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Prose: non-fiction
Paperback. A collection of critical and polemical essays. It features such essays as: "Refusal to Inter", "Legitimate Defense", "Surrealism and the Treatment of Mental Illness", "Introduction to the Strange Tales of Achim von Arnim", and "Picasso in His Element". Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark; Caws, Mary Ann. Series: French Modernist Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220843
- ISBN
- 9780803220843
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Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Paperback. Looks at the spiritual significance of circumstances and places and those who inhabit them, from the Jewish dead in a long-neglected cemetery in Poland to a dog slaughtered on a highway fronting the Black Sea to gunshots ringing out in rural Michigan. This title probes what such phenomena suggest about the times we live in. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234314
- ISBN
- 9780803234314
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€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Concerns about power, its use and abuse, have been at the centre of Margaret Randall's work for more than fifty years. And over time Randall has acquired a power all her own, as her unique ability to observe, consider, and distil experience has drawn read Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234772
- ISBN
- 9780803234772
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.55
€ 17.99
€ 17.55
Hardback. Let's Be Reasonable collects Sartore's pieces - some aired on Sunday Morning, some never before published - pairing each story with the award-winning photography for which he is known. Num Pages: 152 pages, 67 color photographs. BIC Classification: AJC; DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3556 x 5182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235069
- ISBN
- 9780803235069
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.31
€ 23.99
€ 22.31
Paperback. "Doing things by the book" acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand's memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The "works cited" are those books that serve as Schrand's signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243378
- ISBN
- 9780803243378
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.37
€ 17.99
€ 17.37
Paperback. The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. This book seeks to restore Phelps' reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. Editor(s): Duquette, Elizabeth; Tevlin, Cheryl. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243972
- ISBN
- 9780803243972
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation. Translator(s): Whitinger, Raleigh. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259522
- ISBN
- 9780803259522
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Suspending the distinction between headline news and high theory, this book examines the diverse figures of finitude in our modernity: war, guerrilla video, trauma TV, AIDS, music, divorce, sadism, electronic tagging, rumor. Num Pages: 370 pages, 14 photographs, table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 114 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289499
- ISBN
- 9780803289499
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. After a wandering, precarious life during which he produced poems, essays, stories, and novels, Robert Walser (1878-1956) entered an insane asylum, saying, 'I am not here to write, but to be mad'. This work features a collection of fifty translations of short prose pieces that cover the middle to later years of the writer's oeuvre. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298330
- ISBN
- 9780803298330
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.57
€ 17.99
€ 17.57
Hardcover. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704854
- ISBN
- 9780804704854
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Condition: New
€ 190.23
€ 190.23
Paperback. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Walker, Dale L.; Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736367
- ISBN
- 9780804736367
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. The first complete translation in any language, retaining the many digressions, difficult passages, and convoluted grammatical discussions of the original Editor(s): Gelder, G. J. H. van. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 760.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814763780
- ISBN
- 9780814763780
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Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Hardback. Includes insights into Ibn hanbal's childhood, travels, and teachings, descriptions of his way of life, and an account of his legendary confrontation with the caliphal Inquisition Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771662
- ISBN
- 9780814771662
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Condition: New
€ 47.41
€ 47.41
Hardback. Authoritative and reliable editions of the Arabic and modern, lucid English translations introducing treasures of the Arabic literary heritage Editor(s): Gelder, G. J. H. van. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771945
- ISBN
- 9780814771945
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Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Hayles, N. Katherine; Pressman, Jessica. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white illustrations and 2 color plates. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680047
- ISBN
- 9780816680047
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821421772
- ISBN
- 9780821421772
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. An anthology of writing by Jacqueline Rose, a singular, provocative critic renowned for her commitment to psychoanalytic theory as a uniquely productive way of analyzing literature, culture, politics, and society. Editor(s): Clemens, Justin; Naparstek, Ben. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349785
- ISBN
- 9780822349785
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823250974
- ISBN
- 9780823250974
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
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Paperback. Presents two texts in English translation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235729
- ISBN
- 9780853235729
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.56
€ 36.99
€ 33.56
Paperback. Features three works attributed to Constantine two of which were certainly not written by him which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. This title includes "The Oration to the Saints" and the "Edict of Constantine". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853236481
- ISBN
- 9780853236481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.45
€ 36.99
€ 33.45