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Paperback. Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure Translator(s): Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 720 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441451
ISBN
9780140441451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141984957
ISBN
9780141984957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Series: Theatre Makers. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 37. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Condition
New
SKU
9781472591746
ISBN
9781472591746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444742
ISBN
9780140444742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.40

Paperback. Collects all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. This book includes author's stories that reflect his professed method of "writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related." Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 1245. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Illinois Pbk
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069222
ISBN
9780252069222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.60

Paperback. From his early days Wodehouse adored cricket and references to the game run like a golden thread though his writings. He not only wrote about this glorious British pastime, but also played it well, appearing six times at Lords, where his first captain was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book presents Wodehouse's writings on cricket. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099551362
ISBN
9780099551362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Presents an account of common errors in subjects including sciences, history, literature and philosophy. This title includes "Hydriotaphia" or 'Urn Buriall', "The Garden of Cyrus", "A Letter to a Friend", and "Christian Morals". Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140431094
ISBN
9780140431094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. An account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. It also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, himself, as well as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", the poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of woman he loved. Editor(s): Toibin, Colm. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140439908
ISBN
9780140439908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Rowe, Christopher. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449747
ISBN
9780140449747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Fired by his abiding love of the English landscape, the poetry of Edward Thomas is some of the most astonishing of the twentieth century. By 1917, when he was killed on the Western Front, he had earned his place as one of England's most valued poets. This title brings together his finest verse with his most vivid prose writings on the countryside. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141393193
ISBN
9780141393193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Condition
New
SKU
9781405922074
ISBN
9781405922074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.02

Mass Market Paperback. Provides the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and 'mindsource' images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141979564
ISBN
9780141979564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. A title, in which the author argues that sex is at the heart of his writing because it is at the heart of life - a vital force as essential as bread, money, work or play. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141399157
ISBN
9780141399157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.99
€ 5.85

Paperback. These memoirs of a senior civil servant based in Dublin, London and Belfast provide an insight into the conflicts associated with Home Rule, revolution and partition in Ireland. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; BGH; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0000742
ISBN
9781859183441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.69

Hardcover. This text presents over 1000 Oscar Wilde quotations on subjects from absinthe to Zola. In addition, it includes selections from Wilde's personal letters remarking on his life and on the human condition, and aims to capture the witticisms at which Wilde excelled. Editor(s): Beckson, Karl. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104562
ISBN
9780231104562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNJ; JFSL1; JPVR; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141986142
ISBN
9780141986142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. No copy exists. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; DNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Toned pages, text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0025034
ISBN
9780099387213
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his "Roman History" survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 507 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370. LOEB
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1916
Publisher
Loeb
Condition
New
SKU
9780674990739
ISBN
9780674990739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.42

Hardcover. Tacitus (c. 55 c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of "Histories" covers the dramatic years 69 70. What survives of "Annals" tells an often terrible tale of 14 28, 31 37, and, partially, 47 66. Translator(s): Jackson, J. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316. LOEB
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1937
Publisher
Loeb
Condition
New
SKU
9780674993457
ISBN
9780674993457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.42

Hardcover. Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, sets out his vision of 'an ethical Republic' in a collection of his speeches. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DNS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 315 x 43. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
9781784978273
ISBN
9781784978273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.25

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