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Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416430
ISBN
9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.79

Paperback. In this collection of short stories Hogg focuses on the Scottish civil war of 1644-45, in which the Marquis of Montrose led his royalist forces in a series of stunning victories against the odds before his final defeat at Philiphaugh. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663187
ISBN
9780748663187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Treat your palate to a sample of Arabic sayings and adages with a varied collection of traditional Middle-Eastern proverbs. In Taste the Arabic Proverbs, an expansive range of mores and suggestions are offered with ties to the cuisine, ingredients, and food-preparation techniques of the Middle East Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786934512
ISBN
9781786934512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.12

Paperback. A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Canons edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118855
ISBN
9781782118855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A selection of articles, broadcasts, and books extracts that revealed important and disturbing truths, ranging from across many of the critical events, scandals, and struggles. This book bears witness to epic injustices committed against the peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor, and Palestine. Num Pages: 672 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437451
ISBN
9780099437451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540. Writing and Living, 1950-2008. 752 pages. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight: 526.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408800966
ISBN
9781408800966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover. Num Pages: 337 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875801957
ISBN
9780875801957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.72

Paperback. Includes ten speeches that illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the people, and the courts. This title illuminates the major political crises of Cicero's time and offers portraits of many of the major political figures. Translator(s): Zetzel, James E. G. Num Pages: 376 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: DB; DNS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209893
ISBN
9780872209893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

Includes ten speeches that illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the people, and the courts. This title illuminates the major political crises of Cicero's time and offers portraits of many of the major political figures. Translator(s): Zetzel, James E. G. Num Pages: 376 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: DB; DNS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209909
ISBN
9780872209909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.27
€ 42.31

paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900001505
ISBN
9780900001505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298979
ISBN
9780486298979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Hardcover. In "Tetrabiblos," a core text in the history of astrology, the preeminent ancient astronomer Ptolemy (c. 100 178 CE) treats the practical use of astronomical knowledge: making predictions about individuals lives and the outcome of human affairs. Translator(s): Robbins, F.E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 116 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
502
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1940
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994799
ISBN
9780674994799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215793
ISBN
9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGA; BGLA; DNF; WNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Beacon Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807001912
ISBN
9780807001912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099629603
ISBN
9780099629603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784705800
ISBN
9781784705800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Provides the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and 'mindsource' images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141979564
ISBN
9780141979564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.82

Paperback. The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar. Editor(s): Waid, Candace. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Norton Critical
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393967944
ISBN
9780393967944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 1711 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 98. Weight in Grams: 2660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2Vol Set
Number of pages
1711
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971172
ISBN
9780865971172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. "This is the Confucius translation for our time."-Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] Translator(s): Leys, Simon. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 127 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393316995
ISBN
9780393316995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 127 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322660
ISBN
9780940322660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.32

Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857546507
ISBN
9781857546507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. The most important written work in English before the Norman Conquest, newly translated. Editor(s): Swanton, Michael. Num Pages: 388 pages, 20, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Phoenix Press
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842120033
ISBN
9781842120033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205581
ISBN
9780872205581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

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