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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

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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. 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
€ 33.81

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
€ 33.81

Hardcover. This collection of 28 tales are arranged by subjects and themes, such as: Bouki and Malice; stepmothers; animals; kings and princes; ghost, zonbi and tonton makout; and love and courtship. Liliane Nerette Louis includes a variety of traditional recipes and some historical background information. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563085796
ISBN
9781563085796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.68

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

€ 65.94

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
€ 15.08

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
€ 18.68

Paperback. Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure Translator(s): Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441451
ISBN
9780140441451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.64

Hardcover. Livy Ab Urbe Condita Books I-V Editor(s): Ogilvie, Robert Maxwell. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 416 pages, One line drawing. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146612
ISBN
9780198146612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.75

hardcover. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736350
ISBN
9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554959
ISBN
9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780140440591
ISBN
9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Byron's Poetry and Prose presents an extensive selection of Byron's poetry, letters, and journal entries in chronological clusters, allowing readers to see the changes that took place in his writing in the context of the places he lived and his fame, exile, and travels. Editor(s): Levine, Alice. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393925609
ISBN
9780393925609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.54

Paperback. With several never-before published writings, this volume gathers Althusser's major essays on psychoanalytic thought--documenting his intense and ambivalent relationship with Lacan, and dramatizing his intellectual journey and troubled personal life. Editor(s): Corpet, Olivier; Matheron, Francois. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101691
ISBN
9780231101691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Bilingual edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467153
ISBN
9780226467153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Photojournalism in Today's World provides an intelligent and practical look at photojournalism and the newsroom. Langton's book is an essential guide for aspiring photojournalists and professionals to newsroom culture, and how that culture influences assignments, production, and editing. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405178969
ISBN
9781405178969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.56

Paperback. Translated into English, this title presents a discourse on the re-invention of love but beginning on a sombre note of suicide. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Number of pages
175
Publisher
Black Widow Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981808871
ISBN
9780981808871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later times. Translator(s): Costa, C. D. N. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555932
ISBN
9780199555932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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