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Paperback. This translation with notes is primarily for classroom use. It aims to be true to the basic meaning of the text and tries to bring across some of the beauty of the poetry as well as the rhetorical power of the dialogue and speeches. Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
82
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203921
ISBN
9780872203921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Controversial and thought-provoking prose pieces from this outspoken Native American writer. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877727696
ISBN
9781877727696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Deane, S.N. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875481098
ISBN
9780875481098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.46

paperback. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804713993
ISBN
9780804713993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749067
ISBN
9781910749067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.80

Paperback. * A collection of poetry and essays on war by one of the most prominent women writers from that period, author of the famous TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. A commemorative edition, out now in paperback Editor(s): Bostridge, Mark. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40pp of b/w. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084142
ISBN
9781844084142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268028930
ISBN
9780268028930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490322
ISBN
9781786490322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.60

Paperback. "On the Tabernacle" was one of Bede's most popular works, appearing in a great many manuscripts from every period of the Middle Ages. This title contains the translation of Bede's allegorical commentary on the tabernacle of Moses, which he interpreted as a symbolic figure of the Christian Church. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HRCC1; HRCG9; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853233787
ISBN
9780853233787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.81

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. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McSweeney's Believer Magazine
Edition
Illustriert.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934781845
ISBN
9781934781845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.98

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
McSweeney's Believer Magazine
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934781852
ISBN
9781934781852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Twenty years after the siege of Sarajevo, BBC Samuel Johnson Prize winner Barbara Demick. revisits her compelling account of living in a city under fire. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; DNF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084118
ISBN
9781847084118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Num Pages: 206 pages, 136, 136 colour illustrations, 136 colour. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434. Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764. 205 pages, with 136 col illus. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight: 426. Translator(s): Barber, Richard.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851157535
ISBN
9780851157535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Betting on the Muse is a combination of hilarious poetry and stories. Charles Bukowski writes about the real life of a working man and all that comes with it. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574230017
ISBN
9781574230017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.46

Paperback. A collection of personal essays from one of the most widely published American environmental writers addresses the concerns about the effects of ranching on the environment. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874176278
ISBN
9780874176278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.72

Paperback. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. Num Pages: 386 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644. Representation, Power and Culture. 386 pages, b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight: 678.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077409
ISBN
9780520077409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

For nearly a decade Marc Aronson ran an imprint dedicated to international and multicultural literature for teenagers. In 2001, he wrote an essay arguing against all awards in which you must be a member of a given ethnic group to win. Here, he shows his convictions that led him to write the essay. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 168 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810846388
ISBN
9780810846388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Micale, Mark S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; DNF; MBX; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633206
ISBN
9780691633206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 257.55

Hardcover. Brings together Manetti's famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. Translator(s): Baldassarri, Stefano U.; Bagemihl, Rolf. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011342
ISBN
9780674011342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. Henry Fairlie was one of the most colourful and trenchant journalists of the twentieth century. The British-born writer made his name on Fleet Street, where he coined the term 'The Establishment'. In America his writing found a home in the pages of the "New Yorker" and other top magazines and newspapers. This title tells his story. Editor(s): McCarter, Jeremy. Series: A New Republic Book. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164602
ISBN
9780300164602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. This text disputes the claims made by Bernal in "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization", that ancient Greek culture derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence on Western civilization. Editor(s): Lefkowitz, Mary R.; Rogers, Guy Maclean. Num Pages: 544 pages, 10 illustrations, 6 tables, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807845554
ISBN
9780807845554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.' Henry Rollins has a unique hard- edged view of the world. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 133 x 38. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753510353
ISBN
9780753510353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Rebecca. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593764173
ISBN
9781593764173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.92

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