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Paperback. Gilbert A. Harrison, for many years editor in chief of the New Republic, was one of Stein's publishers. For this volume, he selected excerpts from her essays, novels, plays, poems, lectures, and interviews, to introduce readers to a little-known aspect of her work. Editor(s): Harrison, Gilbert A. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401632
ISBN
9780871401632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.14

Hardcover. Appearing for the first time in one volume, these trenchant letters tell the eloquent narrative of Orwell s life in his own words." Editor(s): Davison, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404626
ISBN
9780871404626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.69

Hardcover. George Julian Harney was one of the half-dozen most important leaders of Chartism. This selection from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle is the first book to reprint any of his journalism. Harney is a key figure in the history of English radicalism. Editor(s): Goodway, David. Series: Chartist Studies Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DNJ; HBJD1; HBLL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850366198
ISBN
9780850366198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 49.24

Hardback. Renowned translator Helen Craig McCullough has selected representative portions of these two major classical Japanese works with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 38. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722575
ISBN
9780804722575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.46

Paperback. Renowned translator Helen Craig McCullough has selected representative portions of these two major classical Japanese works with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722582
ISBN
9780804722582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. Presents a dialogue between Western and Middle Eastern women. This collection provides substantial extracts from Ottoman, Egyptian and British and American writers - each with a biographical and literary introduction - that trace the development of an intellectual, personal and critical dialogue between women. Num Pages: 296 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; GTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649578
ISBN
9781860649578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 30.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DNF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681371184
ISBN
9781681371184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.62

paperback. Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the public eye, Snyder has produced a wide-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture and his commitment to the environment. Num Pages: 640 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582430799
ISBN
9781582430799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408845912
ISBN
9781408845912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humour, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life. Num Pages: 784 pages, 17 black and white images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199655762
ISBN
9780199655762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.89

Paperback. This text gathers together the many interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews that were omitted from "Required Writing". Taken together the collection fills in a consistent but sometimes unexpected portrait of Philip Larkin - mordant, intolerant, generous, but always himself. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571216147
ISBN
9780571216147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.38

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamilton, Charles H. Num Pages: 430 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966723
ISBN
9780913966723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Hamilton, Charles H. Num Pages: 430 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966730
ISBN
9780913966730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

paperback. This is the first volume of essays arising out of a series of high-level seminars held in All Souls College, Oxford during the Spring of 1993. The contributors, among them distinguished judges and academics, have produced essays of sparkling quality which will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the future direction of English law. Editor(s): Birks, Peter. B. H. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; DNF; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780198259022
ISBN
9780198259022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.93

Hardback. Translator(s): McClellan, T. M. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166300
ISBN
9780231166300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

paperback. A collection told by well-known women of Texas who share memories of their mother's influence on their own lives. Susie Kelly Flatau weaves a tapestry of interviews, family recipes and profiles of daughters. Family photographs add a warmth to the book. Num Pages: 275 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DNF; JFSJ1; VFV; WBA; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556227868
ISBN
9781556227868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855840812
ISBN
9781855840812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859183441
ISBN
9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheehan, Colleen A.; McDowell, Gary L. Num Pages: 526 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
y First edition
Number of pages
526
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971547
ISBN
9780865971547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, Colleen A.; McDowell, Gary L. Num Pages: 573 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 36. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
573
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971554
ISBN
9780865971554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.52

Hardback. This is a collection of essays that honour Wilson Carey McWilliams as a leader and scholar. The 14 essays pay tribute to him as a friend and citizen and seek to share their understanding of McWilliams's thinking through their own analyses of American political life. Editor(s): Bathory, Peter Dennis; Schwartz, Nancy L. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; JPF; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847697465
ISBN
9780847697465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.17

Paperback. "Frederick the Great (1712--1786), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years' War in 1756; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; and established Prussia as" Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306809088
ISBN
9780306809088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley; Greenberg, Jack; Wagner, Benno. Translator(s): Patton, Eric; Hein, Ruth. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167992
ISBN
9780691167992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. A selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141194158
ISBN
9780141194158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

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