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Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardback. Looking at the careers of significant political commentators of the 20th century, this sourcebook includes print and broadcast journalists, scholars, and political consultants. It offers insights into the rise and demise of political commentary, and its future possibilities. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313295850
ISBN
9780313295850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.78
€ 28.36

Paperback. A collection of non-fiction, ranging from "The Wizard of Oz", U2, Indian and Indian writing, the death of Princess Diana, and football, to twentieth century writers including Angela Carter, and Arthur Miller. This book also focuses on the fight against the Iranian fatwa, showing how it was to live through those days. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099421870
ISBN
9780099421870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles. He writes of the housewife, the bum, the gambler and the celebrity to evoke a portrait of Los Angeles Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Ecco
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876857946
ISBN
9780876857946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Provides an account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge. Rejecting the theory that some knowledge is innate in us, this title argues that it derives from sense perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason. Editor(s): Woolhouse, Roger. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434828
ISBN
9780140434828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. After personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) gives us in his famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians a not uncritical estimate of the best that he could find. Translator(s): Godley, A.D. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 434 pages, 2M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1921
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674991316
ISBN
9780674991316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Renowned scholar Burton Watson's translation exactingly depicts the life and teachings of the great ninth-century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; DNF; HREZ; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114851
ISBN
9780231114851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays, poems and short stories. This book includes a collection of the author's best gossip. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241962268
ISBN
9780241962268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Poet, education reformer, social theorist and passionate critic of Victorian England condemned an industrial society in 'bondage to machinery' and argued instead that the wonder and joy of culture - in particular the 'sweetness and light' of classical civilization - were essential to human life. This book deals with his works. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396248
ISBN
9780141396248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Series: Greek Commentaries Series. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 66. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524139
ISBN
9780929524139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984230
ISBN
9780141984230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173160
ISBN
9780691173160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Suspiria de Profundis, and 'The English Mail-Coach' are De Quincey's finest essays in autobiography, published here with three appendices containing a wealth of related manuscript material and a comprehensive introduction and notes. Editor(s): Morrison, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600618
ISBN
9780199600618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971691
ISBN
9780865971691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.69

Hardcover. Plutarch (c. 45 120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the "Parallel Lives" are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the "Moralia" ("Moral Essays"). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion. Editor(s): Cherniss, Harold. Translator(s): Helmbold, W.C. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 602 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 116 x 31. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
602
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994478
ISBN
9780674994478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. A new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119427
ISBN
9780349119427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardcover. Addresses the problem of formulating ways to consider the undivided mind, drawing on various sources, from Descartes to cosmology, Freud, and Genet and succeeds brilliantly in diagramming new forms as well as radical failures of connectedness. This book is of interest to scholars in philosophy, film, literature, and beyond. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226206059
ISBN
9780226206059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.79

Paperback. A work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles. Translator(s): Healey, John. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444131
ISBN
9780140444131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. After twenty-seven years in prison, Nelson Mandela finally walked free in February 1990. This book offers a collection of his articles, speeches, letters from underground, and the transcripts from his trials that demonstrates the charisma and determination of a towering figure in the struggle for racial equality in South Africa. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; DN; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439303
ISBN
9780141439303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. 'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever .. Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous integrated black & white illustrations and 8 page colour inset. BIC Classification: AJC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. 400 pages. 'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever . Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJC; DN. Dimension: 162 x 199 x 26. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864017
ISBN
9780857864017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

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