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Hardcover. Plato Opera Vol. IV (Clitopho, Respublica, Timaeus, Critias.) Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145448
ISBN
9780198145448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.15

Paperback. This book not only introduces readers to ancient scholarship, but also teaches them how to read it. It includes a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the language, a glossary of over 1500 grammatical terms, and a set of more than 200 passages for translation, each accompanied by commentary. Series: American Philological Association Classical Resources Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195312935
ISBN
9780195312935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.24

Hardback. Series: American Philological Association Philological Monographs. Num Pages: 676 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555401115
ISBN
9781555401115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.42

Paperback. Considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society. Series Editor(s): Griswold, John. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820350813
ISBN
9780820350813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.80

Hardback. David Bosworth cuts through all the noise of today s political dysfunction and cultural wars to sound the deeper causes of our discontent. He explores the ways in which Americans are affected by the irreversible forces set loose by technology s drastic revision of our everyday lives." Series Editor(s): Corey, Stephen. Series: Georgia Review Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820350653
ISBN
9780820350653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.79

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

€ 20.99
€ 18.78

Hardback. This student's edition of Hecuba prepared by Justina Gregory offers the first modern, full-length commentary suitable for classroom use. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index. Editor(s): Gregory, Justina. Series: American Philological Association Textbook Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus, map. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788506123
ISBN
9780788506123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.14

paperback. Losing the News is a vivid depiction of the dangers facing fact-based, reported news, but it is also a call to arms. Despite the current crisis, there are many hopeful signs, and Jones closes by looking over the horizon and exploring ways the iron core can be preserved. Series: Institutions of American Democracy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD; KNT; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780199754144
ISBN
9780199754144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.37

Paperback. This Side of Doctoring is a collection of over 100 personal essays and poems by female physicians over the last century and a half. Organized into categories such as 'Internship and Residency', 'Mothering and Doctoring', 'Making Choices' and 'Barriers', the anthology presents feminine and feminist perspectives on all aspects of a medical career. Num Pages: 432 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195158472
ISBN
9780195158472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.71

Paperback. Between 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and heresy, and spread beyond the Mediterranean world. This reader collects primary sources from the early Christian world. Editor(s): Ehrman, Bart D.; Jacobs, Andrew S. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7pp halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195154610
ISBN
9780195154610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.18

Paperback. This work is a concise collection of Lincoln's writings from his early years to his death, with emphasis on the presidential years. These selections convey Lincoln's basic ideas, the nature of his wartime leadership, and his personality and character. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 297.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195151015
ISBN
9780195151015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.03

Paperback. This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem. Editor(s): Kennedy, Charles W. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195024357
ISBN
9780195024357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.60

Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138982116
ISBN
9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

paperback. Presents the study of the combination of bad temper, procrastination and the uncanny power of obliquity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782115137
ISBN
9781782115137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.34

paperback. Reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding and human of experiences. This title includes stories about our everyday lives: they are about the people we love and the lies that we tell; the changes we bear, and the grief. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174. From the library of Ivor Browne. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Gift inscription to half title
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025983
ISBN
9780099549031
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300223606
ISBN
9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.49

Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642468
ISBN
9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.38

Hardcover. Xenophon III. Expeditio Cyri (Anabasis) Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145547
ISBN
9780198145547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.86

Hardcover. Xenophon I. Historia Graeca Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145523
ISBN
9780198145523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Paperback. Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scribner
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416544210
ISBN
9781416544210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.14

paperback. Reflections on nature, life, family, and place by one of America's leading essayists Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press (IPS) United States
Edition
1.
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253000958
ISBN
9780253000958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

hardcover. Marcel Duchamp left a thousand letters in which he talks of his plans and works in progress. This volume contains his letters in their original language (French or English) with translations where appropriate. The editor focuses on the historical content and introduces each correspondent. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 246 x 53. Weight in Grams: 920. Very good copy showing minor age and shelf wear. Dust jacket intact, shows some wear & tear. Text clean throughout
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025068
ISBN
9780500019580
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

hardcover. Series: Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of A. J. Arberry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; BK; DNF; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138210943
ISBN
9781138210943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102773
ISBN
9780231102773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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