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paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140433302
- ISBN
- 9780140433302
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€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07
mass_market. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141036687
- ISBN
- 9780141036687
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€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
mass_market. Includes exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141398259
- ISBN
- 9780141398259
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€ 6.99€ 5.59
€ 6.99
€ 5.59
paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
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€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140290493
- ISBN
- 9780140290493
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€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437379
- ISBN
- 9780140437379
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.74
€ 13.99
€ 9.74
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
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€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
paperback. Thomas Carlyle was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1795. He was influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment while at the University of Edinburgh and became a teacher instead. He published a life of Schiller and translations of Goethe in the 1820s. This book presents a selection of his work. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141396767
- ISBN
- 9780141396767
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102773
- ISBN
- 9780231102773
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.26
€ 40.99
€ 29.26
paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198150848
- ISBN
- 9780198150848
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Condition: New
€ 149.61
€ 149.61
hardcover. Series: Routledge Revivals: Selected Works of A. J. Arberry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; BK; DNF; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1020.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138210943
- ISBN
- 9781138210943
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Condition: New
€ 174.60
€ 174.60
Paperback. Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781416544210
- ISBN
- 9781416544210
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.33
€ 19.99
€ 17.33
Hardcover. Xenophon I. Historia Graeca Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145523
- ISBN
- 9780198145523
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Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714642468
- ISBN
- 9780714642468
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Condition: New
€ 72.36
€ 72.36
paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223606
- ISBN
- 9780300223606
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.49
€ 24.99
€ 6.49
paperback. A collection that outlines the author's early preoccupation with issues of mental illness, creativity and femininity, all of which would become recurrent themes in her later work. It contains the thirteen stories together with five pieces of her journalism, as well as a further nine stories selected from the Indiana archive. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. From the library of June Levine. Ownership details to ffep. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Sunning to spine
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025686
- ISBN
- 9780571049899
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138982116
- ISBN
- 9781138982116
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Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem. Editor(s): Kennedy, Charles W. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195024357
- ISBN
- 9780195024357
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Condition: New
€ 25.50
€ 25.50
Paperback. This work is a concise collection of Lincoln's writings from his early years to his death, with emphasis on the presidential years. These selections convey Lincoln's basic ideas, the nature of his wartime leadership, and his personality and character. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 297.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195151015
- ISBN
- 9780195151015
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Condition: New
€ 78.38
€ 78.38
Paperback. Between 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and heresy, and spread beyond the Mediterranean world. This reader collects primary sources from the early Christian world. Editor(s): Ehrman, Bart D.; Jacobs, Andrew S. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7pp halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195154610
- ISBN
- 9780195154610
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Condition: New
€ 134.80
€ 134.80
Hardback. This student's edition of Hecuba prepared by Justina Gregory offers the first modern, full-length commentary suitable for classroom use. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index. Editor(s): Gregory, Justina. Series: American Philological Association Textbook Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus, map. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788506123
- ISBN
- 9780788506123
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Condition: New
€ 99.46
€ 99.46
Paperback. A new and complete English translation Editor(s): Maximin, Daniel. Translator(s): Walker, Keith L. Num Pages: 104 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819572752
- ISBN
- 9780819572752
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.75
€ 19.99
€ 17.75
Hardback. David Bosworth cuts through all the noise of today s political dysfunction and cultural wars to sound the deeper causes of our discontent. He explores the ways in which Americans are affected by the irreversible forces set loose by technology s drastic revision of our everyday lives." Series Editor(s): Corey, Stephen. Series: Georgia Review Books. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820350653
- ISBN
- 9780820350653
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society. Series Editor(s): Griswold, John. Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820350813
- ISBN
- 9780820350813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.41
€ 29.99
€ 25.41