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Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780140440591
- ISBN
- 9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
€ 14.99
€ 12.25
Paperback. The Roman dramatist Terence (c 186-159 BC) adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his own time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots. This title includes his romantic play, "The Girl from Andros" that portrays a love affair saved by a startling discovery. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev Rep
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443240
- ISBN
- 9780140443240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.55
€ 19.99
€ 15.55
Paperback. Good Irish short stories will always be a delight. In this selection by Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short-story writer, the richly varied Irish tradition of spinning a yarn is triumphantly displayed. Editor(s): O'Connor, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780192819185
- ISBN
- 9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, O. D. Macrae-. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 381 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edn
- SKU
- V9780197222706
- ISBN
- 9780197222706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Hardcover. Exploring as to how a sense of being 'a Christian', or of 'Christian identity', was shaped within the setting of the Jewish and Graeco-Roman world, this work shows that, there were similarities and differences in the ways Jews and others were thinking about themselves, and asks what made early Christianity distinctive. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBG; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- SKU
- V9780199262892
- ISBN
- 9780199262892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.98
€ 246.98
Hardcover. Carol Harrison counters the assumption that Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) theology underwent a revolutionary transformation around the time he was consecrated Bishop in 396. Instead, she argues that there is a fundamental continuity in his thought and practice from the moment of his conversion in 386. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HRAB; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281664
- ISBN
- 9780199281664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.24
€ 191.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Chapman, R. W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540211
- ISBN
- 9780199540211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.83
€ 32.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071904
- ISBN
- 9780252071904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.36
€ 21.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. The first English translation of the final and most powerful book of poetry by the beloved, award-winning Israeli poet, Leah Goldberg. Translator(s): Kantar, Annie. Series: Binah Yitzrit Foundation Series in Israel Studies. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726475
- ISBN
- 9780292726475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Hardcover. Albert examines the strong impact jazz and the blues have had on fiction. The annotated listing of 400 novels, short stories and jazz fiction criticism will serve as a resource for those doing research in both music and literature. Series: Bibliographies & Indexes in World Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313289989
- ISBN
- 9780313289989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.50
€ 43.50
Hardcover. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295263
- ISBN
- 9780313295263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Paperback. This is an account of all the major movements in literary theory up to the late 1960s, with an international focus and particular emphasis on European thinkers. The principles of each theoretical position are explained in relation to preceding and succeeding positions. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714225
- ISBN
- 9780333714225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.49
€ 38.99
€ 38.49
Paperback. The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance. This study offers a critical exploration of the theoretical writings of modern practitioners. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANC; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775424
- ISBN
- 9780333775424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.49
€ 36.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. A startling light is cast into Ireland's darker corners in the new Booker-longlisted novel by the author of THE MAP OF TENDERNESS Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340822166
- ISBN
- 9780340822166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. * Popular, mainstream but academically rigorous biography of the millennium's most celebrated writer. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, Col/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112404
- ISBN
- 9780349112404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. * A beautifully written story which brings into focus the personal - a man's reconciliation with his father - and the big-picture-political: how South Africa comes to terms with its past Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113708
- ISBN
- 9780349113708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. Masterly biography of Leigh Hunt - publisher, poet, critic and Republican, and the mentor of Keats and Shelley Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117706
- ISBN
- 9780349117706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.11
€ 16.99
€ 13.11
Hardcover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author. Editor(s): Matteson, John. Series: The Annotated Books. Num Pages: 736 pages, Full color, 233 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 347 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393072198
- ISBN
- 9780393072198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.62
€ 37.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393978810
- ISBN
- 9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.31
€ 20.31
Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876162
- ISBN
- 9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05