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Hardback. Examines why a woman who was firmly labeled an unbeliever would take up the cause of Judaism and its promise of nationhood and statehood. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594032516
- ISBN
- 9781594032516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.77
€ 27.99
€ 24.77
Hardcover. Though Alexander the Great lived more than 17 centuries before the onset of Iberian expansion into Muslim Africa and Asia, he loomed large in the literature of late medieval and early modern Portugal and Spain. This title shows that the story of Alexander sowed the seeds of Iberian empire and foreshadowed the decline of Spanish influence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037363
- ISBN
- 9780226037363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.35€ 48.48
€ 57.35
€ 48.48
Paperback. This autobiography follows Paul Watkins's early life and schooling at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale. Born in 1963, Watkins is the author of "The Promise of Light" and "Night Over Day Over Night", which were both nominated for the Booker Prize. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571171576
- ISBN
- 9780571171576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.66
€ 8.66
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Paul Julian; Bergmann, Emilie. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316152
- ISBN
- 9780822316152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Bark, Debbie. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 508 pages, 28+ b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783080212
- ISBN
- 9781783080212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801485480
- ISBN
- 9780801485480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. A study that integrates the biography, creative writing, and criticism of one of the important figures in young adult literature. This work is aimed at teachers, librarians, and scholars of young adult literatures, as well as devoted fans and students doing research on Chambers or the subjects of his novels. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850873
- ISBN
- 9780810850873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.04
€ 93.04
Hardback. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480108
- ISBN
- 9781611480108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.54
€ 90.54
Paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446869
- ISBN
- 9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.35
€ 16.99
€ 14.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444128
- ISBN
- 9780801444128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.49
€ 74.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Perry, Ben Edwin. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252031922
- ISBN
- 9780252031922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.38
€ 143.38
Paperback. Robert Southwell's poetic view of Spenser's, Signey's and Shakespeare's England is a cold one. This book close reads and contextualises his lighter lyric poetry and its connections to English recusant culture from the music of Willian Bryd to the coded embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. Num Pages: 321 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085673
- ISBN
- 9780719085673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.07
€ 36.07
Hardback. Essays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs. Editor(s): Tracy, Larissa. Num Pages: 365 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black and white. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843511
- ISBN
- 9781843843511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81
€ 93.81
Hardcover. The interconnections between histories and memories of the Holocaust, colonialism and extreme violence in post-war French and Francophone fiction and film provide the central focus of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458834
- ISBN
- 9780857458834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.67
€ 155.67
Paperback. Presents an introduction to Old English literature that is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234869
- ISBN
- 9780631234869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.36
€ 40.99
€ 39.36
Paperback. Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, a Peruvian mestizo and historian, envisioned Latin America as a multiethnic continent and advanced a humanist interpretation of New World history. In this collection of articles, central aspects of Garcilaso's life and work are reviewed. Editor(s): Anadon, Jose. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; BGH; DSBD; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268010379
- ISBN
- 9780268010379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.99
€ 38.99
€ 34.99
Hardcover. * The first anthology of African literary criticism * Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate * Covers all genres and critical schools * Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature * Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 800 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112000
- ISBN
- 9781405112000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.65
€ 133.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101054
- ISBN
- 9781585101054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.28
€ 51.99
€ 36.28
paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326724
- ISBN
- 9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. A pioneer of the the new law and literature movement narrates its central vision, which he calls poethics: the revival of jurisprudence through literary sources and techniques. He argues that lawyers, like novelists, must use language that is precise in order to tell their stories persuasively. Num Pages: 312 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074544
- ISBN
- 9780231074544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.11
€ 89.11
Hardback. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by Roman sculptures, paintings, and literary texts, this title analyzes the role of gesture in medical and religious ritual, in the gladiatorial arena, in mourning practice, in aristocratic competition of the late Republic, and in the court of the emperor Tiberius. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; AFC; AFK; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JHMC; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074948
- ISBN
- 9780691074948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.55€ 61.41
€ 80.55
€ 61.41
Paperback. In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098210
- ISBN
- 9780226098210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.01
€ 30.99
€ 24.01
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Multiple-component retail product. Examines the history of World Literature in regions throughout the world, identifying both literature and nonfiction that was influenced by cultural events of its time. This set identifies books from the pre-colonial era onwards that have had lasting significance in the United States. Editor(s): Quay, Sara E.; Watling, Gabrielle R. Num Pages: 1088 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 74. Weight in Grams: 2540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 1088
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313337444
- ISBN
- 9780313337444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.07
€ 167.07
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630267
- ISBN
- 9780691630267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.25
€ 165.25