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Paperback. La Soeur (1645) is one of the liveliest and most successful comedies by Jean Rotrou. The introduction to this new edition assesses the originality of Rotrou's adaptation. The notes are devoted above all to linguistic questions and to the many exotic allusions found in the text. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 156 pages, bibliography, 2 b&w half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893985
ISBN
9780859893985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.06

Paperback. This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 b&w halftone, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894883
ISBN
9780859894883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170281
ISBN
9781590170281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782115724
ISBN
9781782115724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.77

Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
SKU
KTK0095816
ISBN
9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the first fifty-three years of his radical life, including his earliest years, where we can see the source of his belief in the innocence of childhood; and the development of his philosophical and political ideas. Translator(s): Cohen, John M. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440331
ISBN
9780140440331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Aronson, Ronald; Hoven, Adrian van den. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174937
ISBN
9781590174937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. From writings on food and sex to a mini portrait of his great friend and rival, Albert Camus, this volume brings together a collection of Sartrean gems. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189216
ISBN
9780140189216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424471
ISBN
9780857424471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.37

Paperback. Includes interlocking essays that uncover art as an active force in the world - neither elitist or remote, present to those who want it, affecting even those who don't. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590019
ISBN
9780099590019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. "Originally published in French as L'urgence et la patience"--Title page verso. Translator(s): Gauvin, Edward. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 177 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970791
ISBN
9781628970791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. Neglected and obscure writers are at the fore in this incisive collection of critical essays. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785354007
ISBN
9781785354007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Series: The Florida History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; DN; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813036946
ISBN
9780813036946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.67

paperback. Series: Florida History and Culture (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813034393
ISBN
9780813034393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 95 color photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691166490
ISBN
9780691166490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134967
ISBN
9781571134967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.66

Paperback. "ReCalling Early Canada" is the first substantial collection of essays to focus on the production of Canadian literary and cultural works prior to WWI. Editor(s): Blair, Jennifer; Coleman, Daniel; Higginson, Kate; York, Lorraine M. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644435
ISBN
9780888644435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476723426
ISBN
9781476723426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408879948
ISBN
9781408879948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. A collection of ancient literary evidence relating to Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and the decorative arts. Num Pages: 316 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780521273664
ISBN
9780521273664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.75

Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607168
ISBN
9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.17

Hardcover. When an enraged reader gunned him down in Waco, April Fool's Day 1898, William Cowper Brann had published "The Iconoclast", the nation's most controversial magazine, for some forty months. This title synthesizes some of the most memorable Brannisms, from America to Texas Politics to the Universe. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724051
ISBN
9780896724051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet E. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DN; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497520
ISBN
9780801497520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.27

Paperback. Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447385
ISBN
9780140447385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

hardcover. Lives are known textually, and this collection of new essays explores, corrects, and advances contemporary knowledge of historical lives and texts, particularly of the British eighteenth century. Complementing the essays is a complete translation and critical edition of a life of Hester Thrale Piozzi written in French by Frances Burney. Editor(s): Swan, Jesse G. Num Pages: 302 pages, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611485400
ISBN
9781611485400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173558
ISBN
9781590173558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903265017
ISBN
9781903265017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408866139
ISBN
9781408866139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Driftwood Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900055072
ISBN
9780900055072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.04

Hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWC; AJB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781721780
ISBN
9781781721780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268028930
ISBN
9780268028930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Paperback. Translator(s): Keown, Dominic; Kitts, Sally-Ann; Rubies, Joan-Pau; Wheeler, Max; Willis, Judith; Yates, Alan. Series: Anglo-Catalan Society Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
138
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512065
ISBN
9781905512065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430287
ISBN
9780226430287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

hardcover. A brand new collection of essays exclusively commissioned by Notting Hill Editions. Iain Sinclair writes in his luminous introduction, the contributors try to explain their impulse to write 'by way of personal anecdote, revelation, or hopeful punt in the dark'. Num Pages: 4 Full Colour. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions Trade
Edition
First Edition. Hardback.
Condition
New
SKU
9781910749166
ISBN
9781910749166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. As autobiography, Brainard's method was brilliantly simple: to set down specific memories ('everything is interesting, sooner or later') as they rose to the surface of his consciousness, each prefaced by the refrain 'I remember.' BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903571
ISBN
9781907903571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 211.
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307406866
ISBN
9780307406866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.74

paperback. In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks to hang on to their town. This book presents a snapshot of these people. Num Pages: 236 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYV; HBJD; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224080897
ISBN
9780224080897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. Retraces John C. Fremont's five remarkable western expeditions (1842-53) and portrays wilderness on the brink of irreversible change. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 254 x 9. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570982606
ISBN
9781570982606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.76