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Paperback. Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germain de Stael achieved an influence on European culture through the force of her fiction and critical writings. This volume makes a representative sample of her work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055871
ISBN
9780231055871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.69

hardcover. Includes a collection of Thoreau quotations ever assembled. This title gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker. Editor(s): Cramer, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 552 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 36. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691139975
ISBN
9780691139975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 5.12

paperback. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has been considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance. This book collects essays he wrote from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which concern white racism, and political and literary addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931. Editor(s): McElrath, Joseph R., Jr.; Leitz, Robert; Crisler, Jesse S. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
636
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744324
ISBN
9780804744324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.46

Paperback. This is a collection of film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's work. Written over a span of 21 years, these essays cover a broad range of films - from Hollywood blockbusters to foreign art movies to experimental cinema. They include reviews, commentary and analysis of the practice of film criticism. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520086333
ISBN
9780520086333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Interlink Publishing
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908531131
ISBN
9781908531131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.44

paperback. A polemic on the case for Scottish independence by the writer, artist, thinker and cultural icon, Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 161.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781782111696
ISBN
9781782111696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.88

paperback. A collection of Robert Frost's prose that allows readers and scholars to appreciate the great American author's forays beyond poetry, and to discover in the prose that he did make public - in newspapers, magazines, journals, speeches, and books - the wit, force, and grace that made his poetry famous. Editor(s): Richardson, Mark. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034679
ISBN
9780674034679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.14

hardcover. This collection of essays by prominent philosophers treats Husserl's last work, The Crisis of European Sciences, which deals with the relation of science to the world of everyday experience. Editor(s): Hyder, David; Rheinberger, Hans-Jorg. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756044
ISBN
9780804756044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345422804
ISBN
9780345422804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. This volume is a collection of public writings and insights of the German post-structuralist, Friedrich A. Kittler. It merges the discourse of literature, war and technology into a unified theme. His research results in a vision of the future in which the distinction between mediums is erased. Editor(s): Johnston, John. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9789057010613
ISBN
9789057010613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.93

paperback. Offers translation and commentary on Eutropius, whose Breviarium (Abbreviated History of Rome) was a major vehicle for transmitting knowledge of Roman history to people of the Middle Ages and beyond. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 186 pages, 3 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780853232087
ISBN
9780853232087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Daley, James. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486497396
ISBN
9780486497396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.14

Hardcover. Martial Epigrammata Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146254
ISBN
9780198146254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.52

paperback. Editor(s): Motion, Sir Andrew. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375705489
ISBN
9780375705489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. A posthumous collection of the essays of June Jordan, noted for its "love of language" and "expression of social identity" (Reamy Jansen, San Francisco Chronicle) Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Civitas Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465036936
ISBN
9780465036936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWC; AJB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721780
ISBN
9781781721780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.69

paperback. A collection of William Cullen Bryant's editorials for the New York "Evening Post". This volume traces the growth of the chief editor and principal owner's political and social maturity as he made over a conservative, parochial, small-city newspaper into a national organ. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DNF; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 573.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823215447
ISBN
9780823215447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

paperback. The fourth volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel known as "The Water Margin". This volume contains chapters 63-90 of the original and can be divided into four main sections. It ends with an encounter foreshadowing the campaign against Tian Hu in the next volume. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622019898
ISBN
9789622019898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.69

Paperback. A groundbreaking addition to today's popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism's beliefs and practices in facing death. Num Pages: 384 pages, music. BIC Classification: DNF; HRKP; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
HarperOne
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062515162
ISBN
9780062515162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062564504
ISBN
9780062564504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.09

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