Prose: non-fiction
Results 21 - 40 of 2321
Prose: non-fiction
Paperback. An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Good, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KSG0006644
- ISBN
- 9780330522984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Part autobiographical, part confessional, this title contains Somerset Maugham's observations, confidences, experiments and jottings, from 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286820
- ISBN
- 9780099286820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Concentrating mainly on India, the Americas, Africa and the Diaspora, this wonderful collection of essays is a clear-eyed and magnificent introduction to this writer's extraordinary world. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 196 x 37. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330523691
- ISBN
- 9780330523691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A selection of the author's critical essays on music, which includes an analysis of Beethoven's obsession with the key of C minor, an account of William Byrd as a spokesman for the Elizabethan Catholic minority, and papers on the operas "Don Giovanni", "The Magic Flute" and "Tristan and Isolde". Num Pages: 359 pages, 80 music examples, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213777
- ISBN
- 9780520213777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. An indispensable resource for those who wish to understand and appreciate the brilliance and virtuosity of one of America's true talents Editor(s): Christensen, Alicia; Madden, Jerry David. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: AJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803236585
- ISBN
- 9780803236585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. * Succinct pieces of prose - unique lessons in living from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860491405
- ISBN
- 9781860491405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Hardcover. One of the most important surviving works from the golden age of Ancient Egyptian literature, a searching exploration of human motivation and divine justice, is discussed and translated in this major literary study. Series: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HDDG; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264331
- ISBN
- 9780197264331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.72
€ 136.72
Paperback. "Doing things by the book" acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand's memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The "works cited" are those books that serve as Schrand's signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243378
- ISBN
- 9780803243378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.37
€ 17.99
€ 17.37
Hardcover. The major works of Josephus (c. 37 after 97 CE) are "History of the Jewish War," from 170 BCE to his own time, and "Jewish Antiquities," from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical "Life" and a treatise "Against Apion." Translator(s): Marcus, Ralph; Wikgren, Allen. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995383
- ISBN
- 9780674995383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.64
€ 33.99
€ 32.64
Hardcover. Marcus Aurelius (121 180 CE), philosopher-emperor, wrote the "Meditations" (his title was "The matters addressed to himself") in periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical, religious, and existential reflections have endured as an expression of Stoicism, a text for students of that philosophy, and a guide to the moral life. Translator(s): Haines, C.R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 119 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1916
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990647
- ISBN
- 9780674990647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Hardcover. This work is comprised of personal essays by some of the most noted Holocaust educators working in or with Holocaust museums, resource centers, or educational organizations across the globe. Editor(s): Totten, Samuel. Num Pages: 230 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1; JNKC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105078
- ISBN
- 9780739105078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.49
€ 145.49
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: DNF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782115113
- ISBN
- 9781782115113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.29
€ 19.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Words of a Century presents an anthology of the top 100 speeches of the twentieth-century. The selections were determined in a nationwide survey of communication scholars, based on rhetorical artistry and historical impact. Reprinted in full, these authoritative texts are preceded by headnotes that place the speeches into historical context. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 193 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1078.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195168051
- ISBN
- 9780195168051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.06
€ 146.06
Hardback. A new edition of Woodstock based on the first edition but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 670
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605835
- ISBN
- 9780748605835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.40
€ 174.40
Paperback. Touching on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Proust, and Plato, among others, this title outlines the problem of duality in modern thought - the separation of the mind and body, word and referent, intelligence and mystery, human and natural - and makes the case for a fuller kind of nature poetry, one that strives to overcome this false separation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571313270
- ISBN
- 9781571313270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430287
- ISBN
- 9780226430287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. The nineteenth century was a period of peak popularity for travel to Latin America, where political independence was accompanied by loosened travel restrictions. Such expeditions resulted in numerous travel accounts, most by men. Editor(s): Hahner, June E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JH; DNF; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842026338
- ISBN
- 9780842026338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.54
€ 160.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; BG; DN; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Conari Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573241380
- ISBN
- 9781573241380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.46
€ 26.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. From his early days Wodehouse adored cricket and references to the game run like a golden thread though his writings. He not only wrote about this glorious British pastime, but also played it well, appearing six times at Lords, where his first captain was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book presents Wodehouse's writings on cricket. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099551362
- ISBN
- 9780099551362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. With the Jocks Num Pages: 576 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; DN; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750930574
- ISBN
- 9780750930574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.52
€ 25.99
€ 22.52