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Paperback. Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674699069
- ISBN
- 9780674699069
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.94
€ 34.99
€ 29.94
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Research & Education Association,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878910311
- ISBN
- 9780878910311
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Condition: New
€ 10.87
€ 10.87
Paperback. One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. This title offers a selection of the filmmaker's writings, lectures, interviews, and more. Editor(s): Ray, Susan. Num Pages: 243 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB; BGA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492. Nicholas Ray on Making Movies. 243 pages, 20 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Ray, Susan. One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. This title offers a selection of the filmmaker's writings, lectures, interviews, and more. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; BGA; DNF. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 19. Weight: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201699
- ISBN
- 9780520201699
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 663 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; HRA; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 53. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 663
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780688129583
- ISBN
- 9780688129583
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. "The essays in this volume were published in French in Chroniques littaeraires du Journal des daebats."--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Holland, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; 3JJ; DNF; DS; HBL; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267262
- ISBN
- 9780823267262
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.81
€ 45.99
€ 40.81
Paperback. Records the author's visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy of the Western World" and his other major dramas. Editor(s): Robinson, Tim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140184327
- ISBN
- 9780140184327
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
€ 14.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. The Black Hole of Auschwitz brings together Levi's writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. Editor(s): Belpoliti, Marco. Translator(s): Wood, Sharon. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 290 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632414
- ISBN
- 9780745632414
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Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811224659
- ISBN
- 9780811224659
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 906
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704861
- ISBN
- 9780804704861
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. Offers the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3810 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 503
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718035
- ISBN
- 9780804718035
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Born in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria E Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. Providing a sample of the poetry, prose, fiction, and experimental autobiographical writing that Anzaldua produced, this book demonstrates the breadth and philosophical depth of her work. Editor(s): Keating, AnaLouise. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345640
- ISBN
- 9780822345640
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.23
€ 34.99
€ 29.23
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. Bringing his troubling, questing characters - souls who are fascinated by what preceded and conceived them, the author writes with a rich mix of anecdote and reflection, aphorism and quotation, offering enigmatic glimpses of the present, and confident, pointed borrowings from the past. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422446
- ISBN
- 9780857422446
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.22
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€ 21.22
Paperback. Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-ca. 1421) is Europe's first professional woman writer. She wrote an astonishing body of work in many genres, including lyric poetry, allegorical dream visions, history, political treatises, and biography. Editor(s): Brownlee, Kevin. Translator(s): Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate; Brownlee, Kevin. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393970104
- ISBN
- 9780393970104
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.65
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€ 19.65
Paperback. In these painterly essays Davidson reflects on art, place, history and landscape. Distance and Memory is his testament to the cold, clear beauty of the north. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771551
- ISBN
- 9781847771551
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723267
- ISBN
- 9781444723267
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2015 and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2015, this book examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981772
- ISBN
- 9780141981772
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967874
- ISBN
- 9780241967874
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. John Keegan concentrates in this book on significant war themes: the impact of war on the 20th century and the forms it has taken; the origin of war in human nature and history; the adoption and use of war by states as an instrument of policy; and the experience of war by individuals. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000311
- ISBN
- 9780712665667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Based upon "Distant Voices", this work gathers together essays on a range of subjects including Burma, Fleet Street, East Timor, Vietnam, the media and UK politics. Num Pages: 704 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0005122
- ISBN
- 9780099741510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99