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Prose: non-fiction
Paperback. In his own inimitable style, Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, turns his attention to the culture, manners and morals of British society, giving us a humorous, at times furious, but always entertaining read. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007290963
- ISBN
- 9780007290963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Slater, Maya. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st English edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817910259
- ISBN
- 9780817910259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.50
€ 104.50
Paperback. Based on a 1912 publication about Texans who fought for the South in the Civil War, Texas Boys in Gray presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Sometimes humorous and sometimes heartbreaking, the experiences of these men are documented as a tribute to Texas war veterans. Num Pages: 275 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556227776
- ISBN
- 9781556227776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.13
€ 18.99
€ 18.13
Hardback. This reader includes key texts from the broad spectrum of Bataille's work, from the early essays interrogating surrealism and cultural politics in the 1930s, down to texts from "The Accursed Share" (1949), a major engagement in post-Marxist economic theory. Editor(s): Botting, Fred; Wilson, Scott. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199588
- ISBN
- 9780631199588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204874
- ISBN
- 9780872204874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.46
€ 49.99
€ 35.46
Paperback. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602. Essays by Elizabeth Bowen. 480 pages. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The essays include Bowen's observations on age, toys, disappointment, writers, and manners. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748635696
- ISBN
- 9780748635696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.28
€ 49.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522870336
- ISBN
- 9780522870336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.52
€ 32.52
Paperback. "Doing things by the book" acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand's memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The "works cited" are those books that serve as Schrand's signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243378
- ISBN
- 9780803243378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. An insight into how the media find and present stories. Editor(s): Delap, Breandan. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- COIS LIFE
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907494390
- ISBN
- 9781907494390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401708
- ISBN
- 9781474401708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.13
€ 40.99
€ 34.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; BG; DN; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Conari Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573241380
- ISBN
- 9781573241380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.60
€ 26.99
€ 24.60
Hardcover. These personal and revealing essays by the master of science fiction reveal the influences behind his writing and offer new insights into the man and his world. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488. Articles and Reflections. 192 pages, Illustrations. These personal and revealing essays by the master of science fiction reveal the influences behind his writing and offer new insights into the man and his world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243730
- ISBN
- 9781851243730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.83
€ 23.00
€ 19.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937658458
- ISBN
- 9781937658458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.72
€ 19.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. ESSAYISM is a personal, critical and polemical book about the genre, its history and its contemporary possibilities, itself an example of what it describes: an essay that is curious and digressive and at the same time held together by a personal voice and a polemical point. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695418
- ISBN
- 9781910695418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.13
€ 14.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. Charm, wit and style were essential, but dangerous ingredients in the social repertoire of the Roman elite. This work explores the complexities and ambiguities of charm, wit and style in Roman literature of the late Republic by tracking the origins and development of the terms used. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; CFG; DNF; DSBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226454443
- ISBN
- 9780226454443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.82€ 57.55
€ 68.82
€ 57.55
Paperback. In a new English translation by Christopher Rowe, this great classic of moral philosophy by Aristotle is accompanied here by an extended introduction and detailed line-by-line commentary by Sarah Broadie. Assuming no knowledge of Greek, her approach should prove useful for students reading the text for the first time. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 480 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 478
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198752714
- ISBN
- 9780198752714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. Original essays by leading scholars in the field of popular music studies map the competing perspectives on the key terms of contemporary debates on popular music and culture. Each essay describes the history of continuities and conflicts in a terma s meaning, situating the writera s own position on the term in that history of debate. Editor(s): Swiss, Thomas B.; Horner, Bruce. Series: Blackwell Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AVA; AVG; DN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212645
- ISBN
- 9780631212645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.69
€ 43.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982264522
- ISBN
- 9780982264522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Presenting a collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, the author takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to India with Indira Gandhi when she attempted a political comeback in 1978; and to Nepal where he reminds us that 'Man's real home is the Road. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099769811
- ISBN
- 9780099769811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DNF; JFSK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771510547
- ISBN
- 9781771510547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.36
€ 20.99
€ 19.36
Hardcover. Media Nation brings together some of the most exciting voices in media and political history to present fresh perspectives on the role of mass media in the evolution of modern American politics. Together, these contributors offer a field-shaping work that aims to bring the media back to the center of scholarship modern American history. Editor(s): Schulman, Bruce J.; Zelizer, Julian E. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNJ; HBJK; JFD; KNT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248883
- ISBN
- 9780812248883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Hardcover. Antipodean Riffs is a collection of essays on Australian jazz and jazz in Australia. Chronologically they range from what could be called the 'prehistory' of the music - the tradition of US-sourced African-American music that predated the arrival of music billed as 'jazz' - to the present. Editor(s): Johnson, Bruce. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MB; AVGJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 131.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781781792803
- ISBN
- 9781781792803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.86
€ 42.86
Paperback. In the six centuries before the Norman Conquest, the Anglo--Saxons set their mark on England: the origins of much that is distinctive in modern English culture may be found in the period, most notably the English language itself. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631174363
- ISBN
- 9780631174363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.25
€ 50.99
€ 50.25
Paperback. An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians which address the contradictions posed by museum and gallery staged exhibitions, and the challenge of staging art presentations and displays. Num Pages: 512 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; GM; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415115902
- ISBN
- 9780415115902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.53
€ 46.99
€ 46.53