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Paperback. In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co. New York
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393312850
ISBN
9780393312850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Dutta, Shomit; Goldhill, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439365
ISBN
9780141439365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. Translator(s): Gibbs, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 2. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540754
ISBN
9780199540754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.66

Paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446494
ISBN
9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Series: Persephone Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906462031
ISBN
9781906462031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.85

Paperback. A sequel to Writing Home, this title contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with the author's much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Num Pages: 672 pages, iIllustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228317
ISBN
9780571228317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684586
ISBN
9780856684586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback. imon Wiesenthal spent four and a half years in Mauthausen concentration camp during World War II. Since then, he has achieved reknown for his successful tracking down of Nazi war criminals. This work provides an account of Wiesenthal's inspired detective work. Num Pages: 596 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DNF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Robinson Publishing London
Edition
Rev. ed
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841196077
ISBN
9781841196077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.72

Mass Market Paperback. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Editions Flammarion France
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9782070306022
ISBN
9782070306022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.15

Hardcover. Translator(s): Gilbert, Stuart; O'Brien, Justin. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152784
ISBN
9781857152784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182018
ISBN
9780141182018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Mass Market Paperback. Presents a critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain. This work examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036625
ISBN
9780141036625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. A shocking account of the violence engulfing Honduras, from one of the few journalists to visit the country. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; 3JMG; DNJ; HBJK; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786990495
ISBN
9781786990495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.07

Paperback. Includes the author's views on overpopulation, propaganda, advertising and government control. This book appeals for the defence of relevant individualism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458234
ISBN
9780099458234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Hardcover. This study discusses whether there is a linguistic difference between classical Attic prose texts intended for public oral delivery and those intended for written circulation and private performance, establishing a rigorous methodology for the reconstruction of the native perception of clarity in the original contexts of textual reception. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 black-and-white figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; CF; D; DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198795902
ISBN
9780198795902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.12

Paperback. Presents in English for the first time one hundred essays and editorials by the radical Russian thinker Alexander Herzen (1812-1870). Herzen wrote most of these pieces for The Bell, a revolutionary newspaper he launched with the poet Nikolai Ogaryov in London in 1857. Editor(s): Parthe, Kathleen F. (Professor of Russian, Director of Russian Studies University of Rochester). Translator(s): Parthe, Kathleen F. (Professor of Russian, Director of Russian Studies University of Rochester). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810128477
ISBN
9780810128477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42

Paperback. In early l868, the last Tokugawa Shogun was toppled from power by rebels with the help of Thomas Blake Glover. This is a biography of this man who is famed in Japan for his contribution to the birth of modern Japan and for his connection with the Madame Butterfly legend. Num Pages: 272 pages, two 8page b&w insets on text paper. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857866158
ISBN
9780857866158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Portrays the Russian people. This title presents a series of interlinked stories including "The Shot", in which a duel is revisited after many years, and the grotesque "The Undertaker". It also features "Roslavlev" and the "Egyptian Nights". Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446753
ISBN
9780140446753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.72

Paperback. In 1992 the author embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, and the many signals that they missed along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 1KBBWY; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784700591
ISBN
9781784700591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Tocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American successes and failures. It continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DNF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264801
ISBN
9781853264801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.21