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Hardcover. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518. Poets, Poems, and the Rest. 240 pages. Winner of the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, C K Williams is one of the most distinguished poets of his generation. This book collects his prose along with a series of interview excerpts in which he discusses a wide range of subjects, from his own work as a poet and translator to the state of American poetry as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226899510
ISBN
9780226899510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019042
ISBN
9780253019042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.87

Paperback. A collection of the author's literary essays from 2000 to 2005. It discusses writers such as Italo Svevo, Joseph Roth, Bruno Schulz, Sandor Marai who lived through the Austro-Hungarian fin de siecle and felt the influence of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506140
ISBN
9780099506140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.39

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638645
ISBN
9780691638645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Larson, Gerald James; Deutsch, Eliot. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635392
ISBN
9780691635392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

Paperback. Part memoir, part ars poetica, Scottish-Canadian poet Alice Major discusses Science with characteristic gleaming perspicacity. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645951
ISBN
9780888645951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974404
ISBN
9781555974404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.22

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823250974
ISBN
9780823250974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight: 842.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
492
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605903
ISBN
9780748605903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.72
€ 111.79

Paperback. Christianity had compromised the immediacy of man's relationship with reality, and ironic detachment had alienated him from his deepest feelings. Hegel's "Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics" were delivered in Berlin in the 1820s, and stand as a passionately argued work that challenged the ability of art to respond to the modern world. Editor(s): Inwood, Michael. Translator(s): Bosanquet, Bernard. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433357
ISBN
9780140433357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

hardcover. Euripides' romantic melodrama of the reunion in Tauris of Iphigenia with the brother she thought was dead abounds in situations of danger and of touching reminiscence. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 67 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
67
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631143
ISBN
9781566631143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 214 x 7. Weight in Grams: 16.
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929524559
ISBN
9780929524559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.70

Hardback. Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance Series. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631129
ISBN
9781566631129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.51

Paperback. Essential reading for all those interested in Irish literature and culture and its far-reaching effects on the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521187282
ISBN
9780521187282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 16.78

paperback. The fourth volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel known as "The Water Margin". This volume contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. It ends with an encounter foreshadowing the campaign against Tian Hu in the next volume. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622019898
ISBN
9789622019898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.69

Paperback. Charts the connections that the author has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics. This book considers the author's ideas alongside Freud's and helps gain a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043548
ISBN
9780226043548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.49

Hardcover. Charts the connections that the author has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics. This book considers the author's ideas alongside Freud's and helps in gaining a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043524
ISBN
9780226043524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.92
€ 77.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721292
ISBN
9781781721292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.38

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1929
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674992528
ISBN
9780674992528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Counterpoint
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619021143
ISBN
9781619021143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.58

paperback. Gives accounts by women on active duty, retired officers, women who have worked for the armed forces in a civilian capacity, and civilian academics. This book dispels many of the myths about women and the military and explores the reasons for the persistence of misconceptions in the face of increased female participation. Editor(s): Stiehm, Judith Hicks. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394567
ISBN
9781566394567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. A collection of essays on travels in Italy. It explores art and religion, political shifts and cultural revolutions, and the nature of travel itself. It covers the aesthetic allure of Venice, the vitality of Rome, and the noisy, sensuous appeal of Naples. Editor(s): Auchard, John. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435078
ISBN
9780140435078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Auden, W. H.; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ACG; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442335
ISBN
9780140442335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606061
ISBN
9780748606061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.76
€ 192.10

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