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Literary essays
Paperback. * 'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' Dervla Murphy, THE IRISH TIMES Series: Virago Classic Non-Fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860682677
- ISBN
- 9780860682677
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Paperback. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967874
- ISBN
- 9780241967874
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€ 16.99€ 12.37
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140260236
- ISBN
- 9780140260236
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€ 12.99€ 11.14
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Paperback. Editor(s): Tabanli, Mustafa. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295136
- ISBN
- 9781935295136
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€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300223552
- ISBN
- 9780300223552
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€ 13.00€ 12.68
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Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674992351
- ISBN
- 9780674992351
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€ 33.99€ 28.71
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Hardback. Lay Sermons offers, playfully, a series of lay sermons on good principles and good breeding - the last thing that one would expect from the pen of Blackwood's Ettrick Shepherd Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748607464
- ISBN
- 9780748607464
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€ 112.40€ 108.53
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974645
- ISBN
- 9780393974645
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€ 18.99€ 17.59
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Paperback. Presents the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot's quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever. This book weaves a story of adultery, treachery and ultimately - in its tragic finale - death. Editor(s): Cowen, Janet. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430448
- ISBN
- 9780140430448
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€ 17.99€ 13.35
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Paperback. Presents an evocative version of the Arthurian legend. This book describes Arthur's ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table. Editor(s): Cowen, Janet. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430431
- ISBN
- 9780140430431
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€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465086450
- ISBN
- 9780465086450
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970526
- ISBN
- 9780865970526
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.65
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Paperback. A translation of Osbern Bokenham's "Legendys of Hooly Wummen" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Series: Mediaeval Studies: Sources & Appraisals S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268012953
- ISBN
- 9780268012953
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€ 31.99€ 28.56
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Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915180
- ISBN
- 9780813915180
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Paperback. Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This collection of his diverse essays includes appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196510
- ISBN
- 9780141196510
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€ 19.99€ 15.02
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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
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€ 29.99€ 25.41
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Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239323
- ISBN
- 9780226239323
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€ 34.99€ 27.73
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Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995406
- ISBN
- 9780674995406
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€ 33.99€ 30.79
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Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1324.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995734
- ISBN
- 9780674995734
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€ 33.99€ 28.91
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Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995710
- ISBN
- 9780674995710
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
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Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240. LOEB
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780674995727
- ISBN
- 9780674995727
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€ 25.99€ 23.18
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Hardback. Angelo Poliziano (1454 - 1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico'. This volume illuminates his friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition of his "Miscellanies". Translator(s): Butler, Shane. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021969
- ISBN
- 9780674021969
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€ 40.99€ 34.07
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Paperback. In 1822 William Hazlitt, forty-four years old and married, was both tormented and enchanted by Sarah Walker, his landlady's nineteen-year-old daughter. This work is the chronicle of that obsession. Editor(s): Dart, Gregory. Series: Fyfield Books. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 214 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548570
- ISBN
- 9781857548570
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
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Paperback. General Simon Bolivar, called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington of Latin America", was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. Although he didn't prepare a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations and letters contain ideas still widely relevant. Translator(s): Fornoff, Frederick H. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195144819
- ISBN
- 9780195144819
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€ 38.93
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