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Paperback. Set in the author's adopted home of California in the 1920s, this is Gene Stratton-Porter's last novel, a story filled with wisdom, a love of nature, and her own abiding optimism. In it a Master Bee Keeper, his bees, and the natural beauty of California restore a wounded World War I veteran to health. Series: The Library of Indiana Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206916
- ISBN
- 9780253206916
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
paperback. Includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and John Milton, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne. Editor(s): Burrow, Colin. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140424447
- ISBN
- 9780140424447
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. An anthology of the personal/autobiographical essays of scholars who have made the life story an important part of their disciplinary research. This book represents various disciplines, including mathematics, sociology, psychology, literature, religion and legal history. It also chronicles the origins of autobiographical criticism. Editor(s): Freedman, Diane P.; Frey, Olivia. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332138
- ISBN
- 9780822332138
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.01
€ 35.99
€ 33.01
Hardcover. Anamorphic devices challenge viewers to experience different forms of perceptual oscillation and uncertainty. This title seeks to demonstrate that much of the literature of the Spanish Golden Age is susceptible, and indeed requires, oblique readings. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532275
- ISBN
- 9781557532275
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Condition: New
€ 70.12
€ 70.12
Hardcover. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407054
- ISBN
- 9780871407054
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. This is an authoritative and timely guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland in the last quarter century. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, it presents detailed interpretations of novels by some of the country's most critically celebrated and successful writers. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336207
- ISBN
- 9781444336207
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Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618712
- ISBN
- 9780816618712
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Shakespeare used the law for dramatic effect and incorporated the passion for justice into his great tragedies and comedies, and considers the modern legal relevance of his work. This is a study in the field of literature and the law. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803278219
- ISBN
- 9780803278219
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 253 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101061
- ISBN
- 9781585101061
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879288720
- ISBN
- 9781879288720
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Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
Hardcover. Miri Nakamura examines bodily metaphors such as doppelgangers and robots that were ubiquitous in the literature of imperial Japan. Reading them against the historical rise of the Japanese empire, she argues they must be understood in relation to the most "monstrous" body of all in modern Japan: the carefully constructed image of the empire itself. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504325
- ISBN
- 9780674504325
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300104462
- ISBN
- 9780300104462
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Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.11
€ 53.24
€ 42.11
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader. From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualis...
Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Ed(S): Meye...
Hardback. Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412021
- ISBN
- 9780815412021
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.50
€ 30.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813217901
- ISBN
- 9780813217901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.97
€ 84.97
Paperback. This anthology collects descriptions, poems, narratives, satires and essays written in and about the British West Indies between 1657 and 1777. It offers period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture and medicine. Editor(s): Krise, Thomas W. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DQ; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453927
- ISBN
- 9780226453927
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. It illuminates contradictions in Emerson's political outlook, and the conjunctions of liberal and authoritarian ideology they produced. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HPC; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226577005
- ISBN
- 9780226577005
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.29
€ 42.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. * Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century and its cultural, social and political contexts. * Ties literary developments to the shaping of modernity during the period, including the growth of cities, global trade and travel, and rights for women, workers and slaves. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625157
- ISBN
- 9780745625157
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Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Educating the Child in Enlightenment Britain: Beliefs, Cultures, Pract...
Shefrin, Jill. Ed(S): Hilton, Mary
paperback. Editor(s): Hilton, Mary. Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; GTC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138250666
- ISBN
- 9781138250666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231232
- ISBN
- 9780823231232
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Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Hardback. The letters in this volume show the woman Rossetti was at this time in her life. By 1874 she was an established poet with a literary reputation among her contemporaries. But her personal life was overshadowed by the deaths and illness of close friends, and her own affliction with Graves' disease. In the VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE series. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917832
- ISBN
- 9780813917832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.40
€ 107.40
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880100
- ISBN
- 9780801880100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.93
€ 112.93
Paperback. Critical Currents and Crosscurrents Since 1960. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. 244 pages, black & white illustrations. An examination of the past half-century's critical reassessments of one of the most-studied American poets. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134776
- ISBN
- 9781571134776
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.37
€ 38.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. The controversy generated in Italy by the writings of Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso during the sixteenth century was the a historically important debate on what constitutes modern literature. This book re-examines these two poet-thinkers, the debate they inspired, and the reasons why that debate remains relevant. Editor(s): Finucci, Valeria. Series: Duke Monographs in Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322955
- ISBN
- 9780822322955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42