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Paperback. In 1940 the Chinese writer Chiang Yee arrived in Oxford as a refugee from the London Blitz, his lodgings having been bombed. He paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He explores the colleges and other student haunts, but also the city's surrounds. Series: Lost & Found S. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JJH; DNF; HBJD1; HBWQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669694
- ISBN
- 9781902669694
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€ 16.02
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Paperback. Since the early 1970s, when Marina Warner reported from Vietnam and America, in startling essays, she has been one of the most challenging and profound commentators on the culture. This collection draws together essays, offering a retrospective of her changing ideas on literature and culture - on fiction, drama, religion, language and fairy tale. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437727
- ISBN
- 9780099437727
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€ 21.99€ 17.35
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Paperback. A dazzling follow-up to the novel Faces in the Crowd, this collection of literary peregrinations around the margins of metropolitan life demonstrates Valeria Luiselli's equal virtuosity as a writer of non-fiction Translator(s): MacSweeney, Christina. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085191
- ISBN
- 9781847085191
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€ 17.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. Includes a travel book and a biography of its author. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DN; BGH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432695
- ISBN
- 9780140432695
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€ 17.99€ 13.13
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Paperback. Featuring a collection of non-fiction, this volume includes classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187396
- ISBN
- 9780141187396
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€ 13.99€ 10.85
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Multiple-component retail product. This two-volume set presents and contextualizes major manuscripts in The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, now at The New York Public Library. The volumes open with a retrospective centered on the young Shelley, and conclude with letters dating from Shelley's exile in Italy. Num Pages: 1344 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 229 x 88. Weight in Grams: 4362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 1344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674806146
- ISBN
- 9780674806146
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Condition: New
€ 179.49€ 163.76
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Paperback. Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in "Little Britches" and "Man of the Family". Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs. Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282186
- ISBN
- 9780803282186
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€ 19.99€ 16.97
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Paperback. * A collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. * Includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation. Editor(s): Pollard, Tanya. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111942
- ISBN
- 9781405111942
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Condition: New
€ 57.54
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Hardcover. Presents a collection of some of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater. This title includes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation. Editor(s): Pollard, Tanya. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DNF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405111935
- ISBN
- 9781405111935
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Condition: New
€ 154.06
€ 154.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Greenblatt, Stephen; Platt, Peter. Translator(s): Florio, John. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177228
- ISBN
- 9781590177228
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 18.96
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Paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444742
- ISBN
- 9780140444742
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
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Hardcover. Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300021042
- ISBN
- 9780300021042
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Condition: New
€ 128.25€ 96.84
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Paperback. Contains a glossary that includes an introductory examination of author's works and career. Editor(s): Whitelock, Dorothy. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 102 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859890717
- ISBN
- 9780859890717
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.80
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Paperback. Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles. He writes of the housewife, the bum, the gambler and the celebrity to evoke a portrait of Los Angeles Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876857946
- ISBN
- 9780876857946
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.51
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€ 10.51
Paperback. Paints a captivating picture of an Englishman's adventures abroad. This edition also includes a chronology, updated further reading and notes. Editor(s): Goring, Paul. Num Pages: 176 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437799
- ISBN
- 9780140437799
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.28
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Hardcover. In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4 65 CE) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a Stoic philosopher s thoughts about the good life in a contemporary context. Translator(s): Gummere, R.M. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 469 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 117 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1925
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990869
- ISBN
- 9780674990869
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.37
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110. Series: Dover Thrift S. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 8. Weight: 112.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486277905
- ISBN
- 9780486277905
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Condition: New
€ 6.19
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Paperback. A companion to the two-volume monograph Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeus (1876), this title presents a selection that was meticulously made to illustrate the 'successive steps in the process by which a language of most elastic resource was gradually adapted to a certain set of purposes'. Editor(s): Jebb, R. C. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- The 1888 revision of the 1880 original
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675075
- ISBN
- 9781904675075
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.04
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Paperback. Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACV; DNF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446067
- ISBN
- 9780140446067
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811202138
- ISBN
- 9780811202138
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
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Paperback. Num Pages: 716 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1222.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 716
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970519
- ISBN
- 9780865970519
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.28
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Paperback. Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was the sister and wife to kings and a pivotal influence in sixteenth-century France. This book contains sampling of Marguerite's varied works: from verse letters and fables to mythological-pastoral tales, from spiritual songs to a selection of novellas. Editor(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Translator(s): Cholakian, Rouben; Skemp, Mary. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142722
- ISBN
- 9780226142722
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.03
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Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007462
- ISBN
- 9780811200035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Birch, Dinah. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539246
- ISBN
- 9780199539246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45