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Prose: non-fiction
hardcover. A critical edition and facing-page translation, accompanied by substantial analytical introduction and notes, of Perspectiva by Roger Bacon, a foundational text of modern optics written in about 1260, which defined the subject for the next 350 years. Num Pages: 522 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB; JFCX; PDA; PDX; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1003. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035858
- ISBN
- 9780198239925
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. The fourth book of Tacitus' Annals recounts one of the most turbulent periods of Tiberius' reign: the conflict between the emperor and Agrippina's family moved to its twin climaxes of Tiberius' retirement to Capreae and the destruction of Agrippina and members of her family. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684043
- ISBN
- 9780856684043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173160
- ISBN
- 9780691173160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
Hardback. David Bosworth cuts through all the noise of today s political dysfunction and cultural wars to sound the deeper causes of our discontent. He explores the ways in which Americans are affected by the irreversible forces set loose by technology s drastic revision of our everyday lives." Series Editor(s): Corey, Stephen. Series: Georgia Review Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820350653
- ISBN
- 9780820350653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641300
- ISBN
- 9780691641300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.72
€ 163.72
Hardback. "..a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and technical periodicals published in Europe between 1665 and 1800..a personal name index and subject and institutional indexes make the volume an essential reference tool for scholars of the early modern period."-ISIS Num Pages: 352 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824928
- ISBN
- 9780810824928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.29
€ 139.29
Paperback. Pourquoi ne profite-t-on pas de tout ce qui nous arrive pour changer notre vie? Editor(s): Carriere, Marie. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645531
- ISBN
- 9780888645531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.79
€ 13.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915180
- ISBN
- 9780813915180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
Paperback. A classic translation with critical essays by leading scholars. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- The Indiana Critical Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209306
- ISBN
- 9780253209306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.37
€ 24.99
€ 23.37
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
€ 106.97
€ 106.97
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
€ 137.68€ 136.03
€ 137.68
€ 136.03
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
€ 17.86
€ 17.86
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€ 14.64
€ 19.99
€ 14.64
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
€ 16.99€ 14.24
€ 16.99
€ 14.24
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€ 11.52
€ 14.99
€ 11.52
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
€ 16.99€ 12.92
€ 16.99
€ 12.92
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
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
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
€ 19.99€ 19.77
€ 19.99
€ 19.77
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
€ 17.99€ 16.83
€ 17.99
€ 16.83
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
€ 26.06
€ 26.06