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Paperback. Helps in understanding the nature and intensity of personal effort that is required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This book presents a series of talks which the author gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and an incomplete essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; HPC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140195859
ISBN
9780140195859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226356068
ISBN
9780226356068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Mark Twain's hilarity and irreverence shine through in this impeccably chosen collection. Editor(s): Neider, Charles. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815410270
ISBN
9780815410270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.36

Paperback. Freedom and enfranchisement. Something anarchical which pushes at boundaries. Each of these rich avenues of meaning are bound up in the word 'liberty'. This book explored liberty via Virginia Woolf's novels like those in the feminist polemic of A Room of One's Own, or a whimsical account of roaming the streets of London. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872717
ISBN
9781784872717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback. In 1822 William Hazlitt, forty-four years old and married, was both tormented and enchanted by Sarah Walker, his landlady's nineteen-year-old daughter. This work is the chronicle of that obsession. Editor(s): Dart, Gregory. Series: Fyfield Books. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548570
ISBN
9781857548570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Hardback. Let's Be Reasonable collects Sartore's pieces - some aired on Sunday Morning, some never before published - pairing each story with the award-winning photography for which he is known. Num Pages: 152 pages, 67 color photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3556 x 5182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803235069
ISBN
9780803235069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Angelo Poliziano (1454 - 1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico'. This volume illuminates his friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition of his "Miscellanies". Translator(s): Butler, Shane. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021969
ISBN
9780674021969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. A memoir of reflections and pictures by one of the great European novelists Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782066200
ISBN
9781782066200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGT; DNF; RNA; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771642347
ISBN
9781771642347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.57

Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240. LOEB
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Loeb
Condition
New
SKU
9780674995727
ISBN
9780674995727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.18

Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
346
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995734
ISBN
9780674995734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.07

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
454
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995406
ISBN
9780674995406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Hardback. Editor(s): Ludwig, Richard. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651019
ISBN
9780691651019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.01

Paperback. An astonishing selection of letters from V. S. Naipaul's formative years, rich with compassion, literary beauty and a genuine literary intent. Num Pages: 352 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330522960
ISBN
9780330522960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226239323
ISBN
9780226239323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347547
ISBN
9780936347547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. A new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119427
ISBN
9780349119427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This collection of his diverse essays includes appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196510
ISBN
9780141196510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. A translation of Osbern Bokenham's "Legendys of Hooly Wummen" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Series: Mediaeval Studies: Sources & Appraisals S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268012953
ISBN
9780268012953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Designed for use in various undergraduate courses focused on ancient Greece, this collection offers translations of the twelve legal speeches - including Lysias 1; Aeschines 1; and Demosthenes 21, 54, and 59 - useful for the study of classical Athenian social and cultural history. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNS; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209282
ISBN
9780872209282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.21
€ 46.08

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