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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€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
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€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Can civilization save us from ourselves? In this book, that is the question the author asks in a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910702369
- ISBN
- 9781910702369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 495
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802026040
- ISBN
- 9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.01
€ 126.01
Paperback. A selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing that sets out to deal with Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532132
- ISBN
- 9780099532132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.71
€ 21.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811218207
- ISBN
- 9780811218207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.94
€ 19.99
€ 18.94
paperback. Exposes the links between the ideas of the past and the social and political cataclysms of our own time: between the Platonic belief in absolute truth and the lure of authoritarianism; and between the eighteenth-century reactionary ideologue Joseph de Maistre and twentieth-century Fascism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845952082
- ISBN
- 9781845952082
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
Hardback. A vibrant study of the rich cultural and literary landscape of mid-eighteenth Britain and the forging of 'modern' subjectivity in a time of global war. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625642
- ISBN
- 9780748625642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.92€ 129.86
€ 136.92
€ 129.86
Paperback. This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. Editor(s): Bernstein, J. M. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253802
- ISBN
- 9780415253802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. A collection of seven essays that sketches out the author's personal view of the history and value of the novel. The real work of a novel is not bound up in the specifics of any one language: what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. This work describes how the best novels do just that. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232819
- ISBN
- 9780571232819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.62
€ 19.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589866
- ISBN
- 9781595589866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.53
€ 19.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226408545
- ISBN
- 9780226408545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.41
€ 21.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. A collection of eyewitness accounts from supporters, players, officials and police of the day in 1989 when 96 Liverpool supporters were crushed to death at an FA Cup semi-final. Num Pages: 204 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; BG; DNF; MBN; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853231998
- ISBN
- 9780853231998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.94
€ 19.99
€ 18.94
Paperback. The voyages of Captain Cook are endlessly fascinating to a wide audience, and no aspect of them has been more controversial than Cook's death. This book contains introductory essays that discuss Samwell's contribution to our understanding of the dramatic period in Pacific and maritime history, and examines the personality and career of Samwell. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- No Statement of Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320730
- ISBN
- 9780708320730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.36
€ 5.36
Paperback. Recounting the final days of Arthur and set in a world of fading chivalric glory, this title depicts the Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail, and with its integrity threatened by the weakness of Arthur's own knights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442557
- ISBN
- 9780140442557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Calling on diverse examples from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings, this title creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only art worth loving is that built on complete untruths. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192659
- ISBN
- 9780141192659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Hardback. This posthumous work brings together articles, interviews, statements, prefaces, manifestos, and speeches dating from 1964 to 1985 (just before Genet's death in 1986). These texts bear witness to the many political causes and groups with which Genet felt an affinity. Editor(s): Dichy, Albert. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729444
- ISBN
- 9780804729444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.79
€ 182.79
Paperback. Just what was so great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard, Mark Anthony? Why do people suffer from Montezuma's revenge? This title takes you on a journey through the annals of history with the heroes and villains of the past as your fellow travellers. Illustrator(s): Steig, William. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGH; DNF; HBG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750932042
- ISBN
- 9780750932042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
paperback. Editor(s): Murdoch, Brian O. Translator(s): Murdoch, Brian. Series: Medieval Literature S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873982020
- ISBN
- 9781873982020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.51
€ 15.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. A humorous, historical, and hirsute miscellany that's the baseball book Howard Zinn would have written, if he hated the Yankees. Num Pages: 236 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893459
- ISBN
- 9781566893459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Modern Poetry in Translation United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955906480
- ISBN
- 9780955906480
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; 3JB; DNF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636214
- ISBN
- 9780691636214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.86
€ 111.86
Hardcover. The Dolmen Press, which operated under the guiding hand of Liam Miller from 1951 to 1987, was a beacon in a dark time for Irish publishing and occupies a central position in the story of Irish poetry after Yeats. This collection of essays is a testament to the achievement of Dolmen. Editor(s): Harmon, Maurice. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DN; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Dublin
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866759
- ISBN
- 9781901866759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.07
€ 21.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. This work illustrates the old-time virtues of hard work ingenuity, and respect for others. Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282162
- ISBN
- 9780803282162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.35
€ 17.99
€ 17.35