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hardcover. Presents a simple account of a year spent alone in a cabin by a pond in the woods. Editor(s): Shanley, J. Lyndon. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691061948
ISBN
9780691061948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.82
€ 106.98

Paperback. Recounts the ancient war between Athens and Sparta in the translation by the seventeenth century British philosopher. Translator(s): Hobbes, T. Num Pages: 638 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 679.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
638
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
The Univ of Chicago Pr Edition, 1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226801063
ISBN
9780226801063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Thucydides' account of the war fought in the fifth century BC between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here and supporting information is provided by the introduction and annotations. Editor(s): Blanco, Walter; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert. Translator(s): Blanco, Walter. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
799
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393971675
ISBN
9780393971675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BTM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141981086
ISBN
9780141981086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846883910
ISBN
9781846883910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Includes D H Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterised by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099513322
ISBN
9780099513322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. These 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ronin Publishing United States
Edition
6th ed.
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579510091
ISBN
9781579510091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078641
ISBN
9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.70
€ 81.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423337
ISBN
9780857423337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.00
€ 22.16

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. A newspaper columnist and an outstanding painter, Hennessey writes about the rapidly vanishing era when the woods held supreme. Num Pages: 1 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 264 x 17. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892724932
ISBN
9780892724932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.20

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974404
ISBN
9781555974404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.75

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
€ 21.91

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society. Series Editor(s): Griswold, John. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820350813
ISBN
9780820350813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 220. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Thomas Press Inc United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780911487008
ISBN
9780911487008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.35
€ 53.60

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.87

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
€ 14.64

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

€ 45.99
€ 32.86

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