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Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308821
- ISBN
- 9780226308821
€ 15.46
€ 15.46
Paperback. A comparative study of the texts by eight female authors writing in French and German - Marie Darrieussecq, Amelie Nothomb, Lorette Nobecourt, Alina Reyes, Sibylle Berg, Jenny Erpenbeck, Monika Maron and Charlotte Roche - in terms of an aesthetics of disgust and asks to what extent disgust can be seen as a useful tool for feminist criticism. Series: Studies in Contemporary Women's Writing. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSB; DSBH; DSBH5; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034308625
- ISBN
- 9783034308625
€ 53.81
€ 53.81
Paperback. Offers teachings of Epicurus - about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship-attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. This volume includes all of his extant writings - his letters, doctrines, and Vatican sayings. Translator(s): Strodach, John K. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143107217
- ISBN
- 9780143107217
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308968
- ISBN
- 9780226308968
€ 15.46
€ 15.46
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DB; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486496221
- ISBN
- 9780486496221
€ 6.11
€ 6.11
Paperback. Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'. This selection of speeches illustrates Cicero's fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic. Editor(s): McElduff, Siobhan. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DB; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455533
- ISBN
- 9780140455533
€ 12.99€ 10.70
€ 12.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, the Aeneid is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took Aeneas as his hero and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering. Translator(s): West, David. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, further reading, index. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449327
- ISBN
- 9780140449327
€ 12.99€ 9.71
€ 12.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. Giorgio Vasari's Prefaces Num Pages: 333 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACND; DB; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433107993
- ISBN
- 9781433107993
€ 40.99€ 38.89
€ 40.99
€ 38.89
Paperback. A tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan war forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - from the witch Circe who turns his men into pigs, to the twin terrors of Scylla and Charybdis. Translator(s): Rieu, E. V. Num Pages: 416 pages, glossary, index, map. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449112
- ISBN
- 9780140449112
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 27. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007420094
- ISBN
- 9780007420094
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DB; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007902125
- ISBN
- 9780007902125
€ 5.40
€ 5.40
Hardcover. Series: American University Studies Series 22: Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820420554
- ISBN
- 9780820420554
€ 41.99€ 39.99
€ 41.99
€ 39.99
Hardcover. Romeo and Juliet is the tragic love story of star-crossed lovers. The play revolves around the feud between two affluent families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Despite the enmity, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall passionately in love and wed in secret. However, the curse of hatred overpowers and everything goes terribly wrong. Series: Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete 20 Books Boxed Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; YB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Sweet Cherry Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782262237
- ISBN
- 9781782262237
€ 8.14
€ 8.14
Paperback. Jorge Luis Borges was profoundly interested in the ill-defined and shape-shifting traditions of mysticism. This book examines the relationship between Borges' own recorded mystical experiences and his appraisal of Swedenborg and other mystics. Series: Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034308113
- ISBN
- 9783034308113
€ 53.99€ 51.51
€ 53.99
€ 51.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Gural-Migdal, Anna. Num Pages: 505 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 225 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039104550
- ISBN
- 9783039104550
€ 99.92
€ 99.92
Hardcover. Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ANH; DB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820433103
- ISBN
- 9780820433103
€ 58.42
€ 58.42
Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 115 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996823
- ISBN
- 9780674996823
€ 26.16
€ 26.16
Hardcover. The play revolves Antonio, a rich Italian merchant; Shylock, a rich Jew; and Portia, a rich heiress. When Antonio asks to borrow money from Shylock to help his friend Bassanio, Shylock agrees on the condition that if he is able to repay it by the date specified, he will have to repay it with a pound of his flesh. Series: Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete 20 Books Boxed Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; YB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Sweet Cherry Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782262251
- ISBN
- 9781782262251
€ 8.14
€ 8.14
Paperback. Recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, this edition of Virgil's epic poems contains fourteen renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume. Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry. Translator(s): Mandelbaum, Allen. Num Pages: 423 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254152
- ISBN
- 9780520254152
€ 31.99€ 28.24
€ 31.99
€ 28.24
Hardcover. Beautiful War Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures. Num Pages: 143 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 232 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433109676
- ISBN
- 9781433109676
€ 61.88
€ 61.88