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Paperback. Includes John Lennon's autobiography, "The Ballad of John and Yoko" as well as accounts of falling in love, marriage, the break-up of the Beatles and life in America. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561262
ISBN
9780099561262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408879948
ISBN
9781408879948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley; Greenberg, Jack; Wagner, Benno. Translator(s): Patton, Eric; Hein, Ruth. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167992
ISBN
9780691167992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Features the essays that chart some of the author's experiences or remembrances: his youthful love of a particular London bus route that evolves into a reflection on public civility and interwar urban planning; and memories of the 1968 student riots of Paris that meander through the divergent sex politics of Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555599
ISBN
9780099555599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Christine Dunn; Yellin, Mark E. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974432
ISBN
9780865974432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.77

Paperback. This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443837
ISBN
9780140443837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. This translation with notes is primarily for classroom use. It aims to be true to the basic meaning of the text and tries to bring across some of the beauty of the poetry as well as the rhetorical power of the dialogue and speeches. Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
82
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203921
ISBN
9780872203921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.55

John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Of interest to those who love his work, this book brings together McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 770. Nice copy in clean dustwrapper. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
496
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0303037
ISBN
9780571245116
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586593
ISBN
9780099586593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Bernard Spencer's work has been out of print for many years. This new edition will be welcomed by readers and academics, and will help redress the recent neglect of his work. Publication is timed to coincide with a major conference on the work of Bernard Spencer at Reading University in 2011. Editor(s): Robinson, Peter. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656. 384 pages. Editor(s): Robinson, Peter. Bernard Spencer's work has been out of print for many years. This new edition will be welcomed by readers and academics, and will help redress the recent neglect of his work. Publication is timed to coincide with a major conference on the work of Bernard Spencer at Reading University in 2011. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight: 652.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248918
ISBN
9781852248918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.55

Hardcover. Series: The rusticall & oeconomical works of John Evelyn. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907325659
ISBN
9780907325659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, first published in 1815, was Walter Scott's second novel Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 616 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605682
ISBN
9780748605682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.52

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298979
ISBN
9780486298979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Paperback. Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747806
ISBN
9780804747806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Editor(s): Shawn, Wallace. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608460021
ISBN
9781608460021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.42

Paperback. Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences not adequately vented. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496805
ISBN
9781847496805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Maloney, George A. Translator(s): Maloney, George A. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809138104
ISBN
9780809138104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.04

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903267
ISBN
9781907903267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. The introduction discusses her ideas. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150865
ISBN
9781857150865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In this collection of short stories Hogg focuses on the Scottish civil war of 1644-45, in which the Marquis of Montrose led his royalist forces in a series of stunning victories against the odds before his final defeat at Philiphaugh. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663187
ISBN
9780748663187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising, lyrical text, the author explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 158. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571335015
ISBN
9780571335015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449082
ISBN
9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Hardback. "I must die as I lived, beyond my means." Arguably the most quoted man in history, and certainly in his day, this enormous miniature collection is filled with Oscar Wildes' most notorious and witty sayings. Organized into five sections, this book is suitable for Wilde lovers and novices alike. Editor(s): Running Press. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 98 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Running Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Min
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762449828
ISBN
9780762449828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Saqi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863561467
ISBN
9780863561467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.27

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