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Paperback. Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This title records of his campaigns. Translator(s): Gardner, Jane; Handford, S.A. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444339
ISBN
9780140444339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the first fifty-three years of his radical life, including his earliest years, where we can see the source of his belief in the innocence of childhood; and the development of his philosophical and political ideas. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440331
ISBN
9780140440331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. "Translation, introduction, and notes Henry Chadwick c1991."--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Chadwick, Henry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537822
ISBN
9780199537822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.61

Hardback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 808 pages, 2 musical examples. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 268 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164588
ISBN
9780691164588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.74

Hardback. Offers W H Auden's prose that provides a fresh picture of this legendary writer's mind and art when he was at the height of his powers, from 1956 through 1962, including the years when he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1024
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147550
ISBN
9780691147550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 72.45

Hardback. Contains various of W H Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including various essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom. This book includes the text of Auden's first separately published prose book, "The Enchafed Flood", or, "The Romantic Iconography of the Sea", followed by more than one hundred essays, reviews and lectures. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1266.
Publisher
Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages
824
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133263
ISBN
9780691133263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.00
€ 67.89

Hardback. W H Auden's first ten years in the United States were marked by rapid and extensive change in his life and thought. He became an American citizen, fell in love with Chester Kallman, and began to reflect on American culture. This volume contains prose that Auden wrote during these years, including essays and reviews he published under pseudonyms. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089355
ISBN
9780691089355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.17
€ 82.56

Hardcover. Compiled in three beautifully slip-cased hardback editions, with an introduction by Toni Morrison, this book focuses on the understanding of the human condition and philosophical exploration of the polarities of good and evil. Num Pages: 3008 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 171 x 175. Weight in Grams: 5010.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713999563
ISBN
9780713999563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.40
€ 99.29

paperback. Collects all of Synge's published plays, including The Playboy of The Western World, along with his Poetry and Translations, and the prose works that detail his travels in The Aran Islands, In Wicklow, In Kerry and In Connemara. Editor(s): Arrowsmith, Aidan. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022524
ISBN
9781840221510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.96

Paperback. Rip-roaring and rib-tickling, Francois Rabelais' irreverent story of the giant Gargantua, his giant son Pantagruel, and their companion Panurge is a classic of the written word. This translation, annotated for the nonspecialist, brings to twentieth-century English all the exuberance and invention of the original sixteenth-century French. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 1114 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1560.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
1114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064010
ISBN
9780520064010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140437379
ISBN
9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.74

paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446494
ISBN
9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Hardcover. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804704854
ISBN
9780804704854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.23

Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
906
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804704861
ISBN
9780804704861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Containing various essays, this work discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1360 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 151 x 58. Weight in Grams: 932. Some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446043
ISBN
9780140446043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443674
ISBN
9780099443674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443667
ISBN
9780099443667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Presents 84 selections, most of which are notable examples of oratory on such subjects as nationalism, religious faith, individual liberty, freedom, and slavery. This book includes pieces by Washington, Franklin, Milton, Socrates, and Cicero, as well as heroic poetry and dramatic dialogues. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Bicentennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814713235
ISBN
9780814713235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138413
ISBN
9780231138413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
784
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138406
ISBN
9780231138406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.19

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