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Hardback. A discussion of the role and place of the intellectual in 20th-century French society. Spanning a range of disciplines, the essays are for the most part written by eminent French scholars and are intended to make available to the English-speaking reader a growing body of research. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333498897
ISBN
9780333498897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

Hardback. This volume in the W.B.Yeats series brings together for the first time introductions written for anthologies that he edited or for books by other writers. The introductions span the full length of his career. Topics range from Irish legends and folklore to the design of graceful new Irish coins. Editor(s): O'Donnell, William H. Series: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 391 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
391
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333325605
ISBN
9780333325605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.74

Paperback. A collection of letters by one of the 19th century's most-loved novelists, drawing on the extensive public and private collection of Collins' letters scattered across the world. Some are published for the first time. Letters in this volume cover the period from his youth through the writing of his Editor(s): Baker, William; Clarke, William M. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312223434
ISBN
9780312223434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 220.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312101701
ISBN
9780312101701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.73

Paperback. Includes William Langewiesche's probing investigation in Vanity Fair of the slaughter of 24 Iraqis in Haditha; C J Chivers' account in Esquire of the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, which killed 331 people; and Susan Casey's revelation in Best Life of a virtually unknown, Texas-sized garbage dump resting at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Editor(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143912
ISBN
9780231143912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.61

Hardback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138024
ISBN
9780231138024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

Paperback. Containing 74 essays, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture, film, politicians, the Labour Party, racial prejudice and the preciousness of free expression. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140140361
ISBN
9780140140361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062564504
ISBN
9780062564504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.74

Paperback. A groundbreaking addition to today's popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism's beliefs and practices in facing death. Num Pages: 384 pages, music. BIC Classification: DNF; HRKP; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperOne
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062515162
ISBN
9780062515162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.17

paperback. The fourth volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel known as "The Water Margin". This volume contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. It ends with an encounter foreshadowing the campaign against Tian Hu in the next volume. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622019898
ISBN
9789622019898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

paperback. Written by the celebrated author of The New York Trilogy, this book presents a highly personal collection of essays, prefaces and occasional pieces written for magazines and newspapers. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 50. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780571218486
ISBN
9780571218486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.71

paperback. A collection of William Cullen Bryant's editorials for the New York "Evening Post". This volume traces the growth of the chief editor and principal owner's political and social maturity as he made over a conservative, parochial, small-city newspaper into a national organ. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DNF; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823215447
ISBN
9780823215447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWC; AJB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721780
ISBN
9781781721780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.07

Hardcover. Martial Epigrammata Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146254
ISBN
9780198146254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.31

Paperback. General Simon Bolivar, called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington of Latin America", was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. Although he didn't prepare a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations and letters contain ideas still widely relevant. Translator(s): Fornoff, Frederick H. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144819
ISBN
9780195144819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.93

paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853232087
ISBN
9780853232087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.09

hardcover. This collection of essays by prominent philosophers treats Husserl's last work, The Crisis of European Sciences, which deals with the relation of science to the world of everyday experience. Editor(s): Hyder, David; Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756044
ISBN
9780804756044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

paperback. A collection of Robert Frost's prose that allows readers and scholars to appreciate the great American author's forays beyond poetry, and to discover in the prose that he did make public - in newspapers, magazines, journals, speeches, and books - the wit, force, and grace that made his poetry famous. Editor(s): Richardson, Mark. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034679
ISBN
9780674034679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.75

paperback. A polemic on the case for Scottish independence by the writer, artist, thinker and cultural icon, Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 161.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782111696
ISBN
9781782111696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Interlink Publishing
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531131
ISBN
9781908531131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

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

paperback. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has been considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance. This book collects essays he wrote from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which concern white racism, and political and literary addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931. Editor(s): McElrath, Joseph R., Jr.; Leitz, Robert; Crisler, Jesse S. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744324
ISBN
9780804744324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.71

hardcover. Includes a collection of Thoreau quotations ever assembled. This title gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker. Editor(s): Cramer, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 552 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691139975
ISBN
9780691139975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 4.82

Paperback. Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germain de Stael achieved an influence on European culture through the force of her fiction and critical writings. This volume makes a representative sample of her work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055871
ISBN
9780231055871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

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