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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: 417 pages, 2M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Loeb
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1925
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674991347
ISBN
9780674991347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Hardcover. Petrarch was the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book reveals a remarkable self-awareness as he probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to fame and love. Editor(s): Mann, Nicholas. Translator(s): Mann, Nicholas. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DCF; HPCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003460
ISBN
9780674003460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996588
ISBN
9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. Patrick Sandford's acclaimed dramatisation of Mary Shelley's celebrated novel FRANKENSTEIN, a classic work of gothic fiction in the English canon. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421943
ISBN
9781848421943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Includes stories by the author of "Nightlines", "The Barracks", "The Dark", "The Leavetaking", "The Pornographer", "High Ground", "Amongst Women" (nominated for the Booker Prize in 1990) and "That They May Face the Rising Sun". Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225682
ISBN
9780571225682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415539388
ISBN
9780415539388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Following the life of David Copperfield through sufferings and adversity, this book helps reader find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the Peggoty family. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 498.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260247
ISBN
9781853260247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Hardback. One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century, available for the first time in English. Translator(s): Birch, Cyril. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227798
ISBN
9780231121682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 305pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wynkin deWorde
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KTK0000010
ISBN
9781904893035
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Translator(s): Favorov, Nora Seligman. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183031
ISBN
9780231183031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. Ranging from medieval Latin lyrics to a cyborg opera, sixteenth-century France to twentieth-century Brazil, romantic ballads to the contemporary avant-garde, this book explores such subjects as the translatability of lyric sound, the historical and cultural roles of rhyme, and the role of sound repetition in novelistic prose. Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Dworkin, Craig. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226657431
ISBN
9780226657431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Features translations of "The Woman From Andros"; "The Mandrake"; and "Clizia", a work inspired by Plautus' "Casin". This work explores English plays whose racy vernacular language, subtle characterisation, and innovative dramatic construction preceded Shakespeare's establishment of English-speaking theatrical comedy by more than a half century. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209015
ISBN
9780872209015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. This volume comprises 190 poems by 133 poets: old favourites are joined by 20th century poetry from both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): King, Angela; Clifford, Susan. Series: Trees, Rivers and Fields. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC; RNA; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
UIT Cambridge United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870098823
ISBN
9781870098823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. This selection of Blunden's prose about the First World War includes the complete text of De bello germanico, his first, lively sketch of the war as he lived it in 1916. Editor(s): Marsack, Robyn. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772114
ISBN
9781847772114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856763106
ISBN
9780856763106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841058
ISBN
9781906841058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. For thousands of years we have recorded real lives - the lives of others, and of ourselves. For what purpose and for whom has this universal and timeless pursuit endured? What obstacles have lain in the path of biographers in the past, and what continues to confound biographers today? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034716
ISBN
9780674034716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf and reading wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reissue
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classics
Publication date
1990
SKU
KTG0009557
ISBN
9780451523747
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 278 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 278 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 16. Weight: 410.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096287
ISBN
9780231096287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Series: O's Little Books/Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; DQ; VFJS; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509832538
ISBN
9781509832538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424555
ISBN
9780582424555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

Paperback. This collection of essays examines core authors and texts. Written by scholars from a range of Irish third-level institutions, these essays provide introductions to less familiar authors and open up critical readings of established texts. Editor(s): Kelleher, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4PCR; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTJ0049811
ISBN
9781901866469
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Celebrated American literary critic Harold Bloom turns his attention to the writers of his own national literary tradition, from Walt Whitman and Herman Melville to William Faulkner and Hart Crane. The distillation of a lifetime of criticism, it is one of Bloom's most profoundly personal books to date. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 47. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198753599
ISBN
9780198753599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. * Now a major film starring Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave * A clear-sighted and unflinching memoir of an eighteen-year-old girl about her two year stay in a psychiatric hospital for depression Num Pages: 192 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860497926
ISBN
9781860497926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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