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Paperback. An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522984
- ISBN
- 9780330522984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
hardcover. This volume gathers 23 interviews with the British novelist and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) by some of the last half-century's foremost critics, academics and journalists. Gillian Dooley introduces the collection with an analysis of Murdoch's work. Editor(s): Dooley, Gillian. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570034992
- ISBN
- 9781570034992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.01
€ 52.01
paperback. Illustrates the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034158
- ISBN
- 9780140441024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. 'Mantiqu't-Tair' is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature. In 'The Speech of the Birds', Peter Avery has not only given us a precise and moving translation, but also ample annotation providing much information to fill in what Attar would have expected his readers to know. Translator(s): Avery, Peter. Num Pages: 582 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; DNF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1016. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034344
- ISBN
- 9780946621699
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A critical edition of the writings of the English philosopher and sage Francis Bacon (1561-1626). It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early 17th century. Editor(s): Rees, The late Graham. Translator(s): Edwards, Michael. Series: The Oxford Francis Bacon. Num Pages: 620 pages, 6 plates, 3 figures and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; DNF; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1030. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034435
- ISBN
- 9780198122906
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034451
- ISBN
- 9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This highly influential study takes a fresh look at one of the most fertile periods in English literature, a period wich produced writers such as Blake, Keats, Coleridge, and Austen. Marilyn Butler shows that one of the most dynamic and stressful periods of modern history fostered a literature that was itself various and contradictory. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000538
- ISBN
- 9780192891327
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DN; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- FERAL HOUSE
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000544
- ISBN
- 9780922915750
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, 1port. BIC Classification: 1DST; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSC; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Robin Clark Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000720
- ISBN
- 9780860721598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. "The first modern study of the Romantic achievement, its origins and evolution both in theory and practice."-Stuart M. Sperry, Jr., Indiana Unviersity Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035952
- ISBN
- 9780393006094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036015
- ISBN
- 9780801437465
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. "This is the first and most complete collection of all 136 humorous sketches and tales that Samuel Clemens (1835--1910), a.k.a. Mark Twain, started writing as a young reporter for various newspapers and" Num Pages: 722 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 45. Weight in Grams: 986. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036342
- ISBN
- 9780306807022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Robert Frost is one of the most widely read, well loved, and misunderstood of modern writers. This title offers insight into Frost's complex and often highly contradictory thinking about poetics, politics, education, psychology, science, and religion - his attitude toward Marxism, the New Deal, World War - as well as Yeats, Pound, and Santayana. Editor(s): Faggen, Robert. Num Pages: 848 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 848
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034662
- ISBN
- 9780674034662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
paperback. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics, challenging the traditions of ancient and medieval thought and morality. Translator(s): Mansfield, Harvey C. Num Pages: map, glossary, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226500447
- ISBN
- 9780226500447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.82
€ 12.82
hardcover. A scholarly edition of Rehearsal Transpros'd by Donal Ian Brice Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035337
- ISBN
- 9780198124221
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. An historical survey of Greek literature from 700 BC to 550 AD which concentrates on the principal authors and quotes many passages from their work in translation. Poetry, tragedy, comedy, history and science are covered. This is the revised edition of the title published in 1980 and is a title in the OPUS series. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 198 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192892942
- ISBN
- 9780192892942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.96
€ 59.96
paperback. After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. This title offers insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and life of ancient Greece. It reveals much about this man. Editor(s): Waterfield, Robin. Translator(s): Tredennick, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035945
- ISBN
- 9780140445176
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472051557
- ISBN
- 9780472051557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.54
€ 36.54
Paperback. Interviews, essays, short stories, memoirs--and a recipe by this contemporary poet Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 36 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472066919
- ISBN
- 9780472066919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.45
€ 30.45
Paperback. In his first collection of critical essays, Joris maps the success and limitations of contemporary avant-garde poetics. This investigation leads him to envision a "nomadic poetics" as a strategy for new poetic work, for translation and, fundamentally, for an ethics of early 21st century life. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819566461
- ISBN
- 9780819566461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.54
€ 22.54