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Paperback. This study - the first of its kind - situates Rohinton Mistry's writing in its cultural and historical context. It explores key features, such as the legacy of Zoroastrianism, Parsi anglophilia, recent Indian history, and the Persian and European narrative traditions on which Mistry draws to produce his distinctive postcolonial fictions. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719067150
- ISBN
- 9780719067150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Paperback. aeo Roland Barthes was one of the major literary and cultural figures of the twentieth century. aeo This is a brilliant and comprehensive study providing an invaluable introduction to Barthesa s work. aeo The book will appeal both to the uninitiated reader and to those already working in the field. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745604565
- ISBN
- 9780745604565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Hardcover. A full-length account of Barthes' lecture courses given in Paris,1977-80, placing his teaching within institutional, intellectual and personal contexts. Analysing texts and recordings of the four lectures together with his 1970s output, it brings together all the strands of Barthes' activity as writer, teacher and public intellectual. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318436
- ISBN
- 9781846318436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.11
€ 41.11
Paperback. An introduction to the thinking of the French intellectual, Roland Barthes, as applied to such diverse topics as Gide, Garbo, striptease, photography and the Eiffel Tower. The pieces in this collection were written over a period of three decades. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099224914
- ISBN
- 9780099224914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. This Special Issue of the journal Paragraph proposes a new reading of the College de France Lectures of Roland Barthes. Editor(s): Pieters, Jurgen; Pint, Kris. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 122
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636921
- ISBN
- 9780748636921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.66
€ 32.66
Hardcover. This book focuses on Joyce's interest and involvement in early modern cinema and his subsequent thematic and formal borrowing for this genre; It will look at cinema's interest in Joyce as seen in important film versions of his work. It will bring together leading Joyce and film studies scholars. Editor(s): McCourt, John. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184714
- ISBN
- 9781859184714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardcover. This breakthrough volume appropriates the vernacular notion of "rolling deep" to explore human intimacy and war. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393246896
- ISBN
- 9780393246896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. A whimsical and "devastatingly effective" (The Washington Post) collection that captures the spirit of travel and pays homage to heritage. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353624
- ISBN
- 9780393353624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.87
€ 16.99
€ 15.87
Hardback. "Schoolcraft's memorable biography of Gary, the first to appear in English, will serve as a point of departure for anyone who is interested in twentieth-century French fiction."-Choice Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236460
- ISBN
- 9780812236460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.00
€ 73.00
Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 116 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1950
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674994270
- ISBN
- 9780674994270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674994102
- ISBN
- 9780674994102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585103195
- ISBN
- 9781585103195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.55
€ 26.99
€ 20.55
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648576
- ISBN
- 9780691648576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.85
€ 139.85
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691621746
- ISBN
- 9780691621746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.68
€ 48.99
€ 34.68
Paperback. Distinguished Latinists examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance. Editor(s): Boyle, Anthony J. Num Pages: 356 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415143578
- ISBN
- 9780415143578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.97
€ 152.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Elliot, Alistair. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018255
- ISBN
- 9781903018255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.36
€ 21.36
Hardcover. Roman Historiography presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in the ancient world. Rooting his survey in the context of its Greek predecessors, and within the broader framework of Roman literature and society, Mehl discusses every historical writer of significance in the ancient Roman era. Translator(s): Mueller, Hans-Friedrich. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121835
- ISBN
- 9781405121835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.84
€ 126.84
Hardcover. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his "Roman History" survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 507 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 507
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1916
- Edition
- New issue of 1916 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990739
- ISBN
- 9780674990739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.65
€ 32.99
€ 29.65
Hardback. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408354
- ISBN
- 9781421408354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.71
€ 88.71
Paperback. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408361
- ISBN
- 9781421408361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.69
€ 36.99
€ 31.69