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Hardback. Providing a scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, this edition presents poems from Eliot's youth which were published only decades later, as well as others that saw only private circulation in his lifetime, of which dozens are collected for the first time. Editor(s): Ricks, Christopher; McCue, Jim. Num Pages: 1344 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 241 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571238705
ISBN
9780571238705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 34.57

Paperback. Highly acclaimed new translation of the Hermetica, the only English version based on reliable texts. Editor(s): Copenhaver, Brian P. Num Pages: 408 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; VXQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521425438
ISBN
9780521425438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.49

Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ8038607
ISBN
9780340963265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", the author set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755319
ISBN
9780099755319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.95

Hardcover. Translator(s): Wang, Lingzhen; O'Donnell, Dr. Mary Ann. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Series
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947174
ISBN
9781933947174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.31

paperback. Investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. With its interdisciplinary scope and historical perspective, this title focuses on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and religious conflicts between India and Pakistan. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 2G; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New ed
SKU
V9780295985572
ISBN
9780295985572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Hardback. "Originally published in Italian in 2014 under the title L'uso dei corpi." Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792349
ISBN
9780804792349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493078
ISBN
9781611493078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.74

Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046061
ISBN
9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. "A highly readable, sensitive, and lively Werther. Corngold is both faithful to the German and true to the demands of a modern English text" -Jeremy Adler, Times Literary Supplement Translator(s): Corngold, Stanley. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343571
ISBN
9780393343571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. The poetry of Valentine Ackland (1906-69) touches the twentieth century at key points. The poet who worked for the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War lived to oppose the war in Vietnam. This book discusses each stage of Ackland's life, sets her work in context, and makes an important contribution to placing Ackland in twentieth-century poetry. Editor(s): Bingham, Frances. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548761
ISBN
9781857548761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABU; BG; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Gazelle Distribution Trade
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868196053
ISBN
9780868196053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Hardback. A look at how West African and Caribbean Francophone writers use rhythm, music, and sound to create and negotiate identity Series: African Soundscapes Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
SKU
V9781439900314
ISBN
9781439900314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571314628
ISBN
9781571314628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.40

Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253360
ISBN
9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.66
€ 72.97

Mason uses the antics of Romantic-era advertising to illustrate the profound implications of commercial modernity, both in economic practices governing the book trade and, more broadly, in the development of the modern idea of literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409986
ISBN
9781421409986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.05

Paperback. Beaumarchais was a man of immense wit and feeling and it is our loss that his two great plays are only known to us through Rossini and Mozart. It was Beaumarchais who brought fun back into the theatre and broke the convention of formality which had grown up since Moliere. Translator(s): Wood, J. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0005651
ISBN
9780140441338
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Viking
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First American Edition
SKU
KCW0000166
ISBN
9780670853458
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.39

Paperback. Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674699069
ISBN
9780674699069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392072
ISBN
9781910392072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853512
ISBN
9780226853512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.37

Hardback. Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350637
ISBN
9780822350637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.62

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614564
ISBN
9780691614564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.84

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

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