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Paperback. Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together her writing on Germany. It amounts to a portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden of their guilt has altered the national identity. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DN; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140292633
ISBN
9780140292633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardback. These hard-to-find writings afford an inside look at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone--or anything--a rival desires. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747790
ISBN
9780804747790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3226 x 4852 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thieme Publishing Group Germany
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783132411364
ISBN
9783132411364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Causa-Steindler, Mariangela; Mauch, Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226062761
ISBN
9780226062761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559053
ISBN
9781875559053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. Editor(s): Mabey, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140431124
ISBN
9780140431124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231051040
ISBN
9780231051040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.98
€ 100.69

Paperback. This work is a concise collection of Lincoln's writings from his early years to his death, with emphasis on the presidential years. These selections convey Lincoln's basic ideas, the nature of his wartime leadership, and his personality and character. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 297.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195151015
ISBN
9780195151015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.38

Paperback. Translator(s): Pinton, Giorgio A.; Shippee, Arthur W. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DNF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480874
ISBN
9780801480874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Editor(s): Pizzamiglio, Gilberto. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen; Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439151
ISBN
9780140439151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DNF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635171
ISBN
9783837635171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.51
€ 80.26

Paperback. Reveals the writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771540
ISBN
9780226771540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. A selection of the works of the author taken from the period between 1905 and 1936, when he was engaged in an astounding number of still-surprising literary experiments, whose innovations continue to influence various arts. Editor(s): Retallack, Joan. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248069
ISBN
9780520248069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298979
ISBN
9780486298979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Paperback. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973206
ISBN
9780865973206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973190
ISBN
9780865973190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.37

Hardcover. Redefines Katherine Mansfield as a critic, translator and poet. Bringing together all of Mansfield's poetry (some 179 poems and several songs), her literary translations, her witty, sometimes scorching, parodies and pastiches, her imaginative aphorisms, her many incisive and heartfelt reviews of the novels of the day, and her essays. Editor(s): Kimber, Gerri; Smith, Angela; Plumridge, Anna. Series: Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685011
ISBN
9780748685011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.14
€ 209.16

Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157215
ISBN
9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes "Aurelia", the memoir of his madness; the novella of love and memory "Sylvie"; the hermetic sonnets of "The Chimeras"; as well as Nerval's experimental fictions and selections from his correspondence. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446012
ISBN
9780140446012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers. Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves, before he is reunited with his wife and son. Illustrator(s): Ambrus, Victor. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5AN; DNF; YQF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Puffin
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140383096
ISBN
9780140383096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
First Trade Paper Ed
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595341419
ISBN
9781595341419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.32

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816619344
ISBN
9780816619344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Presents a selection of Georges Perec's non-fictional work. Editor(s): Sturrock, John. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442242
ISBN
9780141442242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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