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Hardback. Idle Pursuits examines transformations of leisure in the literature and culture of early modern France. It traces a trajectory beginning with the initial detachment of the 'idle condition' from religious contemplation in the thirteenth century, to the birth of the modern contemplative at the end of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492361
- ISBN
- 9781611492361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
Paperback. Confronts the consciousness of an absent (though perhaps still existent) God in the writings of Thomas De Quincey, Robert Browning, Emily Bront, Matthew Arnold, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. This title surveys the intellectual and material developments that conspired to cut man off from God. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069109
- ISBN
- 9780252069109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.07
€ 45.99
€ 40.07
Hardcover. Essential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Editor(s): John, Eileen; Lopes, Dominic McIver. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112093
- ISBN
- 9781405112093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.14
€ 161.14
Paperback. First Collected Poems by one of Britain's leading poets covering work written over 50 years. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1054. 544 pages. First Collected Poems by one of Britain's leading poets covering work written over 50 years. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 34. Weight: 1046.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248857
- ISBN
- 9781852248857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.51
€ 36.99
€ 34.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheppard, Steve. Num Pages: 1569 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; DNF; LAFC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 99. Weight in Grams: 2648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1569
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865973152
- ISBN
- 9780865973152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 49.02
€ 58.63
€ 49.02
hardcover. This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. Num Pages: 266 pages, 29 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2ADL; 3D; 3F; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107149601
- ISBN
- 9781107149601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.24
€ 107.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- CavanKerry Press United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972304580
- ISBN
- 9780972304580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.99
€ 16.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. For years a young man known only as Philippe has languished in the Bastille, ignorant of the crime for which he has been condemned, until a visitor reveals the circumstances of his imprisonment. It is a story of concealed identity, dishonour and treachery that could destroy the French monarchy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ0004191
- ISBN
- 9781840224351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639038
- ISBN
- 9780816639038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45
Terror and the Postcolonial is a major new comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture. Editor(s): Boehmer, Elleke; Morton, Stephen. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191548
- ISBN
- 9781405191548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 164.19
€ 164.19
Paperback. A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KAK0004185
- ISBN
- 9780099284482
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Ireton, Sean; Schaumann, Caroline. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 406 pages, 15, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135025
- ISBN
- 9781571135025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.12
€ 130.12
Paperback. Poetry meets landscape in this collection, garnered over thirty years, of poems inspired by the ever-changing landscape of Arthur's Seat and Holyrood Park. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373847
- ISBN
- 9781908373847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardcover. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001950
- ISBN
- 9780571161577
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the centre of the Harlem Renaissance. This title provides biographical information about Nugent's life and situating his art in relation to the visual and literary currents that influenced him. Illustrator(s): Nugent, Richard Bruce. Editor(s): Wirth, Thomas H. Num Pages: 312 pages, 78 illustrations, including 16-pages in color. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AGB; DQ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329138
- ISBN
- 9780822329138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691611839
- ISBN
- 9780691611839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.70
€ 43.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220179
- ISBN
- 9780863222979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Through analysis of both major Irish dramas and the artists and companies that performed them, Modern Irish Theatre provides an engaging and accessible introduction to 20th century Irish theatre: its origins, dominant themes, relationship to politics and culture, and influence on theatre movements around the world. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633428
- ISBN
- 9780745633428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Words by the Water is particularly varied and unusually youthful and fresh. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 96 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890642
- ISBN
- 9780801890642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.08
€ 46.08
Paperback. This 16th-century book of reading notes and reflections on philosophy and history was written by Lo Ch'in-shun, a philosopher of Ming China. This translation includes an introduction providing a brief biography of Lo and placing his work in a historical context. Translator(s): Bloom, Irene. Series: Neo-Confucian Studies S. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064095
- ISBN
- 9780231064095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.10
€ 52.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571236336
- ISBN
- 9780571236336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.48
€ 13.99
€ 9.48
Hardback. Ends of Enlightenment explores three realms of remarkable innovation in eighteenth-century Europe that remain active in today: the realist novel, philosophical thought, and the physical sciences, especially human anatomy. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742115
- ISBN
- 9780804742115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
paperback. Masterful, Pulitzer-prize winning literary epic about the painful and complex realities of slave life on a Southern plantation. An utterly original exploration of race, trust and the cruel truths of human nature, this is a landmark in modern American literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Wrap Has Light Shelfwear
- SKU
- KKD0005286
- ISBN
- 9780007195305
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In this new interpretation of the Education of Cyrus, in which Xenophon theorized about leadership, Sandridge considers Xenophon's portrait of Cyrus as sincerely laudatory though not idealized. He explores the wider context in which Xenophon's Theory of Leadership was conceived, as well as the problems of leadership he sought to address. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067028
- ISBN
- 9780674067028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.74
€ 27.99
€ 23.74