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Hardback. It was during the exciting modernist movement in Spanish American literature that Clemente Plama (1872-1946), son of Ricardo Palma, began his writing career and signaled the birth of modern Peruvian literature. This volume offers detailed critical analyses of Palma's short stories and novels. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838751244
ISBN
9780838751244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.98

Paperback. Nancy Miller explores the unexpected ways that the stories of other people's lives give meaning to our own. She also mounts a defence of the memoir against accusations of terminal narcissism by showing how the forms of life writing are as much about others as they are about their authors. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125239
ISBN
9780231125239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.12

Paperback. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126. A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland. Series: Canons. 154 pages, ill. A lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms, hailed as 'the finest book ever written on nature and landscape in Britain' (Guardian). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DN; WN. Dimension: 209 x 133 x 12. Weight: 152.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861832
ISBN
9780857861832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437465
ISBN
9780801437465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Paperback. This is the third volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel generally known as "The Water Margin". In this volume, the company of outlaws on Mount Liang continues to grow. Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk, and his companions from Twin Dragon Peak reappear and join the company. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622018471
ISBN
9789622018471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.92

paperback. The fourth volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel known as "The Water Margin". This volume contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. It ends with an encounter foreshadowing the campaign against Tian Hu in the next volume. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622019898
ISBN
9789622019898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.69

Hardcover. Pharaoh Khufu is battling the Fates. At stake is the inheritance of Egypt's throne, the proud but tender heart of Khufu's beautiful daughter Princess Merensankh and Khufu's legacy as a sage, not savage ruler. Translator(s): Stock, Raymond. Num Pages: 206 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774248061
ISBN
9789774248061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Publius Papinius Statius lived from the 40s to the mid-90s AD. In his teens he moved to Rome, and there, some years later, he embarked on his own career in poetry. This title presents an introduction that locates Statius in his historical and literary context, considers the importance of his "Silvae", and presents a brief history of the text. Translator(s): Nagle, Betty Rose. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 bibliog. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 17. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253216670
ISBN
9780253216670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.09

Paperback. Presents a collection of non fiction essays, articles, and appreciations of fellow writers. This work examines the author's evidence of the inequities of Apartheid as she saw them in 1959, her shocking account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a country free at last. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747548232
ISBN
9780747548232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. Exquisite word portraits of women by one of the past century's greatest women writers. Editor(s): Mistral, Gabriela; Allende, Isabel; Nanfito, Jacqueline C. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DNF; DQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996090
ISBN
9781893996090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. Steve Biko, father of the black consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only 30 years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. Editor(s): van Wyk, Chris. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144648
ISBN
9781868144648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 119 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750959643
ISBN
9780750959643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Hayles, N. Katherine; Pressman, Jessica. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white illustrations and 2 color plates. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680047
ISBN
9780816680047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.94

Hardcover. Translator(s): Hammond, N. G. L. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
56
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896830
ISBN
9788772896830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Tabanli, Mustafa. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Blue Dome Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295136
ISBN
9781935295136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.25

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JPFB; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
AK Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd This Beautiful Gift Contains t and E United St
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873176351
ISBN
9781873176351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.41

Paperback. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lives and Letters
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784101329
ISBN
9781784101329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: AJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 107 x 8. Weight in Grams: 93. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
GREEN INTEGER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KHN0000484
ISBN
9781892295903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: AJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 107 x 8. Weight in Grams: 93. Fine copy. Very minor to no shelfwear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
GREEN INTEGER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KST0026683
ISBN
9781892295903
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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