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Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, D. Num Pages: 710 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 135 x 47. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327723
ISBN
9780226327723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449082
ISBN
9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535668
ISBN
9780199535668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Series: Greek Commentaries Series. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 66. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524139
ISBN
9780929524139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.94

Paperback. Originally published in 1551, Hernan Chacon's Tractado de la Caualleria de la Gineta reflects an era of radical changes in the chivalresque-military world of renaissance Spain. This new paperback volume in the Exeter Hispanic Texts series provides a text in the original Spanish, edited and introduced in Spanish by Noel Fallows. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 60 pages, 5 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DNF; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JW; WSNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895422
ISBN
9780859895422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Daunt Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970429
ISBN
9781907970429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. This text presents 15 lectures by Hermann von Helmholtz, a leading 19th-century scientist who was concerned with the implications of science for philosophy and culture. Topics covered include: the origins of the planetary system; the problems of perception; and the relation of optics to painting. Num Pages: 400 pages, 71 engravings. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JFC; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226326597
ISBN
9780226326597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Presents an Icelandic saga which mixes realism with gothic imagination and history with tales of hauntings. This title dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445305
ISBN
9780140445305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442380
ISBN
9780140442380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1136 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966334
ISBN
9780913966334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.77

Paperback. Self-described as 'a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot', Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and as an artist. This edition is suitable for those interested in discovering the great thinker's influential ideas about everything from environmentalism to limited government. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DCF; DN; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 195 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106500
ISBN
9780143106500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. 'I believe that one defines oneself by re-invention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Virgin Paperbacks
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753510407
ISBN
9780753510407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.' Henry Rollins has a unique hard- edged view of the world. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753510353
ISBN
9780753510353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 149 illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; DNF; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
New ed of 1899 ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486256689
ISBN
9780486256689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399157
ISBN
9780141399157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222174
ISBN
9780811222174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. An account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 688 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; DNJ; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226195
ISBN
9781840226195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.07

Paperback. A collection of essays on travels in Italy. It explores art and religion, political shifts and cultural revolutions, and the nature of travel itself. It covers the aesthetic allure of Venice, the vitality of Rome, and the noisy, sensuous appeal of Naples. Editor(s): Auchard, John. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435078
ISBN
9780140435078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226408545
ISBN
9780226408545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1011 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 86. Weight in Grams: 2152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975002
ISBN
9780865975002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.51
€ 50.42

Paperback. Includes thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D Thoreau that represent various stages in his twenty-two years of active writing. This title offers a microcosm of Thoreau's literary career. It allows the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. Editor(s): Glick, Wendell. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118765
ISBN
9780691118765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. In the late summer of 1839 Thoreau and his elder brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Henry began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 624 pages, facsims., 1map, 2 ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DN; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691063768
ISBN
9780691063768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.49
€ 107.50

Hardback. A collection of fifty-three early pieces by Thoreau representing the full range of his youthful imagination. Collected, arranged, and edited, these writings date from 1828 to 1852 and cover a range of subjects, such as: learning, morals, literature, history, politics, and love. Editor(s): Moldenhauer, Joseph J.; Moser, Erwin. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691062860
ISBN
9780691062860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.49
€ 107.85

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164985
ISBN
9780300164985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

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