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Literary essays

Paperback. Offers a collection of author's critical essays and reflections. This title presents a discussion on contemporary art, issues and people. Num Pages: 928 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140289701
ISBN
9780140289701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.86

Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393254815
ISBN
9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Holt, Stephanie; Lynch, Maryanne. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780908205110
ISBN
9780908205110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Cicero's speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina," "In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of Gaius Rabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo," and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman life, law, and history. Editor(s): Grant, Michael. Translator(s): Grant, M. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442885
ISBN
9780140442885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.70

Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226088303
ISBN
9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.57

Paperback. An historical tragedy by an eighteenth century playwright. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 75 pages, 1 b&w plate, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893770
ISBN
9780859893770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423337
ISBN
9780857423337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 b/w photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126455
ISBN
9781897126455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.56

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Mount, Jane. Num Pages: 272 pages, Integrated: 220 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316200905
ISBN
9780316200905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749043
ISBN
9781910749043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881613943
ISBN
9789881613943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825693
ISBN
9780753825693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044101
ISBN
9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Includes three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309597
ISBN
9780571309597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Dalley, Stephanie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 frontispiece, 1 map,. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538362
ISBN
9780199538362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Hardcover. Sixteen short essays on places as varied as Glasgow and Norwich, Llanidloes and Sheffield, by the finest English Architectural writer of the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903816
ISBN
9781907903816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the #1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119779
ISBN
9780349119779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles. Translator(s): Healey, John. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140444131
ISBN
9780140444131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Hardcover. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973190
ISBN
9780865973190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.13

Paperback. Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865973206
ISBN
9780865973206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

Paperback. An anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. It contains sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire). It also contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. Editor(s): Gilbar, Steven. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212091
ISBN
9780520212091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Parmee, Douglas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 221.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173640
ISBN
9781590173640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158. .
Publisher
Lilliput Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510314
ISBN
9781843510314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 27.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryan, Paul. Num Pages: 470 pages, 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653176
ISBN
9780859653176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.79

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