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Paperback. Brings together many important historical texts, including speeches of Themistius, the "Passion of St Saba", and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853234265
ISBN
9780853234265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.48

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571141517
ISBN
9780571141517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters: John Simpson, James Fenton, Martha Gellhorn, Germaine Greer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, as well as talents Elana Lappin, Suketu Mehta and Wendell Steavenson, this book covers some of the signal events: the fall of Saigon, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and more. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862078154
ISBN
9781862078154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. A new and complete English translation Editor(s): Maximin, Daniel. Translator(s): Walker, Keith L. Num Pages: 104 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819572752
ISBN
9780819572752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Offers a selection from author's startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 161 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397542
ISBN
9780141397542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445602
ISBN
9780140445602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.44

A reprint of the University of Toronto edition of 1965. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203112
ISBN
9780872203112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Jacqueline Bishop's latest collection is a hybrid book, featuring short stories, essays and interviews that begin to encompass her creative career as a novelist, poet, critic and exhibited artist. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233150
ISBN
9781845233150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.30

Hardcover. Addresses one of the most fundamental questions of all: what makes for a happy life? This title explores the sensual happiness of the flesh; covers the difficulties of the modern world's obsession with consumption; and, finally the consolation and sympathy provided by art and literature. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 116 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0014614
ISBN
9780701187118
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts the development of that prose, beginning with three meditative works from the "Travel Pictures". Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Translator(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448504
ISBN
9780140448504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.73

Hardback. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is precisely focused on the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737. Editor(s): Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 792 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
792
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605705
ISBN
9780748605705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.26

Paperback. The sequel to "The Lost World of the Kalahari" in which Laurens Van der Post records everything he has learned of the life and lore of Africa's first inhabitants. This book journeys into the mind and spirit of the Bushmen, a people outlawed by the advance of the blacks and whites alike. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DNF; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428749
ISBN
9780099428749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.78

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Focus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051019
ISBN
9780941051019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. An anthology of nearly two hundred "hieroglyphics," or allegorical emblems, said to have been used by the Pharaonic scribes in describing natural and moral aspects of the world. This work tells how various types of natural phenomena, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character-types were symbolized. Translator(s): Boas, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 148 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2CX; CF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000923
ISBN
9780691000923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Paperback. Includes thirteen selections from the polemical writings of Henry D Thoreau that represent various stages in his twenty-two years of active writing. This title offers a microcosm of Thoreau's literary career. It allows the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. Editor(s): Glick, Wendell. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118765
ISBN
9780691118765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535668
ISBN
9780199535668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Levene, D. S. Translator(s): Fyfe, W.H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540709
ISBN
9780199540709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Blakeney, E.H. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152340
ISBN
9781857152340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Hardcover. Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of "Histories" covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of "Annals" tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66. Translator(s): Moore, C.H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 497 pages, 2M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 116 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
497
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1925
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674991231
ISBN
9780674991231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449082
ISBN
9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442953
ISBN
9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Princeton Studies on the Near East. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2AB; DNF; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635859
ISBN
9780691635859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.48

Paperback. Wenderoth moves from outrageous premises to piercing insights in his first book since Letters to Wendy's. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DQ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974635378
ISBN
9780974635378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Editor(s): Radice, William. Translator(s): Tagore, Surendranath. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449860
ISBN
9780140449860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

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