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Prose: non-fiction
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445602
- ISBN
- 9780140445602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.44
€ 15.99
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 19.00€ 16.78
€ 19.00
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 15.99€ 14.63
€ 15.99
€ 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
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation. Translator(s): Whitinger, Raleigh. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259522
- ISBN
- 9780803259522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12