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Hardcover. These essays record in personal and idiosyncratic terms a year in the life of a man with a tenacious commitment to pausing and wondering. Moving between humour and seriousness, the mundane and the philosophical, truth and fiction, the essays saunter through life and rummage through lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319407
- ISBN
- 9780820319407
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€ 31.99€ 27.49
€ 31.99
€ 27.49
John Franklin Jameson and the Development of Humanistic Scholarship in...
Jameson, John Franklin, Millikan, Frank River...
Hardcover. This volume completes a three-volume documentary history of the work of John Franklin Jameson. Composed principally of Jameson's public and private correspondence, this volume highlights some of his contributions as Director of the Carnegie Institution in Washington. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BG; DNF; HBAH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 826.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320397
- ISBN
- 9780820320397
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€ 70.03
€ 70.03
Hardcover. The author's essays in this book describe elements of the natural world: wind, water, ice, fire, and trees. The "unequal hours" are of the changing seasons. Other essays explore a nature reserve, a garden, backyard wildlife, and a hot air balloon ride. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820320403
- ISBN
- 9780820320403
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€ 31.99€ 27.29
€ 31.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Describes how the author's mother, as the dean of girls at a high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, "constructed a nostalgic past out of nothing." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330396
- ISBN
- 9780820330396
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€ 24.99€ 21.66
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Hardcover. A collection of essays across disciplines that unpacks and explores our conceptions of perfection and proceeds with the full consciousness that perfection s exact definition is subjective, reliant on who is speaking, and easily unmoored by time, geography, and the vagaries of taste." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347127
- ISBN
- 9780820347127
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.85
€ 27.99
€ 25.85
Paperback. Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347622
- ISBN
- 9780820347622
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. The editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes); and in relation to the gay subculture. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111261
- ISBN
- 9781551111261
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Condition: New
€ 21.00€ 18.53
€ 21.00
€ 18.53
Paperback. An anthology that collects classic and lesser-known writings on Victorian fiction. This title presents important Victorian statements on the form and the function of fiction. It addresses questions of genre, such as realism and sensationalism; questions of gender and authorship; and, questions about the morality of fiction. Editor(s): Maitzen, Rohan Amanda. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551117690
- ISBN
- 9781551117690
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€ 55.31€ 43.75
€ 55.31
€ 43.75
Since 1980, the Adirondack mountains in New York have inspired a resident population of writers and have gained regional and national prominence as these writers use the Adirondacks as their primary setting and subject matter. This anthology contains works by 43 writers from the region. Editor(s): Gould, Jim. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607014
- ISBN
- 9780815607014
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Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50
Hardcover. Spanning a period of eighty years, this book depicts a nineteenth-century central New York family grappling with shifting mores, civil war, and vast changes in technology, transportation, culture, education, and even regional landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 10 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608608
- ISBN
- 9780815608608
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.32
€ 31.99
€ 29.32
Hardcover. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629719
- ISBN
- 9780815629719
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Condition: New
€ 62.44
€ 62.44
Hardback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349624
- ISBN
- 9780822349624
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€ 110.55
€ 110.55
paperback. Translator(s): Moody, Johanna E. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 693 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 693
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896801608
- ISBN
- 9780896801608
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Condition: New
€ 78.09€ 76.12
€ 78.09
€ 76.12
Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Beckford, William; Jack, Malcolm
paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435306
- ISBN
- 9780140435306
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Tales of the Old Indian Territory and Essays on the Indian Condition (...
Oskison, John Milton. Ed(S): Larre, Lionel
paperback. John Milton Oskison, born in the Indian Territory to a Cherokee mother and an immigrant English father, and was brought up engaging in his Cherokee heritage. Oskison left Indian Territory to attend college and went on to have a long career in New York City journalism. This is the first comprehensive collection of Oskison's writings. Editor(s): Larre, Lionel. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 680 pages, French flaps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237926
- ISBN
- 9780803237926
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Condition: New
€ 68.62€ 66.57
€ 68.62
€ 66.57
hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754603429
- ISBN
- 9780754603429
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Condition: New
€ 198.99
€ 198.99
Hardcover. Aristotle Metaphysica Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Greek
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145134
- ISBN
- 9780198145134
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Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
paperback. A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. Editor(s): Bauer, Laurie; Trudgill, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140260236
- ISBN
- 9780140260236
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
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paperback. Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140432169
- ISBN
- 9780140432169
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446425
- ISBN
- 9780140446425
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
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paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141193748
- ISBN
- 9780141193748
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€ 11.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years the author has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. This title brings together his writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; and many others. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241960981
- ISBN
- 9780241960981
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
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paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241961766
- ISBN
- 9780241961766
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€ 12.99€ 11.14
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paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435825
- ISBN
- 9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.06
€ 12.99
€ 9.06