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Prose: non-fiction
Hardcover. This is a translation by Alfred Smyth of the medieval "Life" of King Alfred. He argues that the "Life" is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 697.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699171
- ISBN
- 9780333699171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.38
€ 124.38
Paperback. The Hystoria Constantinopolitana relates the adventures of Martin of Pairis, an abbot of the Cistercian Order who participated in the plunder of the city, as recorded by his monk Gunther. Alfred Andrea has captured the full flavor of the original with its alternating sections of prose and poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; DNF; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215861
- ISBN
- 9780812215861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447606
- ISBN
- 9780140447606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. In 1992 the author embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, and the many signals that they missed along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 1KBBWY; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700591
- ISBN
- 9781784700591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
paperback. One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his descriptions of the flora and fauna of the continent'. Translator(s): Wilson, Jason. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; PD; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445534
- ISBN
- 9780140445534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Portrays the Russian people. This title presents a series of interlinked stories including "The Shot", in which a duel is revisited after many years, and the grotesque "The Undertaker". It also features "Roslavlev" and the "Egyptian Nights". Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446753
- ISBN
- 9780140446753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Mourelatos, Alexander P. D. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636740
- ISBN
- 9780691636740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.03
€ 295.03
Paperback. In early l868, the last Tokugawa Shogun was toppled from power by rebels with the help of Thomas Blake Glover. This is a biography of this man who is famed in Japan for his contribution to the birth of modern Japan and for his connection with the Madame Butterfly legend. Num Pages: 272 pages, two 8page b&w insets on text paper. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857866158
- ISBN
- 9780857866158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231089203
- ISBN
- 9780231089203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.84
€ 183.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 644 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 644
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231089159
- ISBN
- 9780231089159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.28
€ 184.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881613943
- ISBN
- 9789881613943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
paperback. Losing the News is a vivid depiction of the dangers facing fact-based, reported news, but it is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved. Series: Institutions of American Democracy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD; KNT; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780199754144
- ISBN
- 9780199754144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.57
€ 20.99
€ 19.57
Hardcover. These first two volumes of a projected six collect the complete essays of one of the major writers of the 20th century. "His reading was immense, his taste impeccable, and his ear acute..His place in English literature is unique and is certainly assured."-T. S. Eliot. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 607 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 176 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633239
- ISBN
- 9781566633239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.77
€ 40.99
€ 39.77
Hardcover. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Editor(s): Baker, Robert S.; Sexton, James. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 653 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633475
- ISBN
- 9781566633475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.79
€ 48.79
Paperback. Selected writings from the author of Brave New Worldand The Doors of Perceptionon the role of psychedelics in society. Editor(s): Horowitz, Michael; Palmer, Cynthia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Park Street Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892817580
- ISBN
- 9780892817580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.75
€ 18.99
€ 13.75
Paperback. Includes the author's views on overpopulation, propaganda, advertising and government control. This book appeals for the defence of relevant individualism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099458234
- ISBN
- 9780099458234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.27
€ 8.27
Paperback. A shocking account of the violence engulfing Honduras, from one of the few journalists to visit the country. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; 3JMG; DNJ; HBJK; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786990495
- ISBN
- 9781786990495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First LP Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970939
- ISBN
- 9780865970939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Offers an annotated edition of both Creswell's English text, based on the original copy presented to the ambassador of James I, and his contemporary Castilian version from the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Creswell draws on his personal knowledge to write comments about the Gunpowder Plot events. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; DNF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780823214464
- ISBN
- 9780823214464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Hardback. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period, this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals fresh facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific, academic, and cultural life. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Schulmann, Robert; Illy, Jozsef; Kennefick, Daniel J.; Sauer, Tilman. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 776 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 199 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120881
- ISBN
- 9780691120881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.36
€ 242.36