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Paperback. "The Best American Magazine Writing 2011" now features interviews with several authors selected for this anthology, speaking on their craft, the use of sources, courting controversy, and the challenges of journalistic writing in an age of extreme partisanship and Internet news. Editor(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159401
- ISBN
- 9780231159401
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.00
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Paperback. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555758
- ISBN
- 9780199555758
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€ 17.99€ 14.00
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Paperback. Demosthenes is regarded as the greatest orator of classical antiquity. Part of the "Oratory of Classical Greece" series, this volume contains his Funeral Oration for those who died in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, and the so-called Erotic Essay, a rhetorical exercise in which the speaker eulogizes the youth Epicrates for his looks. Translator(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: The Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713321
- ISBN
- 9780292713321
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€ 21.99€ 21.55
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Hardcover. The diaries of Pius II give us an intimate glimpse of the life and thought of one of the greatest of the Renaissance popes. This edition contains a fresh Latin text based on the last manuscript written in Pius's lifetime. Editor(s): Meserve, Margaret; Simonetta, Marcello (Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Wesleyan University, USA). Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011649
- ISBN
- 9780674011649
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.07
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Paperback. A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present. Editor(s): Gilbert, Sandra M.; Porter, Roger J. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DQ; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 251 x 33. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353518
- ISBN
- 9780393353518
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.55
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Hardcover. The major works of Josephus (c. 37 after 97 CE) are "History of the Jewish War," from 170 BCE to his own time, and "Jewish Antiquities," from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical "Life" and a treatise "Against Apion." Translator(s): Marcus, Ralph; Wikgren, Allen. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 118 x 29. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1943
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995383
- ISBN
- 9780674995383
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.99
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Hardcover. Describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996397
- ISBN
- 9780674996397
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.07
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262073035
- ISBN
- 9780262073035
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.62
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Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
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Paperback. Recounts the ancient war between Athens and Sparta in the translation by the seventeenth century British philosopher. Translator(s): Hobbes, T. Num Pages: 638 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 638
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- The Univ of Chicago Pr Edition, 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226801063
- ISBN
- 9780226801063
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.46
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631001
- ISBN
- 9781578631001
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.78
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€ 16.78
Paperback. Rural Rides of the Bristol Churchgoer Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Nonsuch Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845880019
- ISBN
- 9781845880019
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
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Hardback. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826. Manuscript Edition: Volume 3, 1776--1780. 1776-1780. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. 352 pages. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight: 826.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606047
- ISBN
- 9780748606047
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Condition: New
€ 116.59€ 111.46
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Hardback. "A Cultural History of Food presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers nearly 3,000 years of food and its physical, spiritual, social and cultural dimensions."-- Editor(s): Montanari, Professor Massimo (Universitites of Catania and Bologna.). Series: Cultural Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTB; JFCV; JHBT; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857850249
- ISBN
- 9780857850249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.59€ 103.72
€ 116.59
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Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the 20th century's major cultural critics, a prolific scholar and a theorist of film. In this volume his writings on modern society are translated into English. Written in the 1920s and early 1930s, these essays examine the everyday world of the masses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674551633
- ISBN
- 9780674551633
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.34
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Paperback. Presents the experiences of Scottish soldiers during the Second World War in their own words. This book includes descriptions ranging from the brutal hardships suffered by General Slim's 'forgotten' 14th Army as it fought its way through Burma to the large scale onslaught of the D-Day landings to the deprivations of the Siege of Malta. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752437101
- ISBN
- 9780752437101
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.26
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Bookstorm
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920434168
- ISBN
- 9781920434168
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
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Paperback. Louise Labe (1522-66) remains one of the most important and influential women writers of the Renaissance. This bilingual edition features the translations of Labe's sonnets to follow the exacting rhyme patterns of the originals and the rhymed translation of Labe's elegies in their entirety. Editor(s): Baker, Deborah Lesko. Translator(s): Finch, Annie. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Bilingual edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226467153
- ISBN
- 9780226467153
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
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Hardcover. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403911834
- ISBN
- 9781403911834
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Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. Lay Sermons offers, playfully, a series of lay sermons on good principles and good breeding - the last thing that one would expect from the pen of Blackwood's Ettrick Shepherd Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748607464
- ISBN
- 9780748607464
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Condition: New
€ 110.76€ 106.08
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Hardback. James Hogg's Jacobite Relics - originally commissioned by the Highland Society of London in 1817 - is an important addition to The Collected Works of James Hogg. Editor(s): Pittock, Professor Murray. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 584 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; AVGC; DNF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1055.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615926
- ISBN
- 9780748615926
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Condition: New
€ 169.06€ 160.20
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Paperback. Tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book ranges from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, and highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122601
- ISBN
- 9780691122601
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
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Paperback. A selection of the works of the author taken from the period between 1905 and 1936, when he was engaged in an astounding number of still-surprising literary experiments, whose innovations continue to influence various arts. Editor(s): Retallack, Joan. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248069
- ISBN
- 9780520248069
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.27
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Paperback. This selection presents the best of the popular science writing of Sir Peter Medawar. He was not only a prize-winning immunologist, but also a noted writer about science and scientists. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192861931
- ISBN
- 9780192861931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.77
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€ 33.77