Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. The author's first collection of essays, Reappraisals, was centred on twentieth-century Europe in history and memory. In this book, his widow and fellow historian, gathers together important essays from the span of his career that chronicle both the evolution of his thought and the consistency of his passionate engagement and intellectual elan. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593430
- ISBN
- 9780099593430
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. A collection that establishes a voice for the spirit of the upper Midwest and Michigan and offers a look at the landscape as well as the everyday lives of the people who make up the region's small communities. It captures the nature of things and highlights the character and spirit of the Upper Midwest. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050239
- ISBN
- 9780472050239
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.73
€ 19.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555974404
- ISBN
- 9781555974404
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.52
€ 15.99
€ 15.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842431719
- ISBN
- 9781842431719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.55
€ 13.99
€ 10.55
paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781681370866
- ISBN
- 9781681370866
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 14.52
€ 19.00
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Hardback. A newspaper columnist and an outstanding painter, Hennessey writes about the rapidly vanishing era when the woods held supreme. Num Pages: 1 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 264 x 17. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892724932
- ISBN
- 9780892724932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.74
€ 25.99
€ 24.74
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
€ 34.59
€ 34.59
Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078641
- ISBN
- 9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.86
€ 144.86
Paperback. These 11 essays are the writings that galvanized the 60s youth revolution, written when Leary was at the peak of his popularity, influence and visionary intensity. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579510091
- ISBN
- 9781579510091
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.26
€ 17.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. Includes D H Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterised by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099513322
- ISBN
- 9780099513322
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883910
- ISBN
- 9781846883910
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.99
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€ 13.99
Paperback. Gould's writing on music was often as provocative as his performances as a brilliant pianist. This selection of essays includes pieces on major composers which challenge virtually every tenet of accepted taste and opinion. Other subjects include concert-giving, recording, and Barbra Streisand. Num Pages: 496 pages, mus.exs. BIC Classification: AV; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571148523
- ISBN
- 9780571148523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.91
€ 33.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Thucydides' account of the war fought in the fifth century BC between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here and supporting information is provided by the introduction and annotations. Editor(s): Blanco, Walter; Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert. Translator(s): Blanco, Walter. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 799
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393971675
- ISBN
- 9780393971675
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Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Paperback. Recounts the ancient war between Athens and Sparta in the translation by the seventeenth century British philosopher. Translator(s): Hobbes, T. Num Pages: 638 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- The Univ of Chicago Pr Edition, 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226801063
- ISBN
- 9780226801063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
hardcover. Presents a simple account of a year spent alone in a cabin by a pond in the woods. Editor(s): Shanley, J. Lyndon. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691061948
- ISBN
- 9780691061948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.53
€ 192.53
hardcover. Opening with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, this work contains ten other essays. It includes reform papers such as: "The Service Paradise (To Be) Regained"; "Herald of Freedom"; "Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum"; "Resistance to Civil Government Slavery in Massachusetts"; and more. Editor(s): Glick, Thomas F. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691062419
- ISBN
- 9780691062419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.56
€ 175.56
Hardcover. The author is celebrated for the part he played in both the American and French Revolutions. Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. This title elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151893
- ISBN
- 9781857151893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.73
€ 17.99
€ 12.73
Paperback. Written in the late sixteenth century, at the pinnacle of the English Renaissance, the rich and ingenious works of Thomas Nashe uniquely reveal the ambivant nature of the Elizabethan era. This collection of Nashe's works includes "The Unfortunate Traveller", "Pierce Penniless", "Terrors of the Night", "Lenten Stuff", and more. Editor(s): Steane, J. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430677
- ISBN
- 9780140430677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.79
€ 21.99
€ 15.79
Hardcover. First published in 1516, "Utopia" depicts an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination and religious intolerance. Its radical humanism has had a dramatic effect on modern history and the challenge of its vision is as persistent today as it was in the Renaissance. Translator(s): Robinson, Ralph. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150612
- ISBN
- 9781857150612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.81
€ 17.99
€ 12.81