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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
€ 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€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
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
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
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
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
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€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
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
€ 19.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey, the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. Editor(s): Garvie, A. F. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521338400
- ISBN
- 9780521338400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.03
€ 48.03
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 17.95
Paperback. Matthew Flinders was the first to circumnavigate and chart the treacherous Terra Australis coastline - he is the man who put Australia on the map. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp 4x4c. BIC Classification: BG; DN; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia Australia
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780733637384
- ISBN
- 9780733637384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.14
€ 19.99
€ 15.14
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
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
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€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
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€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Anderson, Anne M.; Corr, James. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJBT; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246. Fine copy in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0001074
- ISBN
- 9780862816650
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to "Ake and Isara". In a mixture of fact and fiction - to protect the innocent and nail the guilty and shape an often intolerable reality - it tells of the coming of age of a writer and political activist; and of a nation's betrayal. Num Pages: 397 pages, 1 b&w line. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002011
- ISBN
- 9780413744203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. In this revealing collection of personal essays, renowned essayist, Phillip Lopate, shares his unique views on the big subjects of parenthood, marriage, sex, friendship, and 'the nail parings of daily life'. At turns funny, tender, and searingly honest, he searches with a cool eye for that elusive truth about himself and the world. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903960
- ISBN
- 9781907903960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141398181
- ISBN
- 9780141398181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.78
€ 5.78
Paperback. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; FC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224023
- ISBN
- 9781840224023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33