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Hardback. Covers a period of twenty-two months during which Thomas Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a 'monstrous farmer'. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 744 pages, 8 duotones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090436
- ISBN
- 9780691090436
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Condition: New
€ 166.51€ 125.02
€ 166.51
€ 125.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801437465
- ISBN
- 9780801437465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardback. Ring Lardner's influence on American letters is arguably greater than that of any other American writer in the early part of the twentieth century. Ron Rapoport has gathered the best of Lardner's journalism from his earliest days at the South Bend Times through his years at the Chicago Tribune and his weekly column for the Bell Syndicate. Editor(s): Rapoport, Ron. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DNJ; KNTJ; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269736
- ISBN
- 9780803269736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.01
€ 40.99
€ 39.01
paperback. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804713993
- ISBN
- 9780804713993
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.93
€ 27.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. This volume traces the work and thinking of Charles Fillmore throughout his 30 year career. It is a collection which reflects his desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questions of language form, language use and conventions linking form, meaning and practice. Series: Papers on Semantic Roles S. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862866
- ISBN
- 9781575862866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.66
€ 27.99
€ 22.66
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Critical edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393957495
- ISBN
- 9780393957495
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. A translation of Osbern Bokenham's "Legendys of Hooly Wummen" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Series: Mediaeval Studies: Sources & Appraisals S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268012953
- ISBN
- 9780268012953
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.28
€ 30.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Daley, James. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNS; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486498829
- ISBN
- 9780486498829
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Condition: New
€ 9.00
€ 9.00
hardcover. Presents Stevens' notebooks containing excerpts from his reading, his comments and aphorisms. Editor(s): Bates, Milton J. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 16. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715492
- ISBN
- 9780804715492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
paperback. Written by a Greek traveller in the second century for a principally Roman audience, "Pausanias' Guide to Greece" is a comprehensive guidebook concentrating on buildings, tombs and statues. It describes the myths, religious beliefs and historical background behind the monuments considered. This, second of two volumes, explores Southern Greece. Illustrator(s): Newberry, John; Lacey, Jeffery. Translator(s): Levi, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140442267
- ISBN
- 9780140442267
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Reveals the writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771540
- ISBN
- 9780226771540
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.72
€ 26.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 91 pages, 28 engravings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 303 x 7. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- Rosenwald Collection Reprint Series
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486210926
- ISBN
- 9780486210926
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.58
€ 17.99
€ 14.58
Paperback. This annual anthology of the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays, offers a rare opportunity to experience in a single volume the top work of veteran reporters and up-and-coming journalists. Editor(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147149
- ISBN
- 9780231147149
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.12
€ 18.99
€ 15.12
hardcover. 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): 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 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736350
- ISBN
- 9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.25
€ 119.25
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781681370866
- ISBN
- 9781681370866
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 14.52
€ 19.00
€ 14.52
Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 452 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201313
- ISBN
- 9780226201313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49€ 54.80
€ 64.49
€ 54.80
Hardcover. England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, had a reputation for proficiency in foreign languages, repeatedly demonstrated in multilingual exchanges with foreign emissaries at court and in the Latin she spoke on formal visits to Cambridge and Oxford. This title offers a collection of Elizabeth's translations from and into Latin, French, and Italian. Editor(s): Mueller, Janel; Scodel, Joshua. Num Pages: 422 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; DN; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201320
- ISBN
- 9780226201320
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Condition: New
€ 64.49€ 54.16
€ 64.49
€ 54.16
paperback. This twelfth century masterpiece comprises 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller. It is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). Translator(s): Ch'en Li-li. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231101196
- ISBN
- 9780231101196
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.86
€ 46.99
€ 32.86
paperback. Although best known as a master of the formal lyric poem, Louise Bogan (1897- 1970) also published fiction and what would now be called lyrical essays. A Poet's Prose: Selected Writings of Louise Bogan showcases her devotion to compression, eloquence, and sharp truths. Editor(s): Kinzie, Mary. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 916. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804010719
- ISBN
- 9780804010719
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619344
- ISBN
- 9780816619344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.27
€ 30.99
€ 28.27
paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DNF; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816628759
- ISBN
- 9780816628759
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.13
€ 27.99
€ 26.13
paperback. Illustrator(s): Cary, Bob. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816641840
- ISBN
- 9780816641840
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
paperback. Editor(s): Grossman, Evelyne. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DN; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780857423504
- ISBN
- 9780857423504
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
€ 20.99
€ 18.14
paperback. This collection of works by noted Deaf New Englander William B. Swett, which originally appeared in the late nineteenth century, includes his accounts of adventures in the rugged White Mountains of New Hampshire. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781563686832
- ISBN
- 9781563686832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.95
€ 25.99
€ 20.95