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hardcover. Every parent's fear is not to be there for their child, to answer their questions, to give them advice and guide them through life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear. Dust jacket shows light wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000525
ISBN
9780340994801
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DN; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781563683213
ISBN
9781563683213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

paperback. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. A Memoir. 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight: 270.
Edition
New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901866421
ISBN
9781901866421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Contains De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Soul of Man under Socialism, The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0036270
ISBN
9781840224016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. An account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. It also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, himself, as well as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", the poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of woman he loved. Editor(s): Toibin, Colm. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439908
ISBN
9780140439908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Based on the moral philosophy of the Greek Stoic Panaetius, this text is a source of evidence for Roman ideas of morality and behaviour, one of the few writings on philosophy in Latin. It was written not long before Cicero's death. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146735
ISBN
9780198146735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPR; AB; AJC; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Booth-Clibborn Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861541383
ISBN
9781861541383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.65
€ 51.18

Paperback. Features essays about why we read. This work explores the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036731
ISBN
9780141036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time. Translator(s): Marker, Gary (Professor of History, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA); May, Rachel (Associate Professor of Russian, Macalester College, USA). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802770
ISBN
9780875802770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 235 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865972087
ISBN
9780865972087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz. Editor(s): Buckley, Jerome Hamilton. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 864 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Norton Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393958287
ISBN
9780393958287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0001671
ISBN
9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780140440591
ISBN
9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554959
ISBN
9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. A classic translation with critical essays by leading scholars. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
The Indiana Critical Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209306
ISBN
9780253209306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
1st
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892634
ISBN
9788772892634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9788788073218
ISBN
9788788073218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Hardcover. Series: Danish Humanist Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
Facsimile edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9788798013129
ISBN
9788798013129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Hardcover. Presents one man's personal view of the world around us, and the universe within each of us. Containing Michael Jackson's personal writings and over one hundred photographs, drawings, and paintings from his own collection, this book is suitable for all fans of an incredible, inspiring man who died as he lived - dancing his dream. Num Pages: 160 pages, Full colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Doubleday
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385403689
ISBN
9780385403689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Features a lyrical writing style and insights into the traumas and triumphs of the human spirit that can make you feel. Published in the "Star-Telegram" from 1991 through 2007, it contains stories that looks at a variety of Texans (a few famous, and all unforgettable) and includes a half-dozen essays from the author about her own colorful life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653747
ISBN
9780875653747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99

Hardcover. Features a lyrical writing style and insights into the traumas and triumphs of the human spirit that can make you feel. Published in the "Star-Telegram" from 1991 through 2007, this title contains stories that look at a variety of Texans and include a half-dozen essays from the author about her own colorful life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653839
ISBN
9780875653839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.15

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708315613
ISBN
9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.25

hardcover. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 530. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0246128
ISBN
9780753709016
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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