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Paperback. Using extensive research, interviews and his own experiences, JP Floru uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781785902215
ISBN
9781785902215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.50

Hardback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785901270
ISBN
9781785901270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. "Makes easily available to legal historians and medievalists alike an important source for social and political no less than legal history."-American Journal of Legal History Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213225
ISBN
9780812213225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Contains sixteen essays. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, this title includes these essays that encompass the themes that dominated the author's life and work, revealing why she remains one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent writers and thinkers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031682
ISBN
9780141031682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. The "Rhetorica ad Herrenium" was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106 43 BCE), and reflects, as does Cicero s "De Inventione," Hellenistic rhetorical teaching. But most recent editors attribute it to an unknown author. Translator(s): Caplan, H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1954
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994447
ISBN
9780674994447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244805
ISBN
9780571244805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. A collection of essays on books and why they matter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296031
ISBN
9780007289875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded-with a new preface on what makes a speech "great." Editor(s): Safire, William. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: DN; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1586.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Updated and Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393059311
ISBN
9780393059311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.94

Paperback. A comprehensive volume containing five of C S Lewis's best known inspirational and spiritual works. Num Pages: 640 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 39. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007137442
ISBN
9780007137442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.82

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193199
ISBN
9780141193199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardcover. Eliot wrote in his introduction: I hope that this volume will demonstrate that Pound's literary criticism is the most important contemporary criticism of its kind..perhaps the kind we can least afford to do without..the refreshment, the revitalization and making new' of literature in our time. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
478
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313211676
ISBN
9780313211676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.82

Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606061
ISBN
9780748606061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 197.27

Paperback. Composed in a series of web-like sketches, this novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, weaving stories and conversations, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic 'fiction of community'. Illustrator(s): Burke, Shirley. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434767
ISBN
9780140434767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against Lucius Sergius Catilina", "In Defence of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias", and "In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus". Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 336 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442144
ISBN
9780140442144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408851104
ISBN
9781408851104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Written over 2000 years ago, Sun-tzu's "Art of War" embodies the Eastern tradition of strategy. This translation, written in simple language, is intended to be of equal value to both military historians and students of business strategy. Translator(s): Sawyer, Ralph D. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; HB; JWKT; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Copyright 1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813319513
ISBN
9780813319513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Kline, T. Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FV; FYT; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KOC0004122
ISBN
9781782270447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143108047
ISBN
9780143108047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. Gerard de Nerval was a poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer. This selection of his works includes "Aurelia", the memoir of his madness; the novella of love and memory "Sylvie"; the hermetic sonnets of "The Chimeras"; as well as Nerval's experimental fictions and selections from his correspondence. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446012
ISBN
9780140446012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

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

Paperback. Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, the author was renowned as America's first 'girl stunt reporter'. She was a pioneer of investigative journalism, including an expose of patient treatment at a mental asylum and a travelogue from her record-breaking race around the world in emulation of Phileas Fogg. This title deals with her works. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107408
ISBN
9780143107408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Demirel, Selcuk. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903328
ISBN
9781907903328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. Presents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JMC; DNJ; HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099550259
ISBN
9780099550259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

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