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Paperback. A sparkling second book from the bestselling author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake in which Crosley leaves her familiar stomping ground of Manhattan to travel The World: elegant writing, mordant wit and genuine insight. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272264
ISBN
9781846272264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Provides an overview of the antebellum slavery debate and its key issues and participants. This book introduces each selection, locating it historically, culturally, and thematically as well as linking it to other writings. The documents represent the full scope of the varied debates over slavery. Editor(s): Lowance, Mason I., Jr. Num Pages: 568 pages, 3 tables. 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002286
ISBN
9780691002286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.03
€ 42.10

Paperback. Brings together a number of John Schad's very best essays, interleaved with a selection of autobiographical poems and a work that brings together both critical and creative modes of writing. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194956
ISBN
9781845194956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.91

Hardcover. Brings together a number of John Schad's very best essays, interleaved with a selection of autobiographical poems and a work that brings together both critical and creative modes of writing. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194949
ISBN
9781845194949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.24

Hardback. The emotional bond between horses and the humans who love them can reach mystical proportions, and nowhere is that relationship more evident than in these 24 true-life accounts of horses rescuing people. 30 color illustrations. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602397217
ISBN
9781602397217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.01

Paperback. Ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803282179
ISBN
9780803282179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey, the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. Editor(s): Garvie, A. F. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521338400
ISBN
9780521338400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.89

Paperback. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520066076
ISBN
9780520066076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Riveting, finely crafted essays about family and the natural world, and winner of the 2000 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Series: Northwest Reprints Book. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Edition
Second Edition, Revised Edition, New Afterword by
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870717086
ISBN
9780870717086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. An extraordinary literary work from the 12th century, a meditation on nature and mortality. Illustrator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Editor(s): Moriguchi, Yasuhiko; Jenkins, David. Translator(s): Moriguchi, Yasuhiko. Series: Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781880656228
ISBN
9781880656228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.28

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
€ 19.51

Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812231571
ISBN
9780812231571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.52

Paperback. Details nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Presenting the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this title chronicles the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441758
ISBN
9780140441758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardcover. This miscellany of articles and essays, written over a stretch of 60 years, is being published on the occasion of the author's 90th birthday. Broadly bounded by Dublin and Trinity College, this gathering illuminates a wide range of human experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DN; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019222
ISBN
9781843510284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Paperback. This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. Editor(s): Lloyd, G. Translator(s): Chadwick, J.; Mann, W.N.; Lonie, I.M.; Withington, E.T. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444513
ISBN
9780140444513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. This work contains the 26 visions of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), who was the first of the great German mystics, as well as a poet and a prophet, a physician and a political moralist. Translator(s): Hart, C.; Bishop, J. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 545 pages, 33ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809131303
ISBN
9780809131303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Presents two texts in English translation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853235729
ISBN
9780853235729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays, poems and short stories. This book includes a collection of the author's best gossip. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962268
ISBN
9780241962268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A collection of pieces in which Barbara Kingsolver, author of the novel "Pigs in Heaven", explores her trademark themes of family, community and the natural world. The topics include Kentucky, housework, promiscuity, health clubs, the Canary Islands, rock and roll, space rockets, and Thoreau. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571179503
ISBN
9780571179503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.59

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. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0004813
ISBN
9780099741510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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