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paperback. Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year. Distinguished by its diversity, covering areas in politics, education, popular culture, as well as trending topics in the new Series: Reference Shelf Series. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- H. W. Wilson United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619256958
- ISBN
- 9781619256958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.96
€ 103.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621902065
- ISBN
- 9781621902065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.94
€ 85.94
Paperback. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; BG; DN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- REV
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299160845
- ISBN
- 9780299160845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.38
€ 35.38
Paperback. In 1772/73, Immanuel Kant began lectures on anthropology, which he continued until 1776. His lecture notes and papers were first published in 1798. This present edition of the "Anthropology" is a translation of the text found in volume seven of the "Kants gesammelte Schriften". Editor(s): Rudnick, Hans H. (Professor of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA). Translator(s): Dowdell, Victor Lyle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809320608
- ISBN
- 9780809320608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. Topics covered in these essays include religion, philosophy, conservation, and farming. The essays seek to emphasize the process of the literary naturalist, specifically the connection the author makes between perceiving nature and how perception permeates all aspects of life experiences. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606789
- ISBN
- 9780815606789
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Condition: New
€ 35.38
€ 35.38
Hardcover. Spanning a period of eighty years, this book depicts a nineteenth-century central New York family grappling with shifting mores, civil war, and vast changes in technology, transportation, culture, education, and even regional landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 10 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608608
- ISBN
- 9780815608608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.98
€ 30.99
€ 27.98
Hardcover. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629719
- ISBN
- 9780815629719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.38
€ 59.38
Paperback. Offering personal and political insights, this is a collection of poems and stories. Here, the author shares her personal journey through the social and political landscapes of the 1980s, with its recollected moments of struggle and transformation along the way. She manages to capture the seminal moments of black South African history. Num Pages: 108 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869140014
- ISBN
- 9781869140014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.84
€ 24.84
Hardback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349624
- ISBN
- 9780822349624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.55
€ 148.55
paperback. Translator(s): Moody, Johanna E. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 693 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 693
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896801608
- ISBN
- 9780896801608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.60
€ 100.60
Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Beckford, William; Jack, Malcolm
paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435306
- ISBN
- 9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.03
€ 17.99
€ 14.03
Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Selected Essays of Scott O'Hara (Haworth...
Dececco, John, Phd; Streit, Samuel A.; O'Hara...
hardcover. The author, who died of AIDS in 1998, describes his adventures as a porn star, writer, playwright, and editor of the journal STEAM. He discusses safe sex, male beauty, fantasies, and childhood experiences with humor and insight, in essays, poems, and stories. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789005731
- ISBN
- 9780789005731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.85
€ 182.85
Tales of the Old Indian Territory and Essays on the Indian Condition (...
Oskison, John Milton. Ed(S): Larre, Lionel
paperback. John Milton Oskison, born in the Indian Territory to a Cherokee mother and an immigrant English father, and was brought up engaging in his Cherokee heritage. Oskison left Indian Territory to attend college and went on to have a long career in New York City journalism. This is the first comprehensive collection of Oskison's writings. Editor(s): Larre, Lionel. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 680 pages, French flaps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237926
- ISBN
- 9780803237926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.32
€ 88.32
Hardback. This is a scholarly edition of Laurence Sterne's sermons. This volume contains the text of his 45 sermons. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC91; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013855
- ISBN
- 9780813013855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.65
€ 77.65
hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754603429
- ISBN
- 9780754603429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.13
€ 201.13
paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399425
- ISBN
- 9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Hardcover. Aristotle Metaphysica Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Greek
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145134
- ISBN
- 9780198145134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.11
€ 69.11
paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140081954
- ISBN
- 9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. Editor(s): Bauer, Laurie; Trudgill, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140260236
- ISBN
- 9780140260236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141193748
- ISBN
- 9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45