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Literary essays
Paperback. Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure Translator(s): Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441451
- ISBN
- 9780140441451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.37
€ 17.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. This new annotated critical edition is the first to provide the original Spanish text along with a substantial and authoritative introduction in English, as well as maps and tables relating to nineteenth-century Cuba, a vocabulary list, and suggestions for further reading. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719057069
- ISBN
- 9780719057069
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Condition: New
€ 22.44
€ 22.44
Hardback. Series: Theatre Makers. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 37. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472591746
- ISBN
- 9781472591746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099513322
- ISBN
- 9780099513322
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.30
€ 13.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Collects all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This book includes author's stories that reflect his professed method of "writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related." Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 1245. Weight in Grams: 1100.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Illinois Pbk
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069222
- ISBN
- 9780252069222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.36
€ 53.99
€ 48.36
Paperback. From his early days Wodehouse adored cricket and references to the game run like a golden thread though his writings. He not only wrote about this glorious British pastime, but also played it well, appearing six times at Lords, where his first captain was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book presents Wodehouse's writings on cricket. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099551362
- ISBN
- 9780099551362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.15
€ 11.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Rowe, Christopher. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449747
- ISBN
- 9780140449747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.61
€ 11.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405922074
- ISBN
- 9781405922074
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.02
€ 13.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Provides the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and 'mindsource' images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141979564
- ISBN
- 9780141979564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.52
€ 17.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141399157
- ISBN
- 9780141399157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99€ 5.85
€ 5.99
€ 5.85
Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000742
- ISBN
- 9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. First published together in Latin in 1623, these two tracts present descriptions of the hermetic cosmology and the alchemical work. The introduction provides a biographical note on d'Espagnet and traces the influence these works had on later generations. Translator(s): Everard, John; Ashmole, Elias. Series: English Renaissance Hermeticism. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780824075422
- ISBN
- 9780824075422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardback. This text presents over 1000 Oscar Wilde quotations on subjects from absinthe to Zola. In addition, it includes selections from Wilde's personal letters remarking on his life and on the human condition, and aims to capture the witticisms at which Wilde excelled. Editor(s): Beckson, Karl. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104562
- ISBN
- 9780231104562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. An introduction to the central problems of moral and political philosophy. In the notes to his translation, Professor Irwin discusses the historical and social context of the dialogue, expounds and criticises the arguments, and tries above all to suggest the questions a modern reader ought to raise about Plato's doctrines. Translator(s): Irwin, Terence H. Series: Clarendon Plato S. Num Pages: 280 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Ex-Libris with bookplate and non ink stamp. Sunning to spine, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Number of pages
- 280
- SKU
- KCW0001561
- ISBN
- 9780198720911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 34.99€ 29.23
€ 34.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde's works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 1216 pages, 16 b/w illus, 16 b/w plates. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1054. Hardback in good condition, slipcase has some shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KRF2232691
- ISBN
- 9780007144365
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
Paperback. This is a translation of Patocka's final work in which he treats prehistory through the concepts of Husserl and Heidegger. He believes the technological society to be decadent, and in the 20th century, war has become the basic reality which prevails through apparent "peace". Translator(s): Kohak, Erazim. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812693379
- ISBN
- 9780812693379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.68
€ 37.99
€ 31.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 1074 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 84. Weight in Grams: 1890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- Facsimile ed
- Number of pages
- 1074
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970724
- ISBN
- 9780865970724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.27
€ 38.99
€ 38.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143128465
- ISBN
- 9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.19
€ 19.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. A collection of essays by established feminist and cultural critics interested in experimenting with new styles of expression. Editor(s): Stacey, Jackie; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 282 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781526106988
- ISBN
- 9781526106988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A translation into English of "Life of the Fathers", a collection of twenty lives of saints which present a cross-section of the Gallic Church and are a counterpart to the secular society described in Gregory's History of the Franks. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 172 pages, maps, family trees, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853233275
- ISBN
- 9780853233275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47