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paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399425
- ISBN
- 9781566399425
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.04
€ 32.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. In the spirit of Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It, his bestselling book about travel, Geoff Dyer is back on the road. Num Pages: 256 pages, Colour plate section and black and white photos. BIC Classification: DN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782117421
- ISBN
- 9781782117421
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034041
- ISBN
- 9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.89
€ 33.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book testifies to the emotional and spiritual relationships that women had with the figure of Mary, whom they were required to emulate as the epitome of femininity. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114002
- ISBN
- 9780226114002
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Brings together notes and essays of the author. This book includes are autobiographical vignettes from childhood and youth describing the gamut of human emotion, from childhood fear to adult nostalgia in the re-creation of the past. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; BG; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170760
- ISBN
- 9780571170760
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.37
€ 26.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. This title brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019000
- ISBN
- 9780141019000
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
paperback. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; McLaughlin, Martin; Creagh, Patrick; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189703
- ISBN
- 9780141189703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209749
- ISBN
- 9780872209749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842431719
- ISBN
- 9781842431719
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Ben Trovato is a man of letters, incisive wit and occasional lapses of judgment. He is a writer who refuses to be restrained within the conventional boundaries of fiction and non-fiction and his words range across a murky middle ground that, like the man himself, is not easily identified. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919931180
- ISBN
- 9781919931180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903182
- ISBN
- 9781907903182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.85
€ 19.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183190
- ISBN
- 9780141183190
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
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Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press (Red Crane Books) United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878610621
- ISBN
- 9781878610621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.13
€ 20.99
€ 17.13
Hardback. Winter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 648 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615568
- ISBN
- 9780748615568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.49€ 108.37
€ 112.49
€ 108.37
Paperback. Winter Evening Tales (1820; second edition 1821) was James Hogg's most successful work of prose fiction in his lifetime. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 48. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620869
- ISBN
- 9780748620869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. In June 1862 Fyodor Dostoevsky left Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan and Vienna. This volume details the impressions of everthing he saw. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115187
- ISBN
- 9780810115187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.41
€ 24.41
Paperback. A collection of prose pieces by the Poet Laureate, on literary matters and on writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen and Sylvia Plath. Hughes also expresses concerns about education, the environment, and the arts in general. Num Pages: 480 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 35. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571174263
- ISBN
- 9780571174263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.40
€ 26.99
€ 18.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780874470
- ISBN
- 9781780874470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. With the Jocks Num Pages: 576 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; DN; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750930574
- ISBN
- 9780750930574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.68
€ 25.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. From his early days Wodehouse adored cricket and references to the game run like a golden thread though his writings. He not only wrote about this glorious British pastime, but also played it well, appearing six times at Lords, where his first captain was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book presents Wodehouse's writings on cricket. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099551362
- ISBN
- 9780099551362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
Paperback. These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226430287
- ISBN
- 9780226430287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
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€ 25.00
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: DNF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782115113
- ISBN
- 9781782115113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.29
€ 19.99
€ 11.29
Hardcover. Marcus Aurelius (121 180 CE), philosopher-emperor, wrote the "Meditations" (his title was "The matters addressed to himself") in periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical, religious, and existential reflections have endured as an expression of Stoicism, a text for students of that philosophy, and a guide to the moral life. Translator(s): Haines, C.R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 119 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1916
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990647
- ISBN
- 9780674990647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. The major works of Josephus (c. 37 after 97 CE) are "History of the Jewish War," from 170 BCE to his own time, and "Jewish Antiquities," from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical "Life" and a treatise "Against Apion." Translator(s): Marcus, Ralph; Wikgren, Allen. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995383
- ISBN
- 9780674995383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.64
€ 33.99
€ 32.64