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Prose: non-fiction

Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442953
ISBN
9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Betjeman's infectious enthusiasms have made him a keystone of England's common culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APW; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
John Murray London
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719561276
ISBN
9780719561276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A collection of seven essays that sketches out the author's personal view of the history and value of the novel. The real work of a novel is not bound up in the specifics of any one language: what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. This work describes how the best novels do just that. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232819
ISBN
9780571232819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This title records of his campaigns. Translator(s): Gardner, Jane; Handford, S.A. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444339
ISBN
9780140444339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. Translator(s): Gibbs, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 2. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540754
ISBN
9780199540754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Suitable for all writers and readers, this volume builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671134
ISBN
9781847671134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173558
ISBN
9781590173558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. Nearing sixty and needing to plan for his and his children's future, the author employed an accountant from a reputable firm. When the accountant recommended investing in a property scheme, he followed his advice - only to find out that the accountant was a fraudster and his entire life savings had vanished. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571323197
ISBN
9780571323197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.96

Hardcover. Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments. Translator(s): Rackham, H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 679 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 118 x 35. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
679
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1934
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990814
ISBN
9780674990814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. A gathering of Seamus Heaney's prose of three decades. Whether autobiographical, topical or specifically literary, these essays and lectures circle the central preoccupying questions: How should a poet live and write? What is his relationship to be to his own voice and place? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
422
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210916
ISBN
9780571210916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Twelve of Ben Okri's most controversial non-fiction pieces form this collection on the theme of freedom. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784082567
ISBN
9781784082567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Hardcover. We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 43 BCE), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. Translator(s): Lord, L.E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
493
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993587
ISBN
9780674993587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. 'An extraordinarily diverse collection; pure Walker, fresh-eyed and sassy' NEW YORK TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819586
ISBN
9780753819586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Olubas, Brigitta. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173261
ISBN
9780231173261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099588719
ISBN
9780099588719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408837214
ISBN
9781408837214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. A collection of the author's peacetime dispatches, bearing witness to six decades of change. They include coverage of America in the Great Depression, the betrayal of Czechoslovakia, young Poles undaunted by their Communist government, the trial of Adolf Eichmann and Spain in the days after Franco. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862071490
ISBN
9781862071490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183190
ISBN
9780141183190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Focus Information Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051248
ISBN
9780941051248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

Paperback. The essay is one of the richest, most imaginative, and most eloquent literary form. This anthology contains some 140 essays by all the leading exponents of the genre. Editor(s): Gross, John. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556557
ISBN
9780199556557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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