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Paperback. Editor(s): Hamilton, Charles H. Num Pages: 430 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966730
ISBN
9780913966730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
1114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064010
ISBN
9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Miscellaneous Reflections. A table of alternative maxim numbers and an index of topics help the reader to locate any maxim quickly. Translator(s): Blackmore, E. H.; Blackmore, A. M.; Giguere, Francine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540006
ISBN
9780199540006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. An analysis of the branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis. The work includes critical editions of two previously unpublished Greek texts. Editor(s): Bovon, Francoise; etc.; Brock, Anne Graham; Matthews, Christopher R. Series: Religions of the World. Num Pages: 414 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HRCC1; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945454182
ISBN
9780945454182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.76

paperback. Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140432169
ISBN
9780140432169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213174
ISBN
9780253213174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.26

Paperback. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she captures the changing times around her. She includes portraits such as the mad' King George, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, and more. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter. Num Pages: 624 pages, chronology, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436242
ISBN
9780140436242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197100
ISBN
9781845197100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
1st
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892634
ISBN
9788772892634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Includes three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309597
ISBN
9780571309597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Writing his column "Bones of Contention" for the "Nationalist and Leinster Times", the author took on the character of the quizzical and enquiring humorist who might be found in a respectable public house in Carlow: erudite, urbane and informative. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
259
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843512653
ISBN
9781843512653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

paperback. Under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O' Brien wrote a daily column in the 'Irish Times' called 'Cruiskeen Lawn' for over twenty years which hilariously satirised the absurdities and solemnities of Dublin life. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007247189
ISBN
9780007247189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780908205042
ISBN
9780908205042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A voice for change, for equality, for people who have no voice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNJ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 28 x 135 x 216. Weight in Grams: 416. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KAK0007209
ISBN
9780340993156
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140247602
ISBN
9780140247602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Hardback. Presenting the collected papers of mathematician Stephen Smale, this volume also features articles by other mathematical scholars, commenting on Smale's influence in certain areas of mathematics. Editor(s): Cucker, Felipe; Wong, Roderick S. C. Num Pages: 1740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 108. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
1740
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810243074
ISBN
9789810243074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 392.32

Hardcover. Essays by historians on aspects of republicanism in Ireland (north and south) from the early 20th century to the present. Splits, schism and rivalry emerge as a significant dynamic of the political culture and republican organizations are shown to be ideologically incoherent and opportunist. Editor(s): McGarry, Fearghal. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
1st.ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621946
ISBN
9781900621946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.33
€ 47.01

Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238404
ISBN
9780520238404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511047
ISBN
9780226511047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 44.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396965
ISBN
9780141396965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Eliot wrote in his introduction: I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's literary criticism is the most important contemporary criticism of its kind..perhaps the kind we can least afford to do without..the refreshment, the revitalization and making new' of literature in our time. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
478
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313211676
ISBN
9780313211676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.82

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352719
ISBN
9780393352719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DN; FYB. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 17. Weight: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Luath Press Limited
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820551
ISBN
9781842820551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853232087
ISBN
9780853232087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.09

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