Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 121 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780008115272
- ISBN
- 9780008115272
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 7.49
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Paperback. Taken from the "Lives", a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare and many other later writers, the works explore corruption, decadence, and the struggle for ultimate power. Editor(s): Seager, Robin. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780140449341
- ISBN
- 9780140449341
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.09
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€ 11.09
Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780140440591
- ISBN
- 9780140440591
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.14
€ 14.99
€ 12.14
hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, O. D. Macrae-. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 381 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 632.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edn
- SKU
- V9780197222706
- ISBN
- 9780197222706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Paperback. Translator(s): Pegis, A. C.; etc. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268016784
- ISBN
- 9780268016784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Translator(s): Pegis, A. C. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268016807
- ISBN
- 9780268016807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.12
€ 42.99
€ 38.12
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306814129
- ISBN
- 9780306814129
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486451077
- ISBN
- 9780486451077
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Condition: New
€ 11.62
€ 11.62
Paperback. Highly acclaimed new translation of the Hermetica, the only English version based on reliable texts. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; VXQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521425438
- ISBN
- 9780521425438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.49
€ 58.49
Paperback. From patriotic rhetoric to the gritty realism of the Front Line, this anthology juxtaposes women's writing of fact and fiction and aims to present a rounded picture of World War I as it was lived and fought by women across Britain. Editor(s): Smith, Ms. Angela. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; DNF; DQ; HBJD1; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719050732
- ISBN
- 9780719050732
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Condition: New
€ 32.93
€ 32.93
Paperback. A translation into English of one of Gregory's eight books of miracle stories, which contains a series of anecdotes about the lives and cults of martyrs. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232360
- ISBN
- 9780853232360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. Offers sources vital for the reconstruction of events in the first Islamic century, covering the period which ends with the unsuccessful Arab siege of Constantinople, an event which both modern historians and Syriac chronographers see as making a decisive caesura in history. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 tables, 5 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853232384
- ISBN
- 9780853232384
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.92
€ 38.99
€ 34.92
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388391
- ISBN
- 9780857388391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
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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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.66
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Paperback. Translator(s): McLeish, Kenneth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948230653
- ISBN
- 9780948230653
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Condition: New
€ 23.46
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582437453
- ISBN
- 9781582437453
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.68
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Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582437460
- ISBN
- 9781582437460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780874470
- ISBN
- 9781780874470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.15
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Hardback. James Bloodworth tackles the thorny issue of class, privilege and wealth in contemporary Britain, taking to task the major political parties in the process. Series: Provocations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFA; JFFM; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785900532
- ISBN
- 9781785900532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.34
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Paperback. Charts the connections that the author has made between sexuality, psychoanalysis, and aesthetics. This book considers the author's ideas alongside Freud's and helps gain a clearer understanding of human identity and how we relate to one another. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043548
- ISBN
- 9780226043548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99