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Prose: non-fiction
Paperback. In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. Editor(s): Rees, William. Translator(s): Rees, William. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183190
- ISBN
- 9780141183190
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.37
€ 11.99
€ 9.37
Paperback. Contains twelve of author's celebrated short stories, together with "The Grass Harp" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This title also includes various sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185309
- ISBN
- 9780141185309
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.37
€ 17.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Looking at every aspect of the city, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, the author captures its magnificence and beauty, and recalls his own memories of the place he called home for many winters, as he remembers friends, lovers and enemies he has encountered. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141391496
- ISBN
- 9780141391496
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.07
€ 12.99
€ 9.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; BTM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981086
- ISBN
- 9780141981086
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.17
€ 12.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Dealing with subjects ranging from a Swedish hotel made of ice to the enigma of UFOs, from a tragedy on Lake Minnetonka to the gold mine of cyberpornography, this book presents over 90 essays. It covers various topics such as the environment, terrorism, education, sports, politics, and music. Editor(s): McPhee, John; Rigolot, Carol. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143088
- ISBN
- 9780691143088
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Condition: New
€ 52.17€ 41.17
€ 52.17
€ 41.17
paperback. Addresses the role of citizenship as a buffer between individual and community. This book explicates the foundations of religious toleration. It affords a distinctive theoretical perspective that rivals that of various thinkers of the Western political tradition. Translator(s): Gewirth, Alan. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123556
- ISBN
- 9780231123556
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Condition: New
€ 52.56
€ 52.56
Hardback. Addresses subjects that range from literature and philosophy through religion, politics, history, and biography, to travel-writing and science. This volume comprises annotations on more than sixty books (from Sherlock to "Unidentified"), including well-known works by Sir Philip Sidney, Southey, Spinoza, Swift, and Tennyson. Editor(s): Jackson, H. J.; Whalley, George. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 896 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DNF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1171.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 896
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099583
- ISBN
- 9780691099583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.98€ 200.84
€ 257.98
€ 200.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674139909
- ISBN
- 9780674139909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.32€ 112.03
€ 126.32
€ 112.03
Hardback. Covers a period of twenty-two months during which Thomas Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a 'monstrous farmer'. Editor(s): Oberg, Barbara B. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 744 pages, 8 duotones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; DN; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1212.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090436
- ISBN
- 9780691090436
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Condition: New
€ 164.64€ 123.11
€ 164.64
€ 123.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801437465
- ISBN
- 9780801437465
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Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. Ring Lardner's influence on American letters is arguably greater than that of any other American writer in the early part of the twentieth century. Ron Rapoport has gathered the best of Lardner's journalism from his earliest days at the South Bend Times through his years at the Chicago Tribune and his weekly column for the Bell Syndicate. Editor(s): Rapoport, Ron. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DNJ; KNTJ; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269736
- ISBN
- 9780803269736
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Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
paperback. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 141.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804713993
- ISBN
- 9780804713993
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. This volume traces the work and thinking of Charles Fillmore throughout his 30 year career. It is a collection which reflects his desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questions of language form, language use and conventions linking form, meaning and practice. Series: Papers on Semantic Roles S. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862866
- ISBN
- 9781575862866
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.51
€ 27.99
€ 22.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Critical edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393957495
- ISBN
- 9780393957495
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.13
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Paperback. A translation of Osbern Bokenham's "Legendys of Hooly Wummen" (1443-1447), the first all-female hagiography. Translated from Latinale Middle English, it contains the Augustinian friar's version of the stories of 13 women saints from gospel, apocrypha, martyrology and high-medieval history. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Series: Mediaeval Studies: Sources & Appraisals S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268012953
- ISBN
- 9780268012953
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.10
€ 32.99
€ 30.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Daley, James. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DNS; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486498829
- ISBN
- 9780486498829
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Condition: New
€ 9.12
€ 9.12
hardcover. Presents Stevens' notebooks containing excerpts from his reading, his comments and aphorisms. Editor(s): Bates, Milton J. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 16. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715492
- ISBN
- 9780804715492
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Condition: New
€ 74.41
€ 74.41
paperback. Livy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 144 pages, M. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685248
- ISBN
- 9780856685248
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34
paperback. Livy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, text, commentary, translation, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685743
- ISBN
- 9780856685743
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
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Paperback. Reveals the writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771540
- ISBN
- 9780226771540
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.59
€ 26.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 91 pages, 28 engravings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 303 x 7. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- Rosenwald Collection Reprint Series
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486210926
- ISBN
- 9780486210926
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
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paperback. Livy is a popular author in schools and universities in all areas of the English speaking world. The more popular books studied are those which recount the early history of Rome and the more noteworthy events of the Second Punic War. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685996
- ISBN
- 9780856685996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
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Paperback. This annual anthology of the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays, offers a rare opportunity to experience in a single volume the top work of veteran reporters and up-and-coming journalists. Editor(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147149
- ISBN
- 9780231147149
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.00
€ 18.99
€ 15.00
hardcover. For this edition of Jack London's observations on the craft of writing-culled from essays, reviews, letters, and autobiographical writings-a significant amount of new material has been added. Editor(s): Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736350
- ISBN
- 9780804736350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98