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Paperback. A poet and post-punk heroine writes on subjects ranging from Bjork to Robert Smithson, from traveling in Iceland to walking in Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Semiotext
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350668
- ISBN
- 9781584350668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.78
€ 21.99
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Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1929
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674992528
- ISBN
- 9780674992528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Saladin is perhaps the one and only Muslim ruler who emerges with any clarity in standard tales and histories of the Crusades; this is a translation of Baha' al-Din Ibn Shaddad's (1144-1234) account of his life and career. Series Editor(s): Barber, Professor Malcolm; Edbury, Professor Peter W.; Hamilton, Professor Bernard; Housley, Professor Norman; Jackson, Professor Peter. Series: Crusade Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 278 pages, Includes 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; BGH; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC; HRLP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754633815
- ISBN
- 9780754633815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.68
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306216
- ISBN
- 9780226306216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226408545
- ISBN
- 9780226408545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.71
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€ 17.71
Paperback. In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. This is an essay about his cemetery, eyewitness accounts of Benjamin's border travails, and the circumstances of his demise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790046
- ISBN
- 9780226790046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.63
€ 36.99
€ 28.63
Hardcover. 'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinking about the sheer egoism of a female writer. Even the most arrogant female writer has to work over time to build an ego that is robust enough to get her through January, never mind all the way to December.' Deborah Levy BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903632
- ISBN
- 9781907903632
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.94
€ 16.99
€ 15.94
paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442380
- ISBN
- 9780140442380
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
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Hardcover. Plutarch (c. 45 120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the "Parallel Lives" are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the "Moralia" ("Moral Essays"). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion. Translator(s): Babbitt, F.C. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1936
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674993372
- ISBN
- 9780674993372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.65
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Hardcover. These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150742
- ISBN
- 9781857150742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.79
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€ 16.79
Paperback. This collection of women's travel writing dispels the notion that women shouldn't travel, by showing how there are few corners of the world that have not been visited by women travellers. There are also few difficulties, physical or emotional, real or imagined, that have not been met by women. Editor(s): Robinson, Jane. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802019
- ISBN
- 9780192802019
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.68
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Granta Magazine
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905881871
- ISBN
- 9781905881871
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. A collection of essays on travels in Italy. It explores art and religion, political shifts and cultural revolutions, and the nature of travel itself. It covers the aesthetic allure of Venice, the vitality of Rome, and the noisy, sensuous appeal of Naples. Editor(s): Auchard, John. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435078
- ISBN
- 9780140435078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.49
€ 14.99
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Paperback. Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043852
- ISBN
- 9780141043852
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
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Paperback. Reveals some of the author's deepest thought on art, ethics, literature and natural science, and his reactions to books, chance encounters or his administrative work. Translator(s): Stopp, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447200
- ISBN
- 9780140447200
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
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Paperback. Offering an invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), this essay on the joys of idleness contains writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043968
- ISBN
- 9780141043968
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
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€ 9.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Ill Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143129264
- ISBN
- 9780143129264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.58
€ 24.99
€ 21.58
Paperback. Italy's famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background and canals of Venice. In this book, the author portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, and between past and present, as he observes everyday life beside ancient monuments. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434316
- ISBN
- 9780140434316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.24
€ 15.99
€ 12.24
Hardcover. A lifetime of classic writing on golf, by veteran sports journalist John Hopkins. Num Pages: 320 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: DNJ; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909653184
- ISBN
- 9781909653184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.16
€ 21.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138413
- ISBN
- 9780231138413
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
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€ 38.06
Paperback. This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Wilde's poetry and prose short stories, plays, critical dialogues and his only novel - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540761
- ISBN
- 9780199540761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.96
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Paperback. The first volume of the bestselling Gonzo Papers Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330510776
- ISBN
- 9780330510776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, the author unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own contexts. This book deals with his story. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107460
- ISBN
- 9780143107460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
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Paperback. Using extensive research, interviews and his own experiences, JP Floru uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785902215
- ISBN
- 9781785902215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.50
€ 15.99
€ 6.50