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Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 693 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
693
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1941
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993990
ISBN
9780674993990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; Pappus. Translator(s): Thomas, I. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
521
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674993693
ISBN
9780674993693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. This work then adopts far more radical position, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation of mankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', and a full-scale reorganization of British society. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JF; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780140433487
ISBN
9780140433487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Perfect Paperback. Num Pages: 107 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
107
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856306366
ISBN
9783856306366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442953
ISBN
9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300223606
ISBN
9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.49

Translator(s): Ariew, Roger; Grene, Marjorie. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206809
ISBN
9780872206809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Translator(s): Prasse, Karl G. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1QDAP; DNF; HBJF1; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890401
ISBN
9788772890401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.06
€ 50.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Shattuck, Roger. Num Pages: 284 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
New Directions
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0007462
ISBN
9780811200035
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044569
ISBN
9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 519 pages, 45ill. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
519
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780905838472
ISBN
9780905838472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.89
€ 138.04

Paperback. A playful look at nineteenth-century values and talking points, this dictionary will provide enduring entertainment and prove relevant even today. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 151 x 2. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496836
ISBN
9781847496836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140435825
ISBN
9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Stephen. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
David Philip South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864862556
ISBN
9780864862556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Hardcover. Explores the complexities of a Jerusalem city that represents so much to so many. This title examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224096690
ISBN
9780224096690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Jones, Gwyn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539154
ISBN
9780199539154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 716 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPQ; HRAB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1222.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
716
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970519
ISBN
9780865970519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.52

paperback. Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). Translator(s): Idema, Wilt. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987842
ISBN
9780295987842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. A newly translated epic about the premier leader of the Songhay Empire. Editor(s): Hale, Thomas. Series: African Epic. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209900
ISBN
9780253209900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Hamish. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Sandstone Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908737281
ISBN
9781908737281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. Collects essays by Levinas encompassing every aspect of his thought: the early phenomenological studies; the fully developed ethical critique of such totalizing philosophies; and the pioneering texts on the moral dimension to aesthetics. Editor(s): Hand, Sean. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164470
ISBN
9780631164470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

Paperback. Nearing sixty and needing to plan for his and his children's future, the author employed an accountant from a reputable firm. When the accountant recommended investing in a property scheme, he followed his advice - only to find out that the accountant was a fraudster and his entire life savings had vanished. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571323197
ISBN
9780571323197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.96

Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650322
ISBN
9781890650322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

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