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Paperback. Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411123
- ISBN
- 9780815411123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.75
€ 20.75
Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894619
- ISBN
- 9780801894619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.69
€ 37.99
€ 31.69
Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 51.53
€ 66.74
€ 51.53
Paperback. Questing the educational suitability of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the classroom, this work argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. It aims to challenge the typical understanding of "Huck Finn", and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545205
- ISBN
- 9780742545205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196479
- ISBN
- 9781845196479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 61.49
€ 63.23
€ 61.49
Paperback. Within a growing scholarly literature devoted to the topics of biography and autobiography, especially in the Arabic literary tradition, the essays in this volume explore the forms and meanings of these genres with particular reference to Persian writings, as well as to writings in Arabic and Turkish that were also composed in Persianate societies. Editor(s): Marlow, L. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060661
- ISBN
- 9780674060661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.81
€ 21.99
€ 19.81
The Handbook to Romanticism Studies is an accessible and indispensible resource providing students and scholars with a rich array of historical and up-to-date critical and theoretical contexts for the study of Romanticism. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 434 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 61. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334968
- ISBN
- 9781444334968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151405
- ISBN
- 9781405151405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.54
€ 92.54
Editor(s): Monte-Proust, Patricia. Translator(s): Bacon, Josephine; Naturel, Mireile. Num Pages: 192 pages, 350 photos & illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 345 x 302 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2078.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edition Olms Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783283012182
- ISBN
- 9783283012182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 40.49
€ 51.78
€ 40.49
paperback. This correspondence provides a balance between the letters of Joyce as a man, and as a writer. Editor(s): Ellmann, Richard. Num Pages: 469 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Richard Ellmann
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571107346
- ISBN
- 9780571107346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 17.49
€ 29.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Editor(s): Schaffner, Christina. Series: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853594380
- ISBN
- 9781853594380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Paperback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about the deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327914
- ISBN
- 9780226327914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 419 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DQ; DSB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412251
- ISBN
- 9780821412251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Paperback. F R Leavis is one of the most influential thinkers in twentieth-century theory. Drawing on the work of F R Leavis and the repercussions and responses that have arisen from it, this book examines concepts including: culture; mass; civilisation; tradition; practical criticism; and, life. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415364171
- ISBN
- 9780415364171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.58
€ 32.99
€ 31.58
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639888
- ISBN
- 9780691639888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97
Paperback. The Satires contain six Latin poems of moderate length in the hexameter metre. Persius belonged to the well-to-do and landowning gentry of Italy and the tone and philosophical content of the Satires suggest that he pursued philosophy with an ardour beyond that conventionally thought proper by Romans. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856681738
- ISBN
- 9780856681738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.37
€ 33.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. A study of the making of saintly reputations, showing how sainthood, although frequently seen as a personal trait, is actually the product of negotiations between particular individuals and their communities. This text examines the mechanics of sainthood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 225 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439723
- ISBN
- 9780226439723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Hardback. Survey of one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts reveals much of its contemporary cultural, literary and social milieu. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45, 16 colour, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ACK; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842804
- ISBN
- 9781843842804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.73
€ 134.73
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641638
- ISBN
- 9780691641638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.22
€ 140.22
Paperback. Plutarch's Lives have always attracted a large number of admirers, particularly because of his pragmatic concern with ethics and politics. But Plutarch intended his Lives to be read in pairs, an intention that is often ignored by those who treat these works as merely historical sources. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856684227
- ISBN
- 9780856684227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.37
€ 33.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. "Exuberant .. elegantly conjures an evocative group dynamic." -Sam Roberts, New York Times Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353532
- ISBN
- 9780393353532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.08
€ 19.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Robyn Schiff's poems enquire about making, buying, selling and stealing in the material world, the natural landscape and the human soul. Schiff moves from Cartier and Tiffany to the Shedd Aquarium, from Marie Antoinette to the Civil War and from Mary Pickford to Marilyn Monroe. Series: Kuhl House Poets. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 2002nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877458203
- ISBN
- 9780877458203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Paperback. This book offers a reading of Andalusi, Jewish, and Arabic texts that represent the 12th and 13th centuries as the end of el-Andalus (Islamic Spain). Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741217
- ISBN
- 9780804741217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.99
€ 38.99
€ 34.99