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Hardcover. Exploring as to how a sense of being 'a Christian', or of 'Christian identity', was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world, this work shows that, there were similarities and differences in the ways Jews and others were thinking about themselves, and asks what made early Christianity distinctive. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBG; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- SKU
- V9780199262892
- ISBN
- 9780199262892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.06
€ 247.06
Hardcover. Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental continuity in his thought and practice from the moment of his conversion in 386. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HRAB; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281664
- ISBN
- 9780199281664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.31
€ 191.31
Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071904
- ISBN
- 9780252071904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.38
€ 21.99
€ 21.38
Hardcover. Albert examines the strong impact jazz and the blues have had on fiction. The annotated listing of 400 novels, short stories and jazz fiction criticism will serve as a resource for those doing research in both music and literature. Series: Bibliographies & Indexes in World Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313289989
- ISBN
- 9780313289989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
Hardcover. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295263
- ISBN
- 9780313295263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25
€ 68.25
Paperback. The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance. This study offers a critical exploration of the theoretical writings of modern practitioners. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANC; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775424
- ISBN
- 9780333775424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.20
€ 36.99
€ 36.20
Paperback. Masterly biography of Leigh Hunt - publisher, poet, critic and Republican, and the mentor of Keats and Shelley Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117706
- ISBN
- 9780349117706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393978810
- ISBN
- 9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.31
€ 20.31
Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876162
- ISBN
- 9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
The Universe According to G. K. Chesterton. A Dictionary of the Mad, M...
Chesterton, G. K.. Ed(s): Ahlquist, Dale
Paperback. Editor(s): Ahlquist, Dale. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486481159
- ISBN
- 9780486481159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.11
€ 8.11
Paperback. This 1974 book was the first treatment in English of the poetry of Else Lasker-Schuler, a German-Jewish poet who died in exile in Jerusalem. Series: Anglica Germanica Series 2. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 23. The Broken World. Series: Anglica Germanica Series 2. 176 pages. This 1974 book was the first treatment in English of the poetry of Else Lasker-Schuler, a German-Jewish poet who died in exile in Jerusalem. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 11. Weight: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521168366
- ISBN
- 9780521168366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.98
€ 23.98
Hardcover. Studies the reception of Plato's dialogues as performance texts by his original audience and his readers down to late antiquity. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521871747
- ISBN
- 9780521871747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.71
€ 98.71
Paperback. Since the Berlin Wall came down, the German playwright Heiner Mueller has travelled freely in Europe, speaking to students and experimental groups. This book contains an introduction to Mueller's work and a selection of his plays, poetry, short prose and essays. Translator(s): Henning, Marc Von. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACD; 2ACG; AN; DN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571175284
- ISBN
- 9780571175284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.42
€ 15.42
Hardcover. Text in French, with introd. and notes in English. Series: French Texts. Num Pages: 111 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 123. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631004806
- ISBN
- 9780631004806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.75
€ 22.75
Hardcover. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739146903
- ISBN
- 9780739146903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.35
€ 112.35
Paperback. The first book to provide a thorough introduction to Gaelic fiction. It traces the evolution of the form over the last century and focuses on the major developments that have led to the recent flourishing in Gaelic fiction publishing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636648
- ISBN
- 9780748636648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.56
€ 22.56
Hardcover. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to an Arabic mirror, this study evokes the mentality of the distinctive environment - the border region. It covers the literary, cultural, political and historical contexts and their confluence in Pseudo Mawardi's Nasihat al muluk. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSK; HPDC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696987
- ISBN
- 9780748696987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.07
€ 84.07
Paperback. The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819593
- ISBN
- 9780753819593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to millions Num Pages: 352 pages, 20, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820643
- ISBN
- 9780753820643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
€ 16.99
€ 13.91
Dissecting Hannibal Lecter: Essays on the Novels of Thomas Harris
Benjamin Szumskyj, Foreword by Daniel O'Brien
Paperback. A comprehensive study of author, Thomas Harris' popular works which focuses particularly on Harris' internationally known antihero Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the classic novels "Red Dragon", "Silence of the Lambs", and "Hannibal". This work examines several themes within Harris' trilogy. Editor(s): Szumskyj, Benjamin. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786432752
- ISBN
- 9780786432752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45