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hardcover. An account of World War II from the articles of one of the war's finest correspondents. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: DN; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521830515
ISBN
9780521830515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.86
€ 75.12

Paperback. Features three works attributed to Constantine two of which were certainly not written by him which are important sources for historians of the papacy, Christianity and Constantine himself. This title includes "The Oration to the Saints" and the "Edict of Constantine". Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853236481
ISBN
9780853236481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. Over the last few years, often when David Mitchell has been on holiday, the author has been attempting to understand modern Britain in a weekly newspaper column. Why are there so few right-wing stand-ups? Who was Grant Shapps? What does your Spotify playlist data say about you? Are Jeremy Corbyn and Stewart Lee really the new Christs? And so on. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571329038
ISBN
9780571329038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. Like other well-known writers of the time, Hogg was a contributor to the annuals, and this book brings together all the Hogg texts that were either written for, or first published in, annuals and gift-books. Editor(s): Currie, Janette; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615278
ISBN
9780748615278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.21
€ 105.73

Paperback. After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. This title offers insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and life of ancient Greece. It reveals much about this man. Editor(s): Waterfield, Robin. Translator(s): Tredennick, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445176
ISBN
9780140445176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. An introduction to Tony Giddens' life and work. Accessible and informal overview of the principle theories of "the key intellectual figure of New Labour". Outlines the main themes in Giddens' social and political theories with customary clarity and directness and in his own words. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620497
ISBN
9780745620497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816522644
ISBN
9780816522644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.97

Hardback. Series: Griffith Institute Publications. Num Pages: 258 pages, plus 48 b/w pls, tbs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHA; 2CXC; DNF; DSBB; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416750
ISBN
9780900416750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.35

Hardback. This volume collates the prizewinning essays in the 1990 and 1991 ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition in copyright law. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
No. 40
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110600
ISBN
9780231110600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.10
€ 105.38

Paperback. The first book--length study of Cornel West, one of Americaa s foremost public intellectuals. Outlines the main themes of his thought and discusses all of his major works, which span philosophy, politics, theology and Afrocan America Studies. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DN; HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745624938
ISBN
9780745624938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.05

Hardcover. Lorenzo Valla (1406-1457) was the leading philologist of the first half of the fifteenth century, as well as a philosopher, theologian, and translator. His extant Latin letters, though few, afford a direct and unguarded window into the working life of the most passionate, difficult, and interesting of the Italian humanists. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724679
ISBN
9780674724679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.15

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Warren Hunting; Lam, George L. Series: Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Num Pages: 602 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Yale University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300007046
ISBN
9780300007046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.22
€ 66.37

Hardback. Drawn from twenty-five years of the magazine, this abundant collection contains a generous sampling of the very best writing from The New Criterion, featuring the judgments of our generation's most astute and entertaining observers. Editor(s): Kimball, Roger; Kramer, Hilton. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637060
ISBN
9781566637060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNJ; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Triumph Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600789731
ISBN
9781600789731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.62

Paperback. More than two hundred columns, articles, essays, speeches, and letters, tracing ER's development from timorous columnist to one of liberalism's most eloquent and outspoken leaders. From My Day columns on Marian Anderson, excerpts from Moral Basis of Democracy and This Troubled World, to speeches and articles on the Holocaust and McCarthyism. Editor(s): Black, Allida M. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111812
ISBN
9780231111812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Hardback. This is the first English translation of a 13th-century work which set down the customary law of Clermont in the Beauvais region of France as it was practiced and understood. The work covers both procedural and substantive law, including the facts and decisions of nearly 100 cases. Translator(s): Akehurst, F. R. P. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 792 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; DNF; HBTB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812231052
ISBN
9780812231052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.11

Hardback. Focuses on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. This title tells the stories of artists, including the author, who create despite, or because of, the horrors that drove them from their homelands and that continue to haunt them. Series: Toni Morrison Lecture Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140186
ISBN
9780691140186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

paperback. Trenchant prose writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters by one of the most important essayists of his generation. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Phillips. "A lively and slashing critic..reading him one feels windows opening, clouds passing, sunlight, and a fresh breeze entering the room."-Joseph Epstein. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635578
ISBN
9781566635578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.64

Hardcover. In this sparkling collection edited by Robert Phillips, Shapiro's most trenchant writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters are once again available. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635561
ISBN
9781566635561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Turtle Point Press United States
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933527222
ISBN
9781933527222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Bradshaw, Ross. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869792
ISBN
9781907869792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Evans, Robert C. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
EBSCO Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781429838252
ISBN
9781429838252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.64

Hardcover. The finest essays of Nobel Prize winner Herta Muller, selected from twenty years of her fearless, intelligent, unsettling truth-telling in a life lived in opposition, courage, secrecy and uncertainty Translator(s): Mulligan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHX; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846274756
ISBN
9781846274756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.48

Paperback. This volume of the Townsend Papers in the Humanities commemorates the twenty-fifth year of the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley. As such, the volume is an attempt to capture the breadth and depth of lectures and events presented by the center. Editor(s): Stojkov, Teresa. Series: Berkeley Forum in the Humanities. Num Pages: 346 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823253104
ISBN
9780823253104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.69

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