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paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2AB; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469629148
ISBN
9781469629148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.24

Paperback. The author of "The Name of the Rose" considers a wide range of topics, from "Superman" and "Casablanca", Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni, Jim Jones and mass suicide, and Woody Allen, to pop festivals and football, and not least the social and personal implications of tight jeans. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396282
ISBN
9780749396282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Presents an Icelandic saga which mixes realism with gothic imagination and history with tales of hauntings. This title dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445305
ISBN
9780140445305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Presenting a selection of her writing, the author covers more than a decade of her thought, which ranges over a diversity of subjects giving a measure of the focus of her interests. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099222811
ISBN
9780099222811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 5.70

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Directions United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220354
ISBN
9780811220354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 221.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811207898
ISBN
9780811207898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Written for the very audience it portrays, "The Excursion" introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813108810
ISBN
9780813108810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.76

Paperback. Food is fundamental to life. The way we produce it is the most pressing issue of our times. In recent years, several family-run farms in the downlands of West Dorset have decided to radically change their approach to working the land. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; AGB; DN; TVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. .
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908213341
ISBN
9781908213341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017521
ISBN
9780140283709
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 10.53

paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853232087
ISBN
9780853232087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.09

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 275 x 31. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700613
ISBN
9781501700613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.18

Hardback. This student's edition of Hecuba prepared by Justina Gregory offers the first modern, full-length commentary suitable for classroom use. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index. Editor(s): Gregory, Justina. Series: American Philological Association Textbook Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus, map. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788506123
ISBN
9780788506123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.11

Hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 120 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995338
ISBN
9780674995338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

hardcover. Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including "Medea," "Hippolytus," and "Bacchae," one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
REV ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995604
ISBN
9780674995604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.15

Paperback. Provides a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. This book follows a logical format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding. Translator(s): Curley, E. M. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435719
ISBN
9780140435719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. First published in a posthumous edition of 1677, this work by Spinoza is a systematic attempt to work out the nature of God, the relation between mind and body, human psychology, and the best way to live. Translator(s): Stirling, A. K.; White, W. H. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221190
ISBN
9781840221190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.07

Hardback. This is a translation into English of the complete "Yin-Hai Jing-Wei", a classic 15th-century text on Chinese ophthalmology. This work offers an unprecedented view of the practice of medicine, and specifically eye care, in pre-modern China. Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U.; Kovacs, Jurgen. Translator(s): Kovacs, Jurgen; Unschuld, Paul U. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 525 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFCX; MJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 954.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
525
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080584
ISBN
9780520080584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.76
€ 62.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 347 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
McPherson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929701639
ISBN
9780929701639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.55

Hardback. Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This collection of twenty-seven essays represents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Editor(s): Leppert, Richard. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 760 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: AV; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
760
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226722
ISBN
9780520226722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.08
€ 59.61

Paperback. Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This title presents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Editor(s): Leppert, Richard. Translator(s): Gillespie, Susan H. Num Pages: 760 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: AV; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
760
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231597
ISBN
9780520231597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622637
ISBN
9780691622637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.18

Paperback. Charles Lamb, one of the most engaging personal essayists of all time, began publishing his Elia essays in the "London Magazine" in 1820; they were so immediately popular that a book-length collection was published in 1823. This edition of the text features useful annotation throughout. Series: Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877458517
ISBN
9780877458517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3226 x 4852 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thieme Publishing Group Germany
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783132411364
ISBN
9783132411364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.75

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; KCHS; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650180
ISBN
9780691650180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.90
€ 159.55

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