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Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428949
ISBN
9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486524
ISBN
9780801486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Hardback. Based on 19th-century French novels, this book argues that the point defining realism is the point at which the processes of representation break down, a sort of black hole of textuality, a rent in the tissue. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727877
ISBN
9780804727877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. This book explores the act of reading as the experiencing of specific moods and atmospheres. Translator(s): Butler, Erik. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804781220
ISBN
9780804781220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of "The Decretum" or "Concordance of Discardant Canons", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law. Translator(s): Thompson, Augustine; Gordley, James. Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 157 pages, 1 col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC; HRCG; HRCX1; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813207865
ISBN
9780813207865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.12

Paperback. Offers a historical guide through the metamorphoses and tumultuous debates that have defined literary study in recent decades, as viewed by one of critical theory's most astute thinkers. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Bill Johnson; Feuerstein, Melissa; Valens, Keja. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354192
ISBN
9780822354192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228690
ISBN
9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
68
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973094
ISBN
9781555973094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. Original cloth.Reading copy 8vo First edition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Publisher
Victor Gollancz London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0304677
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. One day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. For she meets a man who wants her telephone number. But in this meeting is born the seed of something which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 47. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0006081
ISBN
9780141043104
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2014 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'An achievement worthy to stand alongside those of Crace's great fictional influence, William Golding.' Sunday Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330445672
ISBN
9780330445672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Contains stories of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight: all share the unsettling and dislocated reality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper .Signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0303173
ISBN
9780224084697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. "The Epic of Ram "by Tulsidas has become the most beloved retelling of the ancient Ramayana story across northern India and an influential literary masterpiece. This volume presents the poet s grand introduction to Ram, setting the stage for his advent and divine mission." Translator(s): Lutgendorf, Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies Philip, PhD (University of Iowa). Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674425019
ISBN
9780674425019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Well-read paperback, in good condition, with some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Poolbeg Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0031614
ISBN
9781842233221
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Good clean copy showing minor shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0015571
ISBN
9780224076753
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440447
ISBN
9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Life-changing wisdom from ten poems that illuminate and inspire change. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DC; VSP; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825105
ISBN
9780340825105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Hardback. One of the most prolific writers of his time, with over nineteen volumes to his name, Konstantinos Kaisarios Dapontes (1713--1784) also left his readers an abundance of autobiographical and confessional writings--rare genres for this period of Greek culture. A detailed introduction to Dapontes's life and work accompanies the English translation. Translator(s): Tsalicoglou, Elina. Series: Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983532248
ISBN
9780983532248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9781853261220
ISBN
9781853261220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780573019326
ISBN
9780573019326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Features a collection of poems. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150 119pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
9780571238248
ISBN
9780571238248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.05

Hardback. This 1993 annual volume represents the continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History". The contents include London corantos and letters to the editor in the 17th/18th centuries, sporting journalism and celebrity in the 19th/20th centuries, and material on book reviews. Series: Newspaper and Periodical History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSB; GBCY; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290503
ISBN
9780313290503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17
€ 62.71

Paperback. Throughout the history of imperial China, the educational elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. By examining literary archetypes, titles of paintings, inscriptions and the historical context, this text shows that paintings expressed strong political opinions. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 434 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; 3H; ACK; AFC; DSBB; DSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007826
ISBN
9780674007826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.93

Paperback. In these painterly essays Davidson reflects on art, place, history and landscape. Distance and Memory is his testament to the cold, clear beauty of the north. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847771551
ISBN
9781847771551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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