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Paperback. In the medieval Castilian village of Guzman (population: 80), villagers have gathered for centuries in the 'telling room' to share stories and drink the local wine. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DN; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112792
- ISBN
- 9781782112792
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In these two classic essays of feminist literature, Woolf argues passionately for women's intellectual freedom and their role in challenging the drive towards fascism and conflict. She raises questions concerning militarism, education, and social and gender inequality that are relevant to this day. Editor(s): Snaith, Anna. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 pages black and white images. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642212
- ISBN
- 9780199642212
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Series: Malcolm X speeches & writings. Num Pages: 196 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL3; JPA; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Pathfinder Books Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873487542
- ISBN
- 9780873487542
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Condition: New
€ 21.00
€ 21.00
Paperback. Contains the English version of the author's political and moral philosophy. This title also includes the English translation of "De Homine", chapters X-XV. It also features the English translation of "De Cive". Translator(s): Wood, C.T.; Scott-Craig, T.S.K. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201118
- ISBN
- 9780872201118
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.17
€ 19.00
€ 17.17
Paperback. A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088420
- ISBN
- 9781847088420
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Presents essays on Turgenev, Goldsmith, Congreve, Gibbon and Horace Walpole. This title is suitable for for students, common readers and scholars alike. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701206710
- ISBN
- 9780701206710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.08
€ 52.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Classic Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390445
- ISBN
- 9780140390445
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Condition: New
€ 14.70
€ 14.70
Paperback. Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. This title introduces fifteen of Emerson's most significant writings. Editor(s): Ziff, Larzer. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437629
- ISBN
- 9780142437629
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. The author gives an account of his two years experience of the 'simple life' in the woods. In this book, he tells how he sought and found material and spiritual sustenance in the solitude of the cabin which he built for himself on the shore of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151367
- ISBN
- 9781857151367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Canons edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782118855
- ISBN
- 9781782118855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Samuel Waters served as an officer in the Irish Constabulary in all four provinces. His recollections encompass the Fenian Rising, the Land War and the 1916 insurrection. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181898
- ISBN
- 9781859181898
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Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. Novelist and playwright, famed for inventing the word 'robot' in his play "RUR", Karel Capek was a vital part of the burgeoning artistic scene of Czechoslovakia of the 1920s and 30s. This title presents a selection of Capek's writing, containing his essential ideas. Translator(s): Tobrmanova-Kuhnova, Sarka. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571231621
- ISBN
- 9780571231621
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Asserts the author's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. This title includes "The Trouble with Nigeria", the author's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192581
- ISBN
- 9780141192581
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition, this Routledge Classics edition offers the English reader the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415290012
- ISBN
- 9780415290012
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
paperback. Offers two works on life's fleeting pleasures by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. This book includes ribald stories of drunken monks to aching nostalgia for the fading traditions of the Japanese court. Translator(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192109
- ISBN
- 9780141192109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Hardcover. Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV Editor(s): Powell, J. E.; Jones, Sir H. Stuart. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1942
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145509
- ISBN
- 9780198145509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. The Latin text, with introduction and commentary, of the biography of the emperor Claudius by Suetonius. Editor(s): Hurley, Donna W. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 284 pages, 1 b/w illus. Editor(s): Hurley, Donna W. The Latin text, with introduction and commentary, of the biography of the emperor Claudius by Suetonius. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 16. Weight: 290. Series Editor(s) :Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521596763
- ISBN
- 9780521596763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Paperback. From one of the most ferociously brilliant and distinctive young voices in literary nonfiction: a debut shot through with violence, comedy, and feverish intensity that takes us on an odyssey into an American netherworld, exposing a raw personal journey along the way. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472151032
- ISBN
- 9781472151032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius' Epitome was for long a part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a professional standing army, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defence policy. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 207 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Revised, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853239109
- ISBN
- 9780853239109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Paperback. The author was no ordinary genius. He upset those in authority, gave captivating lectures, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints and touched countless lives everywhere. This title collects letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141021133
- ISBN
- 9780141021133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06