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Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: notes, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718902056
ISBN
9780718902056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 53.33

Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780906094143
ISBN
9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 75.63

Hardcover. This collection of works, written by a sultan of the Rasulid house in the Yemen, span a variety of disciplines including agriculture, animals, astrology, astronomy, biographies, genealogy, geography and grammar. It is reproduced here in facsimilie with descriptions of the contents by the editors. Editor(s): Varisco, Daniel Martin; Smith, G. Rex. Num Pages: 576 pages, chiefly facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 222 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
Facsimile ed
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094327
ISBN
9780906094327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64
€ 131.38

Hardcover. This book represents an explanation of the institution of hisba in medieval Islam, through one of the most used texts in the field. Editor(s): Dien, Mawal Izzi. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094334
ISBN
9780906094334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 103.50

Hardcover. This book is about an aspect of mediaeval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujUn (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094617
ISBN
9780906094617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.12
€ 86.77

Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403901323
ISBN
9781403901323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. A play that follows the fortunes of Lady Reveller, who runs a table where her friends play the card game basset, and her struggle to avoid marrying Lord Worthy. It challenges contemporary stereotypes of the learned lady and offers a picture of a female scientist at work. Editor(s): Milling, Dr. Jane. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116785
ISBN
9781551116785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909724334
ISBN
9781909724334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.88
€ 109.07

Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
786
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094297
ISBN
9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Greenblatt, Stephen; Targoff, Ramie. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9781590174883
ISBN
9781590174883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Knopf
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451494788
ISBN
9780451494788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.71

Paperback. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt (1836-1919) ranks as the important American woman poet of the nineteenth-century after Emily Dickinson. This title reveals Piatt's ironic, experimental, and pushing the limits of Victorian language, the sentimental female persona, and what women's poetry could say. Editor(s): Bennett, Paula Bernat. Series: American Poetry Recovery Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252072819
ISBN
9780252072819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802130303
ISBN
9780802130303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. A journey in reading differs from all other reviews or critical appreciations. This book takes into account the role that books actually play in our lives. It confirms the novelist's status as one of the world's most exciting curators of culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241967942
ISBN
9780241967942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. By considering women's voices in performance, this book provides a fresh perspective on women's 'writing'. It shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women's choral songs from the archaic period. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780773534490
ISBN
9780773534490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. 183 pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0003320
ISBN
9781861590855
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: DNF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782115113
ISBN
9781782115113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521187282
ISBN
9780521187282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.04

Paperback. The Middle Kingdom (c 1940-1640 BC) was a golden age of Ancient Egyptian writing. This book studies this literary legacy. It reassesses the Middle Kingdom poems' cultural role, drawing on studies of the individual texts. It explores literature's status as a differentiated form of discourse, suggesting what social practices made its role possible. Series: Studies in Egyptology & the Ancient Near East. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 2CXG; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845537708
ISBN
9781845537708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.02

Paperback. 'Rough music' is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This book features disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong and ballad explore themes of violence, loss and belonging. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847770455
ISBN
9781847770455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Meditations on the actuality of sickness and bereavement move outward through narratives of the broken body of Europe's violent twentieth century. This work offers a liturgy for a world in crisis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549423
ISBN
9781857549423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. "This fine version, with David Cronenberg's inspired introduction and the new translator's beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don't hesitate: this is the transforming t Editor(s): Anderson, Mark M. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393923209
ISBN
9780393923209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. An anthology of new Scottish plays selected by Ian Brown (former director of the Traverse theatre) and Mark Fisher (Editor of Theatre Scotland) Editor(s): Brown, Ian; Fisher, Mark. Series: Play Anthologies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413691804
ISBN
9780413691804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. From the deceptiveness of Penelope Fitzgerald to the directness of Hemingway, from Kipling's view of France to the French view of Kipling, from the National Treasure Status of George Orwell to the despair of Michel Houellebecq, the author considers what fiction is, and what it can do. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099578581
ISBN
9780099578581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.17

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