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Hardcover. Zuyan Zhou offers an astute look at the concept of androgyny in key works of Chinese fiction and drama from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This study probes deviations from engendered codes of behaviour both in culture and literature. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824825713
ISBN
9780824825713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817919641
ISBN
9780817919641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.43

Paperback. Based on the true-life stories of the two performers, this "immensely moving, funny and courageous" piece of theatre follows the lives of two British Africans living at the crossroads of culture, nationality, gender and sexuality. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783190720
ISBN
9781783190720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.03

Paperback. Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the "Odyssey's" characters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028128
ISBN
9780674028128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Zero's Neighbour is Helene Cixous's tribute to the minimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness in his writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett. Translator(s): Milesi, Laurent. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 188 x 123 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644165
ISBN
9780745644165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.53

Hardback. Zero's Neighbour is Helene Cixous's tribute to theminimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness inhis writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett. Translator(s): Milesi, Laurent. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644158
ISBN
9780745644158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 51.58

Paperback. Maths, myths, Mars! Hard science meets happy metaphor in a debut that asks how astronomy continues to define our lives. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 85.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927428450
ISBN
9781927428450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Rab Wilson's new poetry collection 'Design' is a swoop of poetic imagination; featuring musings on the nature of the universe and of our human place in the cosmos. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. .
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745274
ISBN
9781910745274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Chaotic, fast, and furious, "Zero" is the new play from multi award-winning Theatre Absolute. Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840028812
ISBN
9781840028812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804009751
ISBN
9780804009751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; DC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802130198
ISBN
9780802130198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.90

Hardcover. This collection of translations of the classical Zen poets of China, Japan and Korea includes the work of practitioners and monks as well as scholars, artists, travellers and recluses and covers fifteen centuries of Oriental literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157383
ISBN
9781857157383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 103 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614292999
ISBN
9781614292999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Pithy phrases handed down through a distinguished line of Chinese and Japanese Zen masters. Translator(s): Shigematsu, Soiko. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 119 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996304
ISBN
9781893996304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Presa Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780996502610
ISBN
9780996502610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. This is a full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theatre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726771
ISBN
9780804726771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.99

Hardback. Presents the range of Zeami's critical thought on theater and performance, which focused on the aesthetic values of noh and its antecedents, the techniques of playwriting, the place of allusion, the training of actors, the importance of patronage, and the relationship between performance and broader intellectual and critical concerns. Translator(s): Hare, Tom. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: DD; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139588
ISBN
9780231139588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.07
€ 86.26

Paperback. Translator(s): Hare, Tom. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740. Performance Notes. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 528 pages, facsims. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 740. Translator(s): Hare, Tom.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139595
ISBN
9780231139595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.01

Paperback. In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732956
ISBN
9780804732956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.24

Hardback. In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732949
ISBN
9780804732949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.70

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