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Hardback. W H Auden's first ten years in the United States were marked by rapid and extensive change in his life and thought. He became an American citizen, fell in love with Chester Kallman, and began to reflect on American culture. This volume contains prose that Auden wrote during these years, including essays and reviews he published under pseudonyms. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089355
ISBN
9780691089355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.73

Hardback. Contains various of W H Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including various essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom. This book includes the text of Auden's first separately published prose book, "The Enchafed Flood", or, "The Romantic Iconography of the Sea", followed by more than one hundred essays, reviews and lectures. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Publisher
Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
824
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133263
ISBN
9780691133263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95
€ 66.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 808 pages, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 268 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164588
ISBN
9780691164588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.70
€ 55.79

Hardback. Offers W H Auden's prose that provides a fresh picture of this legendary writer's mind and art when he was at the height of his powers, from 1956 through 1962, including the years when he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1024
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147550
ISBN
9780691147550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 71.14

Paperback. Part autobiographical, part confessional, this title contains Somerset Maugham's observations, confidences, experiments and jottings, from 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286820
ISBN
9780099286820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286790
ISBN
9780099286790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Features essays ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled - the short story. This title presents the views and opinions of this eminent writer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288909
ISBN
9780099288909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. A collection of essays by W G Sebald, which provide insight into the themes that came to dominate his life. It also includes four pieces that pay tribute to Corsica, weaving elegiacally between past and present. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017860
ISBN
9780141017860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. This volume collects W.E.B. Du Bois' sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The selections include discussion on the conception of sociology and sociological research, especially as a tool in the struggle for racial justice along with an assessment of race relations before and after World War II. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167602
ISBN
9780226167602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. The Souls of Black Folk is a classic study of race, culture, and education at the turn of the twentieth century. A singular combination of essays, memoir, and fiction, the book is a searing account of the situation of African Americans in the United States. This edition includes an invaluable appendix of contextualizing material. Editor(s): Edwards, Brent Hayes. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555833
ISBN
9780199555833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Brings together various W B Yeats' published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180015
ISBN
9780140180015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. An English translation of important contemporary source for the history of the Cathar Heresy and the Albigensian crusade. Translator(s): Sibly, W.A.; Sibly, Michael D. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRAM9; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582. Peter of Les-Vaux-de-Cernay's Historia Albigensis. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. An English translation of important contemporary source for the history of the Cathar Heresy and the Albigensian crusade. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRAM7; HRAM9; HRCC7. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight: 566. Translator(s): Sibly, W.A.; Sibly, Michael D.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851158075
ISBN
9780851158075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short essays, arranged alphabetically, whose unifying thread is an attack on religious and political intolerance. Highly entertaining, its concern with intolerance and its consequences is still relevant today. Translator(s): Fletcher, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD1; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553631
ISBN
9780199553631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. This groundbreaking collection draws together for the first time Mayakovsky's key translators from the 1930s to the present day, bringing some remarkable works back into print in the process and introducing poems which have never before been translated. Editor(s): Carrick, Rosy Patience. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392164
ISBN
9781910392164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262073035
ISBN
9780262073035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. A collection of essays discussing the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism". The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. Editor(s): Hosle, Vittorio; Illies, Christian. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: DN; HP; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030735
ISBN
9780268030735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book testifies to the emotional and spiritual relationships that women had with the figure of Mary, whom they were required to emulate as the epitome of femininity. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226114002
ISBN
9780226114002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. "On Architecture," completed by Vitruvius sometime before 27 CE and the only work of its kind to survive antiquity, serves not professionals but readers who want to understand architecture. Topics include town planning, building materials, temples, the architectural orders, houses, pavements, mosaics, water supply, measurements, and machines. Translator(s): Granger, F. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 358 pages, illustrations music, plans. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1931
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674992771
ISBN
9780674992771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.29

Paperback. "Pancatantra" is ascribed by legend to the celebrated, half-mythical teacher Visnu Sarma. Asked by a great king to awaken the dulled intelligence of his three idle sons, the aging Sarma is said to have composed this great work as a series of entertaining and edifying fables narrated by a wide range of humans and animals. Translator(s): Rajan, Chandra. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455205
ISBN
9780140455205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843916185
ISBN
9781843916185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.05

Hardback. The controversial "Three Guineas" was Virginia Woolf's most explicit statement of her feminism. Forming part of the "Shakespeare Head Press" series of Woolf's works, this new edition includes her carefully considered selection of photographs, her discursive endnotes and annotations. Editor(s): Black, Naomi. Series: Shakespeare Head Press Edition of Virginia Woolf. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631177241
ISBN
9780631177241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.87

Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099443674
ISBN
9780099443674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556069
ISBN
9780199556069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155455
ISBN
9781903155455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.06

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