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Paperback. Contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology. Translator(s): Spearing, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446739
ISBN
9780140446739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556069
ISBN
9780199556069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, map/diagram. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Focus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051026
ISBN
9780941051026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Passionate, independent-minded nonfiction from the international bestselling author of 'The Corrections'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007153589
ISBN
9780007153589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401708
ISBN
9781474401708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.13

Paperback. Series: Focus Philosophical Library. Num Pages: 106 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100781
ISBN
9781585100781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Betting on the Muse is a combination of hilarious poetry and stories. Charles Bukowski writes about the real life of a working man and all that comes with it. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574230017
ISBN
9781574230017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.46

Paperback. After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. This title offers insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and life of ancient Greece. It reveals much about this man. Editor(s): Waterfield, Robin. Translator(s): Tredennick, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445176
ISBN
9780140445176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449082
ISBN
9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Hardback. In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising, lyrical text, the author explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 158. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571335015
ISBN
9780571335015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. In this collection of short stories Hogg focuses on the Scottish civil war of 1644-45, in which the Marquis of Montrose led his royalist forces in a series of stunning victories against the odds before his final defeat at Philiphaugh. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663187
ISBN
9780748663187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.72

Hardcover. First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. The introduction discusses her ideas. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150865
ISBN
9781857150865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.93

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903267
ISBN
9781907903267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.84

Paperback. Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432169
ISBN
9780140432169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences not adequately vented. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496805
ISBN
9781847496805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Shawn, Wallace. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608460021
ISBN
9781608460021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. Did Oedipus really kill his father and marry his mother? For Rene Girard, the mythic accusations of patricide and incest are symptomatic of a plague-stricken community's hunt for a culprit to punish, and in this work he aims to present the age-old myth in a new light. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747806
ISBN
9780804747806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.63

Hardback. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, first published in 1815, was Walter Scott's second novel Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 616 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605682
ISBN
9780748605682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.95

Hardcover. Series: The rusticall & oeconomical works of John Evelyn. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Prospect Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907325659
ISBN
9780907325659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586593
ISBN
9780099586593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Presents four works that offers the preoccupations of the German Romantic movement. Goethe's "Fairy Tale" depicts an ethereal underground realm and the marriage of a beautiful man and woman. In "Eckbert the Fair", two outsiders seek refuge in the solitude of dark woods to conceal their incestuous passion from the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447323
ISBN
9780140447323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.64

John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Of interest to those who love his work, this book brings together McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 770. Nice copy in clean dustwrapper. First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
496
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0303037
ISBN
9780571245116
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. This translation with notes is primarily for classroom use. It aims to be true to the basic meaning of the text and tries to bring across some of the beauty of the poetry as well as the rhetorical power of the dialogue and speeches. Translator(s): Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
82
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203921
ISBN
9780872203921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443837
ISBN
9780140443837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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