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Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abacus, London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KIN0031851
- ISBN
- 9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447736
- ISBN
- 9780140447736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.11
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
Paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292776234
- ISBN
- 9780292776234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.57
€ 25.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. It focuses on two families that of Hoskuld, a prominent farmer with several sons, and that of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman ever born in Iceland. Translator(s): Kunz, Keneva. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447750
- ISBN
- 9780140447750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393681
- ISBN
- 9780141393681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.34
€ 10.99
€ 9.34
Paperback. Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447385
- ISBN
- 9780140447385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardcover. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 214 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995206
- ISBN
- 9780935995206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.01
€ 75.01
hardcover. The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). This volume focuses on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis). Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500740
- ISBN
- 9781487500740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.36
€ 100.36
Paperback. Good copy, some light shelf wear,
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KTK0090766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It's Dublin, June 1995, the hottest summer since records began. But Billy Sweeney, a middle-aged salesman with a failed marriage, a faltering career and a tumbledown house, has more than weather on his mind. His youngest daughter lies in a coma in hospital following a mysterious attack on the petrol station where she worked. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- V9780099268383
- ISBN
- 9780099268383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801408922
- ISBN
- 9780801408922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.81
€ 208.81
Paperback. Asks the essential, answerless questions about human existence: What are we doing here? Is it really here? And why here? In this title, the author states that it is nearly always possible to take notes, even if these habitually contradict each other. Num Pages: 258 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 334. 258 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Asks the essential, answerless questions about human existence: What are we doing here? Is it really here? And why here? In this title, the author states that it is nearly always possible to take notes, even if these habitually contradict each other. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 9. Weight: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771452
- ISBN
- 9781847771452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819593
- ISBN
- 9780753819593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend makes friendly daughterly overtures to Albert, whose response is less platonic. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283959
- ISBN
- 9780099283959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.86
€ 18.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. In "The Sappho History" Margaret Reynolds traces the story of the reception of Sappho's poetry and her afterlife in literature and art from the mid-18th century. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971703
- ISBN
- 9780333971703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.41
€ 65.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349665426
- ISBN
- 9781349665426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540662
- ISBN
- 9780199540662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. "This translation of The satires of Horace and Persius first published 1973; revised edition, with Horace's Epistles, published 1979; reprinted with revisions .. 2005"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint, Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455083
- ISBN
- 9780140455083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266. A Study of Suicide. 320 pages. An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB; JHBZ. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight: 218.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747559054
- ISBN
- 9780747559054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
€ 21.99
€ 17.21
Hardcover. An isolated farm in rural post-apartheid South Africa is the scene of a suspicious death that fractures a tense community. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782066521
- ISBN
- 9781782066521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- International Publishers Marketing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KOC0018101
- ISBN
- 9780715626337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi; Geroulanos, Stefanos; Jerr, Nicole. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171861
- ISBN
- 9780231171861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.23€ 61.01
€ 79.23
€ 61.01
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.44
€ 31.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Ching, Barbara; Wagner-Lawlor, Jennifer A. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149174
- ISBN
- 9780231149174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99