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Paperback. Serves as a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fiction, and an essay. This book talks about the legends and tales from oral tradition and used experiences from the author's life and community to educate others about the Yankton Sioux. It bridges the gap between her own culture and mainstream American society. Num Pages: 196 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DQ; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803299177
- ISBN
- 9780803299177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Scathing attack on Hitchens and others who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321974
- ISBN
- 9780745321974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.63
€ 34.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Robert Hurley. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872862623
- ISBN
- 9780872862623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.38
€ 18.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are part of the canon of Irish and world literature. This book brings together McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394 448pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571245123
- ISBN
- 9780571245123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.92
€ 13.99
€ 9.92
Hardback. * Looks at the impact of grief on Wordswortha s great poetry. * Explains the importance of the poeta s great, unfinished epic a The Reclusea to his work as a whole. * Includes 20 illustrations from original notebooks. * Contains the first annotated text of a The White Doe of Rylstonea . . Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206385
- ISBN
- 9780631206385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.43
€ 132.43
paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199540136
- ISBN
- 9780199540136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.88
€ 19.99
€ 9.88
Paperback. A collection of award-winning fiction. Editor(s): Eggers, Dave. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- McSweeney's Publishing United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936365005
- ISBN
- 9781936365005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.80
€ 18.99
€ 18.80
Hardback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743457
- ISBN
- 9780804743457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.59
€ 139.59
Paperback. A family story, told with restraint and tenderness. This book is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild flowers on the bank remained conscious and unconscious presences for the rest of his life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- 9780571228119
- ISBN
- 9780571228119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.88
€ 12.99
€ 9.88
Paperback. An excellent example of the intense emotional quality of Behramoglu's work Translator(s): Andrews, Walter G. Series: Modern Middle Eastern Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719699
- ISBN
- 9780292719699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.12
€ 21.99
€ 21.12
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
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
€ 65.69€ 51.53
€ 65.69
€ 51.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118888
- ISBN
- 9780813118888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.33
€ 38.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bhatkal & Sen India
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788185604589
- ISBN
- 9788185604589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.30
€ 50.99
€ 36.30
Hardback. Through a series of careful, historicized readings of works by a range of authors, this book relates both the what and the how of representation to specific theories of embodiment emerging during the early period of medical history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737739
- ISBN
- 9780804737739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Paperback. Beginning with his departure from New York to Istanbul, the author discusses a journey, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548723
- ISBN
- 9781857548723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.69
€ 19.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. We were not the first to live here. Two teenagers living in medieval Ireland, one a descendant of a race that shares their planet, discover a truth that was only told in fairy tales or myths. Why must the lighthouse fire never be extinguished? Who is Cailleach? Where is Tir na Leasa? What do the invaders want?" Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New Generation Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0001717
- ISBN
- 9781906558291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Takes us on a voyage to mysterious lands and seas, into the psyche, and to the heart of the poem itself. This book reflects a mastery of a traditional form while expressing a modern condition: the multicultural, multifaceted individual, ever in motion. Translator(s): Twitty, Anne. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090986
- ISBN
- 9780691090986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.47
€ 27.99
€ 21.47
Hardback. Best-selling author June Cotner presents a calming collection of prayers, poems, and quotes chosen for their power to offer serenity and tranquillity. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 104 x 20. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781449446024
- ISBN
- 9781449446024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.56
€ 14.99
€ 13.56
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100866
- ISBN
- 9781585100866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.92
€ 16.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116954
- ISBN
- 9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. A study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had 'earned Paradise.' It adduces parallels to the texts on the lamellae from the Byzantine period and modern Greece to illuminate the human quest for 'earning Paradise.' Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 2AHA; DSBB; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023796
- ISBN
- 9780674023796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.86
€ 18.99
€ 17.86
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630762
- ISBN
- 9780691630762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816676156
- ISBN
- 9780816676156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07