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Hardback. Angelo Poliziano (1454 - 1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico'. This volume illuminates his friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition of his "Miscellanies". Translator(s): Butler, Shane. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021969
ISBN
9780674021969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.62

Hardcover. A collection of poignant essays about the transformative power of knitting by twenty-seven extraordinary writers. Editor(s): Hood, Ann. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; WFBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239492
ISBN
9780393239492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.00
€ 22.79

Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393254815
ISBN
9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. The rhythm, ritual and pleasure of knitting are celebrated in this new collection for lovers of both knitting and literature. Editor(s): Hood, Ann. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WFBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353259
ISBN
9780393353259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521633
ISBN
9781551521633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time. Translator(s): Marker, Gary (Professor of History, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA); May, Rachel (Associate Professor of Russian, Macalester College, USA). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802770
ISBN
9780875802770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.38

Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226849997
ISBN
9780226849997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. From the author of the internationally acclaimed Putin's Russia and A Russian Diary, this book offers a collection of her best writings. Translator(s): Tait, Arch. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099526681
ISBN
9780099526681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646293
ISBN
9780888646293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050273
ISBN
9780674050273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2/27/00
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708428
ISBN
9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484551
ISBN
9780801484551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.50

Hardcover. In this new memoir, Anne Edwards-bestselling author of biographies on Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, and Ronald Reagan-turns the spotlight on herself, chronicling her 20-year exile from the United States from the 1950s until the early 1970s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGL; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881990
ISBN
9780810881990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017521
ISBN
9780140283709
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 10.53

hardcover. This first volume of the first ever complete critical edition of the works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea provides established texts of Finch's early manuscript books. Editor(s): Keith, Jennifer; Kairoff, Claudia Thomas. Num Pages: 600 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DD; DN; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107068605
ISBN
9781107068605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.86

hardcover. This second volume of the first ever complete critical edition of the works of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea provides established texts of Finch's later collections in print and manuscript form. Editor(s): Keith, Jennifer; Kairoff, Claudia Thomas. Num Pages: 600 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DD; DN; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107068650
ISBN
9781107068650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.50

Hardcover. 'Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.' This wise book for women is about how to flourish in life, how to balance life, work, motherhood; about finding space to think and breathe. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701188627
ISBN
9780701188627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046665
ISBN
9780674046665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. This English translation of the "Discourse" is the first version published in any form since 1586. It displays an incredibly far-sighted view of women's education, with advice on spirituality, morality, health and beauty required by a well-bred lady-in-waiting. Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310558
ISBN
9780226310558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.73

Paperback. A dazzling celebration of the natural world and our place in it from the Pulitzer Prize-winning nature writer. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Canons edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782118855
ISBN
9781782118855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.42

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