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Literary essays
Hardcover. 8 masterly essays by great French thinker: "Of Friendship," "Of Books," "Of Cruelty," "Of Repentance," four more. Classic Charles Cotton translation. Translator(s): Atkinson, James B.; Sices, David. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603845960
- ISBN
- 9781603845960
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.11
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Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189758
- ISBN
- 9780141189758
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€ 14.99€ 11.44
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Hardback. Thoreau's literary classic, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living, has engaged readers and thinkers for a century and a half. This edition of Walden is the first to set forth an authoritative text with generous annotations. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions of previous editions. Editor(s): Cramer, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 202 x 35. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300104660
- ISBN
- 9780300104660
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€ 35.99€ 26.05
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Paperback. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540. Writing and Living, 1950-2008. 752 pages. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408800966
- ISBN
- 9781408800966
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.13
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Paperback. With topics ranging from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people do Christmas shopping or have swimming pools, this book offers a Chinese woman's perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of British and Chinese people. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Editiion First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501527
- ISBN
- 9780099501527
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.41
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Hardback. Required by custom to be "entirely passive" during the presidential campaign, Jefferson, at Monticello during the summer of 1800, refrains from answering attacks on his character, responds privately to Benjamin Rush's queries about religion, and learns of rumors of his own death. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124896
- ISBN
- 9780691124896
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Condition: New
€ 163.11€ 123.23
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Paperback. With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this collection offers an insight behind the scenes of Discworld into a much loved and much missed figure. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 269.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552167727
- ISBN
- 9780552167727
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
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paperback. "War Against Cliche" is a collection of essays. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422228
- ISBN
- 9780099422228
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.44
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Paperback. Presents the author's journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. This title offers a portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DNF; WSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460954
- ISBN
- 9780099460954
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
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Paperback. Spanning a period of 20 months, this volume is part of "The Complete Works of George Orwell", available as a separate book. It includes essays, film, book and theatre reviews and the transcripts of a series of broadcasts on literary criticism. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 52. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780436205408
- ISBN
- 9780436205408
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 33.77
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Paperback. Contemplates the contradictions of individual identity from within a human body adapting to and living within a collective national culture. The author delves into issues such as canon formation, poetic theory, and the rhetoric of the body in American popular culture. Editor(s): Wiegman, Robyn. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFFH2; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319733
- ISBN
- 9780822319733
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
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Hardcover. Nearly all the works Aristotle (384 322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments. Translator(s): Guthrie, W. K. C. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 415 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 415
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1939
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993723
- ISBN
- 9780674993723
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.47
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight: 62.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486287591
- ISBN
- 9780486287591
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Condition: New
€ 6.00
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Paperback. Critics have compared Michaux's work to such diverse artists as Kafka, Goya, Swift, Klee and Beckett. This anthology contains selections from almost all of Michaux's major works, allowing readers to explore the haunting verbal and pictorial landscape of a 20th-century visionary. Translator(s): Ball, David. Num Pages: 270 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212299
- ISBN
- 9780520212299
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181812
- ISBN
- 9781859181812
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Condition: New
€ 10.64
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Hardcover. In his "Gallic War" and "Civil Wars"Caesar (100 44 BCE) provided vigorous, direct, clear, third-personal, and largely unemotional records of his own campaigns. Translator(s): Edwards, H. J. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 642 pages, Fr.M.d. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 642
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1917
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674990807
- ISBN
- 9780674990807
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.47
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Bury, R.G. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 644 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 120 x 33. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 644
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1929
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674992573
- ISBN
- 9780674992573
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.47
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Paperback. Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Editor(s): Radice, William. Translator(s): Tagore, Surendranath. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449860
- ISBN
- 9780140449860
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. Portrays the Russian people. This title presents a series of interlinked stories including "The Shot", in which a duel is revisited after many years, and the grotesque "The Undertaker". It also features "Roslavlev" and the "Egyptian Nights". Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446753
- ISBN
- 9780140446753
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
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Paperback. Editor(s): Partenie, Catalin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552559
- ISBN
- 9780199552559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.78
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