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Prose: non-fiction
Hardback. A treasure trove of original and provocative pieces about modern life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781471102660
- ISBN
- 9781471102660
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Condition: New
€ 6.07
€ 6.07
Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238404
- ISBN
- 9780520238404
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086204
- ISBN
- 9781847086204
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Hugo von Hofmannsthal is one of the modern era's important writers, but his fame as Richard Strauss' collaborator on such operas as "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" has obscured his other remarkable writings. This title is an introduction to the enormous range of this artist. It is a collection of his writings in English. Editor(s): McClatchy, J. D. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129099
- ISBN
- 9780691129099
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Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Hardcover. The Wicked Wit Of Charles Dickens explores and reveals aspects of the author's personal and professional life, whilst celebrating his flair for witty and satirical observations about society and human nature. Contains lengthy extracts from scenes of great amusement in his novels, as well as pithy remarks uttered by his unique characters. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843175681
- ISBN
- 9781843175681
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.48
€ 15.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. John Muir's journals provide a unique marriage of natural history with lyrical prose and often amusing anecdotes, retaining a freshness, intensity and brutal honesty which will amaze the modern reader. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; BG; DNF; RNK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 42. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862415860
- ISBN
- 9780862415860
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Rogge, Benjamin A. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966228
- ISBN
- 9780913966228
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.13
€ 10.99
€ 10.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811222174
- ISBN
- 9780811222174
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050273
- ISBN
- 9780674050273
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardcover. Volumes V and VI concern Dryden's most involved labor: the complete translation of Virgil into English. Volume V contains The Pastorals and The Georgics in their entirety; the first six books of The Aeneid is contained as well. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A.; Roper, Alan. Series: Works of John Dryden. Num Pages: 584 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520021211
- ISBN
- 9780520021211
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Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 73.24
€ 95.12
€ 73.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Kolb, Gwin J.; DeMaria, Robert. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 560 pages, 89 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300106725
- ISBN
- 9780300106725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80€ 99.52
€ 130.80
€ 99.52
This volume in the definitive edition of Thomas Traherne contains his best-known works, Centuries of Meditations and Select Meditations. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843276
- ISBN
- 9781843843276
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Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24
Paperback. A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141399157
- ISBN
- 9780141399157
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Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
€ 8.99
€ 8.31
Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256825
- ISBN
- 9780226256825
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
hardcover. Opening with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, this work contains ten other essays. It includes reform papers such as: "The Service Paradise (To Be) Regained"; "Herald of Freedom"; "Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum"; "Resistance to Civil Government Slavery in Massachusetts"; and more. Editor(s): Glick, Thomas F. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691062419
- ISBN
- 9780691062419
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Condition: New
€ 145.07€ 110.03
€ 145.07
€ 110.03
hardcover. Presents a simple account of a year spent alone in a cabin by a pond in the woods. Editor(s): Shanley, J. Lyndon. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691061948
- ISBN
- 9780691061948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.07€ 110.03
€ 145.07
€ 110.03
Hardback. In the late summer of 1839 Thoreau and his elder brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Henry began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 624 pages, facsims., 1map, 2 ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DN; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063768
- ISBN
- 9780691063768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.07€ 109.75
€ 145.07
€ 109.75
Hardback. A collection of fifty-three early pieces by Thoreau representing the full range of his youthful imagination. Collected, arranged, and edited, these writings date from 1828 to 1852 and cover a range of subjects, such as: learning, morals, literature, history, politics, and love. Editor(s): Moldenhauer, Joseph J.; Moser, Erwin. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691062860
- ISBN
- 9780691062860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.07€ 110.36
€ 145.07
€ 110.36
Hardback. An annual narrative bibliography which aims to provide a comprehensive collection of theoretical essays with bibliographies for work published in a given year. Volume 7 covers work published in 1997. Editor(s): McGowan, Kate. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219309
- ISBN
- 9780631219309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.09
€ 263.09
Hardback. Scholars have argued for decades over which constitutes the best possible version of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's much-anthologized story "The Yellow Wall-Paper." This book offers both Gilman scholars and scholars of textual studies a means of engaging with a work that exists in multiple forms, and includes fresh readings of this story. Editor(s): St.Jean, Shawn. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821416532
- ISBN
- 9780821416532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback. Renowned scholar Burton Watson's translation exactingly depicts the life and teachings of the great ninth-century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; DNF; HREZ; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114851
- ISBN
- 9780231114851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754603429
- ISBN
- 9780754603429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.14
€ 200.14
Hardcover. Brings together essays by leading theologians and philosophers on the fundamental importance of human reason and philosophy for Catholic theology and human cultures generally. This edited collection studies the contributions of reason, with its acquired wisdom, science, and scholarship, in five sections. Editor(s): Lamb, Fr. Matthew L. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPJ; HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813228396
- ISBN
- 9780813228396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.82
€ 86.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): Duncan, Dennis. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Atlas Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900565677
- ISBN
- 9781900565677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06