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paperback. Pompoms, blackberries and Value Village: Take a stroll through the thoughts of one of Canada's most intriguing poets and thinkers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AGC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Coach House Books United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452325
ISBN
9781552452325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. From Angela Merkel to Sean 'P Diddy' Combs, Martin Amis to one of the Arab world's most notorious sons, this book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of or world's most powerful players. Editor(s): Barber, Lionel; Barber, Lionel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241239469
ISBN
9780241239469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryan, Paul. Num Pages: 470 pages, 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653176
ISBN
9780859653176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.91

Hardcover. Martial Epigrammata Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146254
ISBN
9780198146254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Hardback. Translator(s): McClellan, T. M. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166300
ISBN
9780231166300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Focusing on the first and last years of Libanius' Antiochene career (AD 354 388), this volume illustrates his great range of his rhetorical skills, while at the same time illuminating the intrigues of city politics and university life. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 2AHA; 3D; DNF; DSBB; HBJF; HBLC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853235958
ISBN
9780853235958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Editor(s): Amhlaigh, Liam Mac; O'Curnain, Brian. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, frontispi. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
9781851320684
ISBN
9781851320684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.00

Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252772
ISBN
9781781252772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.70

Paperback. A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847088420
ISBN
9781847088420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. "The Smoking Book" is built on the foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773339
ISBN
9780226773339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. The story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 b/w photos integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DN; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 333 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005461
ISBN
9780349005461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Papworth, John. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168. 109 pages. Editor(s): Papworth, John. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DN; JPA. Dimension: 154 x 216 x 7. Weight: 168.
Publisher
New European Publications Ltd.
Number of pages
109
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872410180
ISBN
9781872410180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.44

paperback. During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446425
ISBN
9780140446425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection of Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical writing, diaries, and letters related to the last year of Tolstoy's life. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D. Translator(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191195
ISBN
9780141191195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622637
ISBN
9780691622637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Hardcover. Charts the connections that the author has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics. This book considers the author's ideas alongside Freud's and helps in gaining a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043524
ISBN
9780226043524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.82
€ 80.32

Hardcover. Addresses the problem of formulating ways to consider the undivided mind, drawing on various sources, from Descartes to cosmology, Freud, and Genet and succeeds brilliantly in diagramming new forms as well as radical failures of connectedness. This book is of interest to scholars in philosophy, film, literature, and beyond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226206059
ISBN
9780226206059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.79

paperback. Editor(s): Leland, Andrew; Julavits, Heidi; Vida, Vendela. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Believer Magazine
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936365876
ISBN
9781936365876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

paperback. Editor(s): Leland, Andrew; Julavits, Heidi; Vida, Vendela. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Believer Magazine
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936365869
ISBN
9781936365869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback. Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. Editor(s): Scudder, Bernard; Lewis, Simon; Thorsson, Ornulfur. Num Pages: 288 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447705
ISBN
9780140447705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance and inadequacy of the law. Editor(s): Cook, Robert. Translator(s): Cook, Robert. Num Pages: 432 pages, 4 maps, chronology, family trees, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; 3F; DNF; FT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447699
ISBN
9780140447699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Baxter, Lee; Satz, Martha. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Demeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772581041
ISBN
9781772581041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. This work chronicles the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a young artist whose consuming passion is money, or more precisely value. What Boggs likes to do is to draw money - paper notes in the denominations of currencies from all over the world - and then to go out and try to spend those drawings. Num Pages: 170 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226893969
ISBN
9780226893969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646798
ISBN
9780888646798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.84

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