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mass_market. Includes exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141398259
- ISBN
- 9780141398259
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 5.59
€ 6.99
€ 5.59
paperback. Exposes the links between the ideas of the past and the social and political cataclysms of our own time: between the Platonic belief in absolute truth and the lure of authoritarianism; and between the eighteenth-century reactionary ideologue Joseph de Maistre and twentieth-century Fascism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845952082
- ISBN
- 9781845952082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
Hardcover. Stated first edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and mylar. DW showing a little age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited London
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031363
- ISBN
- 9780571106219
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 150.00
€ 150.00
paperback. Auden's dedication as a writer was matched only by his commitment to challenging the received view of political and personal life. This biography offers a commentary on Auden's work, ideas and life within the context of the wars, ideologies, spiritual quests and sexual attitudes of this century. Series: Vintage Lives. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099442561
- ISBN
- 9780099442561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 15.29
€ 29.99
€ 15.29
paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140290493
- ISBN
- 9780140290493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Heine was a restless and homeless poet, a Jew among Germans, a German in Paris, a rebel among the bourgeoisie and always, as his famous doppelganger poems show, a man divided against himself. This selection, with the German originals accompanied by English prose translations, provides an introduction to Heine. Editor(s): Branscombe, Peter. Translator(s): Branscombe, Peter. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140420982
- ISBN
- 9780140420982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. It also includes extracts from a wealth of poems inspired by his work - including Spenser's Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Ezra Pound's Cantos and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140423884
- ISBN
- 9780140423884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
paperback. An anthology of Stevenson's poetic achievements. As a poet, he was inspired by a vast range of verse forms, and in this collection, Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from unpublished collections, and the complete "Child's Garden of Verse". Editor(s): Calder, Angus. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435481
- ISBN
- 9780140435481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437379
- ISBN
- 9780140437379
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.74
€ 13.99
€ 9.74
paperback. A spiritual allegory that explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colorful medieval life. Translator(s): Goodridge, J. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140440874
- ISBN
- 9780140440874
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Captures the philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire and the Jansenists, in more than 600 aphorisms. Translator(s): Tancock, Leonard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140440959
- ISBN
- 9780140440959
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Features the play "Robbers" that presents a passionate consideration of liberty, fraternity and deep betrayal; and "Wallenstein" that explores a flawed general's struggle to bring the Thirty Years War to an end against the will of his Emperor. Translator(s): Lamport, F.J. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140443684
- ISBN
- 9780140443684
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445626
- ISBN
- 9780140445626
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.75
€ 10.99
€ 9.75
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
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paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Contains the descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. This title counts the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red and the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447767
- ISBN
- 9780140447767
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is universally celebrated as one of the greatest artists of all time, yet iconic Renaissance creator was also a prolific and gifted poet. This is a collection of verses which are devoted to love and religion. Editor(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449563
- ISBN
- 9780140449563
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
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paperback. War is raging between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles, the great warrior champion of the Greek army, is angrily sulking in his tent and refusing to fight, after a row with his leader Agamemnon. But when the Trojan king Hector kills Achilles' beloved friend, he plunges back into the battle to seek his bloody revenge. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455601
- ISBN
- 9780140455601
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
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paperback. Includes three plays - "Sweet Bird of Youth", "Period of Adjustment", and "Period of Adjustment". In "Sweet Bird of Youth", Chance Wayne returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141191089
- ISBN
- 9780141191089
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
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paperback. Thomas Carlyle was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1795. He was influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment while at the University of Edinburgh and became a teacher instead. He published a life of Schiller and translations of Goethe in the 1820s. This book presents a selection of his work. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141396767
- ISBN
- 9780141396767
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
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paperback. Karl Marx (1818-1883) is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During his eleven years writing for the "New York Tribune", Marx tackled an abundance of topics, from issues of class and the state to world affairs. Editor(s): Ledbetter, James. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141441924
- ISBN
- 9780141441924
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
hardcover. Considers fifteen South Asian literary traditions - including Hindi, Indian-English, Persian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Urdu - in their full historical and cultural variety. This title makes a contribution to historical cultural studies and to literary theory in addition to the new perspectives it offers on what literature has meant in South Asia. Editor(s): Pollock, Sheldon. Num Pages: 1105 pages, 6 maps, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228214
- ISBN
- 9780520228214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 76.12
€ 99.82
€ 76.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868197029
- ISBN
- 9780868197029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.20
€ 18.99
€ 14.20