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paperback. Editor(s): Arrow, Michelle; Baker, Jeannine; Monagle, Clare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DNF; JFDT; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925377101
ISBN
9781925377101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. This essay collection brings to us out of one of history's darker moments an extended love song to the world we still have. The essays are grounded in the author's belief that our largest problems and their solutions have grown from the Earth's remotest corners as well as our own backyards. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571215775
ISBN
9780571215775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.33

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749470
ISBN
9781910749470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126097
ISBN
9781897126097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138982116
ISBN
9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

Hardback. Wigner was involved in the early development of nuclear technology. He always had in mind its political and social implications, and in the 1960s he began to develop the concept of civil defense against nuclear attacks. This volume contains a selection of his writings. Editor(s): Mehra, Jagdish. Series: The Collected Works / Historical, Philosophical, and Socio-Political Papers. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; PDR; PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540572954
ISBN
9783540572954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.42

Paperback. "Socrates in The Apology: An Essay on Plato's Apology of Socrates". Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872200883
ISBN
9780872200883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.80

Paperback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028425
ISBN
9780674028425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674028418
ISBN
9780674028418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best writings-both classic and previously unpublished works-on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780231110716
ISBN
9780231110716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardcover. This collection of Robert Graves' essays, written between 1922 and 1972, is organized around the thematic categories of literature, history and religion. It show Graves' intellectual development by presenting the essays chronologically to show how ideas begin and evolve over half a century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857542820
ISBN
9781857542820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56
€ 56.14

Paperback. A collection of essays that looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. It also includes an essay on the delights of English Cooking and an account of killing an elephant in Burma. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191270
ISBN
9780141191270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. 'Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330510790
ISBN
9780330510790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Ecco
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062564528
ISBN
9780062564528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Hardcover. This book studies a broad and ambitious selection of contemporary South African literature, fiction, drama, poetry, and memoir to make sense of the ways in which these works 'remap' the intersections of memory, space/place, and the body, as they explore the legacy of apartheid. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615373
ISBN
9780230615373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Robert Walser (1878-1956) entered an insane asylum, saying, 'I am not here to write, but to be mad'. This work features a collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces that cover the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803298330
ISBN
9780803298330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Presents a selection of Georges Perec's non-fictional work. Editor(s): Sturrock, John. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442242
ISBN
9780141442242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Series: Cornerstone Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 123 x 21. Weight in Grams: 194. Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Series: Cornerstone Editions. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 177 x 123 x 21. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585426423
ISBN
9781585426423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.36

Hardcover. Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women's writing, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the seance. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; HRQM2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230200050
ISBN
9780230200050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582437453
ISBN
9781582437453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.01

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