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Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006122
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 17.95

Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9780992974718
ISBN
9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.95

Hardcover. A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta
Condition
New
SKU
9781783780792
ISBN
9781783780792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.75

Paperback. The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216523
ISBN
9780812216523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

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

€ 36.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. "Meno (Second Edition)". Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 39 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 53 x 3. Weight in Grams: 52.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
33
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Second Edition,2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915144242
ISBN
9780915144242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KEX0236105
ISBN
9781908836120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KAK0002152
ISBN
9781908836120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Copyright date: 1984. Originally published: 1916. Translator(s): Miller, F.J. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 116 x 28. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
500
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1916
Edition
2 Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990470
ISBN
9780674990470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801480805
ISBN
9780801480805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.46

Paperback. A close translation of the fourth, fifth and sixth books of the "Metaphysics", in which Aristotle discusses the nature and scope of metaphysics. The translation is accompanied by an interpretative and critical commentary. The second edition includes an expanded bibliography. Translator(s): Kirwan, Christopher. Series: Clarendon Aristotle Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, index, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198240877
ISBN
9780198240877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.11

Hardback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126564
ISBN
9780231126564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.86
€ 86.26

Paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126571
ISBN
9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Mexico is a top travel destination. This book offers a vision of Mexico by some of Mexico's contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. It provides information on the people of the beaches, the deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains and megacities. It is a journey from the Pacific to the Gulf, from Yucatan to border slums, and more. Editor(s): Mayo, C. M. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883513153
ISBN
9781883513153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.52

Hardback. Meyer (Mike) Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for his account of the murder of thirteen people by a deranged war veteran in Camden, New Jersey. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823223275
ISBN
9780823223275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413776488
ISBN
9780413776488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. Michael Parkinson on Cricket represents the best and most humorous of the author's journalism on his favourite sport. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340825082
ISBN
9780340825082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Flexibound. In the same format of the best-selling Leonardo's Notebooks, which has 320,000 copies in print worldwide,Michelangelo's Notebooks is an illustrated record of the artist's life and work. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 drawings and illustrations in 2 and 4 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579129798
ISBN
9781579129798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. This collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents is designed for students of Chaucer and Middle English literature. It makes readily available accounts of key historical events and descriptions of pertinent cultural phenomena. Brings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-century historical and cultural texts. Editor(s): Goldie, Matthew Boyd. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231486
ISBN
9780631231486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.36

Paperback. This classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Editor(s): Dunn, Charles W.; Byrnes, Edward T. Num Pages: 584 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824052973
ISBN
9780824052973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.25

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