Prose: non-fiction
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Prose: non-fiction
Hardcover. Deals with the Lucian's "Philopseudes or Lover of Lies". This book comprises a discussion, with translation, on this engaging and satirical Greek text with its ten tales of magic and ghosts. One of these is the famous story of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", and this conveys the flavour of the rest. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125166
- ISBN
- 9781905125166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.28
€ 79.28
Hardcover. This collection of works, written by a sultan of the Rasulid house in the Yemen, span a variety of disciplines including agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biographies, genealogy, geography and grammar. It is reproduced here in facsimilie with descriptions of the contents by the editors. Editor(s): Varisco, Daniel Martin; Smith, G. Rex. Num Pages: 576 pages, chiefly facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 222 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- Facsimile ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094327
- ISBN
- 9780906094327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.41€ 131.03
€ 141.41
€ 131.03
Paperback. Moll Flanders is one of the best-selling novels of all time. Editor(s): Rivero, Albert J. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393978629
- ISBN
- 9780393978629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Covers Britain in the early eighteenth century. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430660
- ISBN
- 9780140430660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for seditious writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. Editor(s): Hamblyn, Richard. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439921
- ISBN
- 9780141439921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In What Do Women Want?, critically acclaimed journalist Daniel Bergner disseminates the latest scientific research and paints an unprecedented portrait of female lust Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 119 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112570
- ISBN
- 9781782112570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. An account of conversations between the two great intellectuals. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178. Explorations in Music and Society. 208 pages. An account of conversations between the two great intellectuals. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight: 152.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747563853
- ISBN
- 9780747563853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842033
- ISBN
- 9781843842033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.46
€ 79.46
paperback. Editor(s): Slager, Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571313232
- ISBN
- 9781571313232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.44
€ 21.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. A collection of privileged information about the identities of authors. It briefs about the fictional persona behind the scenes. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061782220
- ISBN
- 9780061782220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.71
€ 16.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. Rock My Religion collects eighteen of Graham's essays from all periods of his work, beginning with his essays on minimalist artists such as Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, continuing with his writings on punk rock and popular culture, and concluding with his more recent considerations of architecture, urban space, and power. Editor(s): Wallis, Brian. Series: Writing Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 230. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AGB; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 267 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262571067
- ISBN
- 9780262571067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Paperback. Touching on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Proust, and Plato, among others, this title outlines the problem of duality in modern thought - the separation of the mind and body, word and referent, intelligence and mystery, human and natural - and makes the case for a fuller kind of nature poetry, one that strives to overcome this false separation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571313270
- ISBN
- 9781571313270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854113382
- ISBN
- 9781854113382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.21
€ 14.99
€ 14.21
paperback. The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 pls. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Roman Society Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907764328
- ISBN
- 9780907764328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.57
€ 78.57
Hardback. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 322 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379329
- ISBN
- 9780674379329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.84
€ 54.99
€ 45.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Critical edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393957495
- ISBN
- 9780393957495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.49
€ 19.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193199
- ISBN
- 9780141193199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. A revised critical edition of all three books of Caesar's Bellum civile, an account of his civil war against Pompey during 49-48 BC, based on a new collation of the ancient manuscripts and featuring an expanded and up-to-date critical apparatus. Editor(s): Damon, Cynthia. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 194 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659746
- ISBN
- 9780199659746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.40
€ 109.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873516082
- ISBN
- 9780873516082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.24
€ 21.99
€ 21.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DNF; DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474862
- ISBN
- 9781611474862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45