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Paperback. These speeches exemplify how this remarkable woman affected Alberta's history and social policy. Editor(s): Lisac, Mark. Series: University of Alberta Centennial Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJ; DNF; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644886
ISBN
9780888644886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854251060
ISBN
9781854251060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJH; DNF; DNJ; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 193 x 40. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910263013
ISBN
9781910263013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.08

Paperback. A lyrical, poweful polemic about London today, from Occupy and the August 2011 riots through to the Jubilee and the Olympics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908906144
ISBN
9781908906144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. A dazzling new collection of essays, poems, and prose poems by the best-selling author of The Leaf and the Cloud and What Do We Know. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
First
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306814129
ISBN
9780306814129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.47

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. A retrospective of crucial periods in modernism via portraits of its literary lions by the co-founder of the Surrealist Movement. Translator(s): Bernheimer, Alan. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872867277
ISBN
9780872867277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.24

Hardcover. A collection of essays form Louisa McCord, a 19th-century Southern US conservative intellectual. A supporter of slavery and a believer in the superiority of the white race, she broke the confines of Southern gender roles, supported laissez-faire political economy and abhorred socialism. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915708
ISBN
9780813915708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.87

Paperback. Showcasing the colorful, even raucous, political, social, and unique cultural qualities of Louisiana history, this new collection of essays features the finest and latest scholarship. Louisiana Legacies is an ideal documentary reader to supplement courses in Louisiana state history. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3J; DNF; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118541890
ISBN
9781118541890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

Paperback. A collection of seventeen biographical essays that provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in Louisiana. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, it looks at ways in which the women either abided by gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves. Editor(s): Allured, Janet; Gentry, Judith F. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b&w & 7 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3J; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329475
ISBN
9780820329475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. In 1818, when Stendhal was in his mid-thirties, he met and fell passionately in love with the beautiful Mathilde Dembowski. She, however, was quick to make it clear that she did not return his affections, and in his despair he turned to the written word to exorcise his love and explain his feelings. Translator(s): Sale, Gilbert; Sale, Suzanne. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; JMM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443073
ISBN
9780140443073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352719
ISBN
9780393352719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.83

Paperback. Offering personal and political insights, this is a collection of poems and stories. Here, the author shares her personal journey through the social and political landscapes of the 1980s, with its recollected moments of struggle and transformation along the way. She manages to capture the seminal moments of black South African history. Num Pages: 108 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869140014
ISBN
9781869140014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.84

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

Hardcover. Explores Lucian's influence on Renaissance writers Series: Recentiores: Later Latin Texts & Contexts S. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472108466
ISBN
9780472108466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.79

Paperback. Lucian lived in the second century AD and though his mother tongue was probably Aramaic he was famous for his witty satire and polished Greek. The aim of this selection is to produce a representative coverage of some of Lucians best work, particularly those pieces not available in recent editions or translations. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684166
ISBN
9780856684166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.46

Paperback. A collection of innovative and insightful essays providing a critical and theoretical reflection on the concept and history of Lusofonia| Editor(s): Rocha, Joao Cezar de Castro. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSRC; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Tagus
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933227436
ISBN
9781933227436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.41

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Commentary. Num Pages: 110 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; HBG; HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100293
ISBN
9781585100293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.96

Hardcover. Presents various texts of Cicero's dialogues on political philosophy, "De Re Publica" and "De Legibus", together with corrected versions of the editor's editions of "Cato Maior de Senectute" and "Laelius de Amicitia". Editor(s): Powell, J. G. F. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 466 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146698
ISBN
9780198146698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

paperback. A collection of writings from the influential feminist art journal "M/E/A/N/I/N/G", with a foreward by Johanna Drucker. This book is of interest to artists, art historians, critics, and a general audience interested in the views of practising artists. Editor(s): Bee, Susan; Schor, Mira. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325666
ISBN
9780822325666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback. A comprehensive anthology of Swift's writing, including The Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, writing on politics, religion, and Ireland, as well as a generous selection from his correspondence. Formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540785
ISBN
9780199540785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germain de Stael achieved an influence on European culture through the force of her fiction and critical writings. This volume makes a representative sample of her work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055871
ISBN
9780231055871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405922074
ISBN
9781405922074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Series: Malcolm X speeches & writings. Num Pages: 189 pages, 12pp of photographs, chronology, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Pathfinder New York
Number of pages
189
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873485432
ISBN
9780873485432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Wernham, Guy. Num Pages: 342 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200820
ISBN
9780811200820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685699
ISBN
9780856685699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

mass_market. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
96
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036687
ISBN
9780141036687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Contains the English version of the author's political and moral philosophy. This title also includes the English translation of "De Homine", chapters X-XV. It also features the English translation of "De Cive". Translator(s): Wood, C.T.; Scott-Craig, T.S.K. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201118
ISBN
9780872201118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. A collection of essays on books and why they matter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296031
ISBN
9780007289875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This edition of "The Mirror of the Simple Souls" is a translation of the French original. It relies primarily on the French, yet also takes other medieval translations into account. Translator(s): Grant, Judith (Lecturer, University of Auckland, Australia); Marler, J.C. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University, USA); Colledge, Edmund; etc. Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268014353
ISBN
9780268014353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56

Hardback. In this eccentric etiquette guide, aphorisms, suggestions, and cautionary tales culled from Mark Twain's personal letters, speeches, and novels are dispensed on topics such as dress, health, food, childrearing, and safety. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B. Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 221 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242456
ISBN
9780520242456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.44

Paperback. A family cookbook with over five hundred recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; DSBD; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231049313
ISBN
9780231049313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Part of a detailed compendium of late-Roman learning in each of the seven liberal arts, set within an amusing mythological-allegorical tale of courtship and marriage among the pagan gods. The text provides an understanding of medieval allegory and the components of a medieval education. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 389 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096362
ISBN
9780231096362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; AVH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593766276
ISBN
9781593766276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.50

paperback. This twelfth century masterpiece comprises 184 prose passages and 5,263 lines of verse to be narrated and sung by a performing singer-storyteller. It is an elaboration of the T'ang dynasty love story, The Story of Ying-ying, by Yuan Chen (779-831). Translator(s): Ch'en Li-li. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780231101196
ISBN
9780231101196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Reveals some of the author's deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, and his reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Translator(s): Stopp, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447200
ISBN
9780140447200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809126590
ISBN
9780809126590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. These twenty-seven "hair pieces" offer up reflections and revelations about family, race, religion, ritual, culture, motherhood, politics, celebrity, what goes on in African American kitchens and at Hindu Bengali weddings, alongside stories about the influence of Jackie Kennedy, Lena Horne, Farrah Fawcett, and the Grateful Dead. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616204112
ISBN
9781616204112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Rep Una
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486275482
ISBN
9780486275482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.07