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Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034041
- ISBN
- 9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.20
€ 27.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KEX0212370
- ISBN
- 9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Dutta, Shomit; Goldhill, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439365
- ISBN
- 9780141439365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Hardcover. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201378
- ISBN
- 9780872201378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.63
€ 48.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036687
- ISBN
- 9780141036687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. Translator(s): Haddad, Aiman H. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789927101434
- ISBN
- 9789927101434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398181
- ISBN
- 9780141398181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.42
€ 5.42
Paperback. Talks about the country dweller, who sees his or her world eroded by the wishy-washy liberal commands of Blairite do-gooders, who sit in North West London pontificating about the needs of country people. This book also deals with the devastations of the foot and mouth crisis that showed how the great divide between town and country dwellers. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JFSF; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240. On Settling. 192 pages. Talks about the country dweller, who sees his or her world eroded by the wishy-washy liberal commands of Blairite do-gooders, who sit in North West London pontificating about the needs of country people. This book also deals with the devastations of the foot and mouth crisis that showed how the great divide between town and country dwellers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; JFSF; WND. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 14. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826490919
- ISBN
- 9780826490919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.96
€ 15.99
€ 14.96
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442267
- ISBN
- 9780140442267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.40
€ 19.99
€ 15.40
Hardcover. (Par., Phil., Symp., Phdr.; Alc. I, II, Hipp., Am.) Edited by J. Burnet. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1922
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145417
- ISBN
- 9780198145417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Paperback. Three Danish comedy plays by Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Holberg--the "father" of Danish and Norwegian literature. Plays have been translated by Michael Meyer. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840020601
- ISBN
- 9781840020601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.31
€ 13.31
Paperback. Based on oral tales that originated in historical events in 10th-century Iceland, these two sagas follow the fate of a powerful Viking family across two generations, from its early Norwegian ancestry through fierce battles to defend its honour. Editor(s): Olason, Vesteinn. Translator(s): Quinn, Judy; Regal, Martin S. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, 2 maps, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DN; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447729
- ISBN
- 9780140447729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Hardback. A landmark collection of Beauvoir's literary writings Editor(s): Simons, Margaret A.; Timmermann, Marybeth. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036347
- ISBN
- 9780252036347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Paperback. Collects essays by Levinas encompassing every aspect of his thought: the early phenomenological studies; the fully developed ethical critique of such totalizing philosophies; and the pioneering texts on the moral dimension to aesthetics. Editor(s): Hand, Sean. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164470
- ISBN
- 9780631164470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.06
€ 51.06
Paperback. This is the third volume in a series of translations of a Chinese classical novel generally known as "The Water Margin". In this volume, the company of outlaws on Mount Liang continues to grow. Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk, and his companions from Twin Dragon Peak reappear and join the company. Translator(s): Dent-Young, John; Dent-Young, Alex. Series: Marshes of Mount Liang. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622018471
- ISBN
- 9789622018471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.92
€ 33.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 158 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617432
- ISBN
- 9780816617432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Focusing on the ways authors have traditionally responded to censorship, this is a collection of essays which attempt to understand the motives for censorship. It argues that a society bound by censorship engenders a destructive dynamic of belligerence and escalating rivalry. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DNF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111766
- ISBN
- 9780226111766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.94
€ 30.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. The year 2012 is forever associated with protest from Occupy Wall Street protesters in America to the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt, and popular unrest in the face of austerity measures in Greece and Spain. This book covers these events in segments, accompanied by a flood of images, making them difficult for viewers to assess. Num Pages: 160 pages, 52 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777453316
- ISBN
- 9783777453316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.60
€ 38.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First
- SKU
- KRS0017759
- ISBN
- 9780271008455
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
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
€ 33.89
€ 33.89
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.97
€ 32.99
€ 23.97
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.82
€ 161.82
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02
€ 107.02