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Hardcover. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971684
ISBN
9780865971684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970106
ISBN
9780865970106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Hardcover. This new edition offers an extensive editor's introduction, a fully annotated text of the first edition of Vindicia Gallica and an appendix which includes the significant substantive revisions that Mackintosh made to Vindicia Gallica in the late summer of 1791. Editor(s): Garratt, Edmund. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525399
ISBN
9780230525399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Paperback. aeo Provides the first ever student edition of this highly influential and, outside the library, otherwise unavailable text. aeo Represents a key critical intervention in the public sphere by a major canonical Renaissance poet. aeo Makes available a controversial and founding document in English colonial discourse. Editor(s): Hadfield, Andrew; Maley, Willy. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205357
ISBN
9780631205357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 77 x 77 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811209953
ISBN
9780811209953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.14

Hardcover. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403901125
ISBN
9781403901125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.36

Paperback. To its contemporaries, the First Crusade was a journey and the men who took part in it pilgrims. Only later were those participants dubbed Crusaders. In this greatly expanded second edition to his classic work, Edward Peters brings together the essential Christian, Hebrew, and Arabic Sources that document the events of 1095-1099. Editor(s): Peters, Edward. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216561
ISBN
9780812216561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085979
ISBN
9781847085979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.70

Hardback. Focuses on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. This title tells the stories of artists, including the author, who create despite, or because of, the horrors that drove them from their homelands and that continue to haunt them. Series: Toni Morrison Lecture Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140186
ISBN
9780691140186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A poet and post-punk heroine writes on subjects ranging from Bjork to Robert Smithson, from traveling in Iceland to walking in Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Semiotext
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350668
ISBN
9781584350668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. A memoir of Melena, five-times married, mother, burlesque dancer, and "the hardest-assed woman to ever eat wood and bite nails." Num Pages: 126 pages, B&W photos, B&W illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566893602
ISBN
9781566893602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.86

Paperback. These twenty-seven "hair pieces" offer up reflections and revelations about family, race, religion, ritual, culture, motherhood, politics, celebrity, what goes on in African American kitchens and at Hindu Bengali weddings, alongside stories about the influence of Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett, and the Grateful Dead. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616204112
ISBN
9781616204112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.34

Hardback. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635689
ISBN
9780748635689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.33
€ 127.16

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813523194
ISBN
9780813523194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.02

Hardcover. Queer Writing provides the first full-length study of homoeroticism in Jean Genet's fiction. It shows how the theory of writing elaborated in his work provides a new way to understand homosexual literature, not as the inscription of a stable sexual subjectivity but as the mobilization of a perverse dynamic within the text. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205857
ISBN
9780230205857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. This book seeks to restore Phelps' reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. Editor(s): Duquette, Elizabeth; Tevlin, Cheryl. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803243972
ISBN
9780803243972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680788
ISBN
9780816680788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Sandoz, Ellis. Num Pages: 1734 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 97. Weight in Grams: 2244.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1734
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd In Two Volumes ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971813
ISBN
9780865971813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.69

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sandoz, Ellis. Num Pages: 1734 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 99. Weight in Grams: 2142.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
1734
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971783
ISBN
9780865971783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624778
ISBN
9780691624778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.70

Hardcover. Beckett's bilingual oeuvre has been approached from many angles, most of which stress its autonomy from understandings of Irishness emerging from the Irish Literary Revival. Emilie Morin shows that such autonomy is only apparent, and that Beckett's avant-garde practices remain bound to the exigencies that govern their very development. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219861
ISBN
9780230219861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.02

Paperback. A simple illustrated English version of the story of the Aeneid, aimed at ages 8-12. Illustrator(s): Weller, Simon. Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; YQF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 148 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862921989
ISBN
9780862921989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
PM Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631448
ISBN
9781629631448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674699069
ISBN
9780674699069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.99

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