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Paperback. The remarkably diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history, and cultural studies. This is the first collection of Baumana s writings that covers the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz. Editor(s): Beilharz, Peter. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214922
ISBN
9780631214922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.49

Paperback. General Simon Bolivar, called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington of Latin America", was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. Although he didn't prepare a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations and letters contain ideas still widely relevant. Translator(s): Fornoff, Frederick H. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; BGH; DNF; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144819
ISBN
9780195144819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.69

Paperback. Tales of Irresistible Desire. 360 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Legends and myths of all cultures tell of those possessing captivating allure we are powerless to resist. Sirens, demon lovers, femme fatales, and others compel our love, drawing us into realms of forbidden desire and passion. These seductions are not always supernatural, nor even sexual. This title includes tales from eighteen storytellers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FM. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 21. Weight: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Prime Books
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607013433
ISBN
9781607013433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816653485
ISBN
9780816653485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Presents a translation of spiritual poems of Mehmed Muhyiddin Uftade, one of the Ottoman Sufi masters. This title provides an overview of the features of Uftade's life and teachings, and of his cultural background, where sultans were often affiliated to Sufi orders. Translator(s): Culme-Seymour, Angela; Ballanfat, Paul. Num Pages: 180 pages, diagram. BIC Classification: 2FMC; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anqa Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953451388
ISBN
9780953451388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 12.75

Paperback. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0010599
ISBN
9781848400047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. He changes from king to beggar, and finally, to man, in a pattern of loss and discovery which reflects the archetype of tragic wisdom. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300122008
ISBN
9780300122008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.91

Paperback. A collection of poems that fuses lyrical autobiography with a record of the public life of the nation. Paradoxically, as Ireland suffered numerous atrocities, it was also becoming freer, more cosmopolitan and less hypocritical, as exemplified in the presidency of Mary Robinson. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302. First paperback edition. Signed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvill Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0003354
ISBN
9781860466380
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Children's Books - Fiction - General,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Social Issues - Illness & Addiction - Alcoholism,Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy"
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Veritas Books
Condition
New
SKU
KHS0040488
ISBN
9781853904813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. In the 1990s, it was the French theorists such as Derrida, Lacan and Foucault who, with their stress on linguistic play and undecidability, took Victorian Studies by storm. Here, the author shows that what the Germans bring to our understanding of the nineteenth century is a terrible awareness of the darkest moments of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191047
ISBN
9781845191047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Hardcover. Providing an important intervention in contemporary Irish cultural-critical debate, this collection explores how Irish women writers exercised their political concerns and influence through their literary outputs during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Pilz, Anna; Standlee, Whitney. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097584
ISBN
9780719097584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.44
€ 71.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976062
ISBN
9781403976062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84
€ 44.53

Hardback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles five writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with them with autobiographical observations and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126106
ISBN
9780231126106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.20
€ 69.64

Paperback. * A revealing look at the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. * Written by leading scholars in the field. * Covers a wide range of topics, such as the printing press and book trade in Reformation Scotland, and the debate between the "old" and the "new" in Welsh poetry. Editor(s): Davies, Ceri; Law, Dr. John E. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBKW; 1DBR; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120630
ISBN
9781405120630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349999675
ISBN
9781349999675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. 20pp. 1990 reprint. Fine. Has previous bookseller's price sticker on back cover. Keywords - Seamus Heaney
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Like New
Format
Paperback
SKU
KHS1003429
ISBN
9780199513321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

Paperback. A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195591
ISBN
9781405195591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.48

Hardcover. An analysis of Arbuthnot's "Art of Political Lying" (1712), this text argues that the work is a commentary on long-standing themes of debate in science, rhetoric and philosophy and should be seen as a seminal satire standing in opposition to the practice of Swift and Pope. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333699447
ISBN
9780333699447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.22

Paperback. "The Story of Sapho" makes available for the first time in modern English a self contained section from Scudery's novel "Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus". This edition also includes a translation of an oration in which Sapho extols the talents of women to persuade them to write. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143996
ISBN
9780226143996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Pan Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003278
ISBN
9780330029315
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0237489
ISBN
9780099604303
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An anthology of contemporary Polish drama that exposes ways in which individual and social violence impinge upon each other, disrupt notions of a monolithic Polish identity, and try to find meaning within the post-9/11 global context. It also includes an introduction that situates each play within its historical, political, and theatrical context. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 195 x 38. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421777
ISBN
9780857421777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333351918
ISBN
9780333351918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardcover. First edition. One of of 925 unnumbered copies. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, bumped to edges, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Gallery Press Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0023197
ISBN
9781852351304
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 200.00

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