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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684586
- ISBN
- 9780856684586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.94
€ 32.99
€ 29.94
Paperback. Includes ardent pieces on writers from the author's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W G Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwick. This work shares her passions for film, dance, photography, painting, opera and theatre. It explores her own commitments to the work (and activism) of conscience and to the vocation of the writer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190211
- ISBN
- 9780141190211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.69
€ 17.99
€ 13.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 566 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Publisher
- China Knowledge Press Singapore
- Number of pages
- 566
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814163439
- ISBN
- 9789814163439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 34.03
€ 51.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. A collection of 29 pieces on books, writing, photography, and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. With literary subjects ranging from Defoe through Rilke and Kafka to the giants of the 20th century, those who admire Coetzee as a novelist can also read his literary criticism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422624
- ISBN
- 9780099422624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.93
€ 16.99
€ 12.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Summers, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590174470
- ISBN
- 9781590174470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.53
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€ 18.53
Paperback. Can civilization save us from ourselves? In this book, that is the question the author asks in a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910702369
- ISBN
- 9781910702369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; BG; DN; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Conari Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573241380
- ISBN
- 9781573241380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.60
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€ 24.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396965
- ISBN
- 9780141396965
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486282251
- ISBN
- 9780486282251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.11
€ 6.11
Paperback. These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. This book presents conversations in which Jean-Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of digital information is available. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552451
- ISBN
- 9780099552451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.99
€ 16.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. "Discourses on Livy" is the founding document of modern republicanism and this English translation remains faithful to the original text. With explanatory notes, a glossary of key words and an annotated index, this version reveals Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics. Translator(s): Mansfield, Harvey C. (William R. Kenan Jr Professor of Government, Harvard University, USA); Tarcov, Nathan (Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago, USA). Num Pages: 424 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500362
- ISBN
- 9780226500362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
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€ 22.27
Hardcover. 8 masterly essays by great French thinker: "Of Friendship," "Of Books," "Of Cruelty," "Of Repentance," four more. Classic Charles Cotton translation. Translator(s): Atkinson, James B.; Sices, David. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603845960
- ISBN
- 9781603845960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.11
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Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189758
- ISBN
- 9780141189758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
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Hardback. Thoreau's literary classic, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living, has engaged readers and thinkers for a century and a half. This edition of Walden is the first to set forth an authoritative text with generous annotations. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions of previous editions. Editor(s): Cramer, Jeffrey S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 202 x 35. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300104660
- ISBN
- 9780300104660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
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€ 26.10
Paperback. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540. Writing and Living, 1950-2008. 752 pages. Telling Times collects together all of Nadine Gordimer's non-fiction in one volume that bears witness to her moral and political engagement in many of the most crucial issues of the last half-century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight: 526.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408800966
- ISBN
- 9781408800966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.12
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Paperback. With topics ranging from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people do Christmas shopping or have swimming pools, this book offers a Chinese woman's perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of British and Chinese people. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Editiion First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501527
- ISBN
- 9780099501527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.17
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Hardback. Required by custom to be "entirely passive" during the presidential campaign, Jefferson, at Monticello during the summer of 1800, refrains from answering attacks on his character, responds privately to Benjamin Rush's queries about religion, and learns of rumors of his own death. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 halftones. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124896
- ISBN
- 9780691124896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.83€ 121.59
€ 160.83
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Paperback. With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, this collection offers an insight behind the scenes of Discworld into a much loved and much missed figure. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 269.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552167727
- ISBN
- 9780552167727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
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paperback. "War Against Cliche" is a collection of essays. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422228
- ISBN
- 9780099422228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.44
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Paperback. Presents the author's journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. This title offers a portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DNF; WSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099460954
- ISBN
- 9780099460954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69