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Hardback. Authoritative and reliable editions of the Arabic and modern, lucid English translations introducing treasures of the Arabic literary heritage Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738948
ISBN
9780814738948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.85

Hardcover. One of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 446 pages, plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547019
ISBN
9780192547019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.51

Paperback. This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; DNF; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0008816
ISBN
9781843542629
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812233438
ISBN
9780812233438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.10

Paperback. Argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. This work then adopts far more radical position, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', and a full-scale reorganization of British society. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JF; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780140433487
ISBN
9780140433487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

paperback. Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", the author set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755319
ISBN
9780099755319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. This title presents an analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Editor(s): Kramnick, Isaac. Translator(s): Bevan, Gerald. Num Pages: 992 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447606
ISBN
9780140447606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Presents an Icelandic saga which mixes realism with gothic imagination and history with tales of hauntings. This title dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445305
ISBN
9780140445305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she captures the changing times around her. She includes portraits such as the mad' King George, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, and more. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter. Num Pages: 624 pages, chronology, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436242
ISBN
9780140436242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465086450
ISBN
9780465086450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 46.42

Paperback. Offers a general introduction to George Eliot's work as an essayist, translator and poet. Divided into four sections, the book includes book reviews, major long essays written for a magazine, shorter pieces containing many of her ideas and some later essays from her last published book. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780140431483
ISBN
9780140431483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.80

Paperback. Describes a Negro tramp, a drowned child, a lunatic and other casualties of life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437833
ISBN
9780099437833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006122
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Hall, Edith. Translator(s): Kitto, H. D. F. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; 4KL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KSS0003828
ISBN
9780199537174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Hall, Edith. Translator(s): Kitto, H. D. F. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; 4KL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
KSS0003827
ISBN
9780199537174
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A collection of essays that examine the relations between the literary and the mortuary arts. They explore the distance between birth and death, the condition of the human being and the state of ceasing to be in a world that seeks to define human experience in retail, high-tech or pop-psyche terms. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003870
ISBN
9780099273233
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta
Condition
New
SKU
9781783780792
ISBN
9781783780792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Michael Parkinson on Cricket represents the best and most humorous of the author's journalism on his favourite sport. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825082
ISBN
9780340825082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. A volume in which rich and unexpected seams of precious materials await discovery' - The Guardian Editor(s): O'Connor, Larry; Morris, Mary. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd London
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860492129
ISBN
9781860492129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. This translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet remains faithful to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 260 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393098747
ISBN
9780393098747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

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