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Paperback. For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? How did a land likened to paradise by the first conquistadores become a byword for hell on earth? And how is it rebuilding itself after decades of violence? Num Pages: 288 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KLSC; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241959909
- ISBN
- 9780241959909
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781681370866
- ISBN
- 9781681370866
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 14.52
€ 19.00
€ 14.52
Paperback. Explores the culture of English dissent, whether through canonical works - "Paradise Lost", "Robinson Crusoe", "Clarissa" - or moving between epic and novel, lyric, tract and drama. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571221165
- ISBN
- 9780571221165
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842431719
- ISBN
- 9781842431719
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Hardback. A varied selection of Tony Harrison's provocative prose of the last fifty years, the great poet of page, stage and screen that presents a lifetime's thinking about art and politics, creativity and mortality. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571325030
- ISBN
- 9780571325030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.07
€ 33.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. The author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual elan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593430
- ISBN
- 9780099593430
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Features the essays that chart some of the author's experiences or remembrances: his youthful love of a particular London bus route that evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning; and memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris that meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099555599
- ISBN
- 9780099555599
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Framer Framed brings together the scripts and visuals of three of Tinh Minh-ha's provocative films: Reassemblage, Naked Spaces-Living is Round and Surname Viet Given Name Nam and offers a large selection of related interviews. Num Pages: 352 pages, 387 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415905626
- ISBN
- 9780415905626
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Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Paperback. Contains twelve of author's celebrated short stories, together with "The Grass Harp" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This title also includes various sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185309
- ISBN
- 9780141185309
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812978919
- ISBN
- 9780812978919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
paperback. This twelfth century masterpiece comprises 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller. It is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). Translator(s): Ch'en Li-li. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231101196
- ISBN
- 9780231101196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. The writings of the ancient warrior Sun Tzu have provided tremendous wisdom to generations through the ages. Now these philosophies are available with anecdotal extracts by the author of Shogun and Noble House. Translator(s): Griffith, Samuel B. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 216 pages, frontispiece, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195014761
- ISBN
- 9780195014761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.93
€ 15.99
€ 12.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Todorov, Tzvetan. Translator(s): Zaretsky, Robert. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWB; 3JJPG; DN; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019611
- ISBN
- 9780271019611
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Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 50.62
€ 59.15
€ 50.62
Hardback. Translator(s): Poole, Janet. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149440
- ISBN
- 9780231149440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.20€ 79.73
€ 104.20
€ 79.73
Paperback. Recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward ugly manifestations. The author reflects on a question underlying the reflections in this book - what does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in God? Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099276968
- ISBN
- 9780099276968
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Covers a range of topics on which the author has written and lectured over the years. This book explores lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a disquisition on the theme that runs through his novel, "The Prague Cemetery". Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099553946
- ISBN
- 9780099553946
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. The author of "The Name of the Rose" considers a wide range of topics, from "Superman" and "Casablanca", Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni, Jim Jones and mass suicide, and Woody Allen, to pop festivals and football, and not least the social and personal implications of tight jeans. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396282
- ISBN
- 9780749396282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428633
- ISBN
- 9780099428633
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453949
- ISBN
- 9780099453949
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. Brings into print editions, translations, and commentaries for more than two dozen unique poems (in Latin) from the late eleventh and early twelfth century, preserved in Houghton Library's anthology known as MS Lat 300. This book offers unparalleled access to the anthology. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M.; Balint, Bridget K. Translator(s): Lake, Justin; Light, Laura; Piper, Prydwyn O. Series: Houghton Library Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 45 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976547273
- ISBN
- 9780976547273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.99
€ 40.99
€ 33.99