los Angeles Times Book Review Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393325829
- ISBN
- 9780393325829
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.62
€ 17.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086204
- ISBN
- 9781847086204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. A selection of the author's critical essays on music, which includes an analysis of Beethoven's obsession with the key of C minor, an account of William Byrd as a spokesman for the Elizabethan Catholic minority, and papers on the operas "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute" and "Tristan and Isolde". Num Pages: 359 pages, 80 music examples, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213777
- ISBN
- 9780520213777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. Features 142 short essays on a wide variety of subjects. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Axios Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604191004
- ISBN
- 9781604191004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.47
€ 26.47
Paperback. Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This collection of his diverse essays includes appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196510
- ISBN
- 9780141196510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Looking at every aspect of the city, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, the author captures its magnificence and beauty, and recalls his own memories of the place he called home for many winters, as he remembers friends, lovers and enemies he has encountered. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391496
- ISBN
- 9780141391496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A collection of essays, that casts a reflective eye on the author's experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With erudition, it explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. It also includes a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, and more. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952719
- ISBN
- 9780241952719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Christine Dunn; Yellin, Mark E. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974432
- ISBN
- 9780865974432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.77
€ 18.77
Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856556
- ISBN
- 9780801856556
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Condition: New
€ 33.24
€ 33.24
Paperback. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308. . Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 2., Aktualisier ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236599
- ISBN
- 9780195128673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308. . Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2., Aktualisier ed.
- SKU
- KEX0236598
- ISBN
- 9780195128673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A facing-page edition of a seventeenth-century mother's advice book, giving insights both into female Protestant religious devotion, authorship and spirituality, and into how women's words were altered in the transmission by male editors. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Jean LeDrew. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802046949
- ISBN
- 9780802046949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. A collection of essays that discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of "1001 Nights". It examines the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192949
- ISBN
- 9780141192949
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. A collection of stories, which are from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183855
- ISBN
- 9780141183855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Though best known in the English speaking world for his short fictions and poems, Borges is revered in Latin America equally as an immensely prolific and beguiling writer of non-fiction prose. This title features more than 150 of Borges' pieces. Editor(s): Weinberger, Eliot. Translator(s): Allen, Esther; Levine, Suzanne. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183022
- ISBN
- 9780141183022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571313478
- ISBN
- 9781571313478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.22
€ 17.99
€ 17.22
Hardback. One of Washington's best known columnist's offers his wit and wisdom on America in the 1990s. From politics and culture to sports and literature, Yardley's observations are controversial and uncompromising. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692040
- ISBN
- 9780847692040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.32
€ 29.99
€ 25.32
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
€ 26.99
€ 20.34