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Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.59
€ 15.99
€ 13.59
Hardback. In the late summer of 1839 Thoreau and his elder brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Henry began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. Editor(s): Hovde, Carl F.; Howarth, William L.; Witherell, Elizabeth Hall. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 624 pages, facsims., 1map, 2 ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DN; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 44. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063768
- ISBN
- 9780691063768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.34€ 98.43
€ 132.34
€ 98.43
Paperback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123259
- ISBN
- 9780231123259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.91
€ 48.91
Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KDK0014436
- ISBN
- 9780451522276
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134095
- ISBN
- 9780231134095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.21
€ 46.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491487
- ISBN
- 9781611491487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.20
€ 142.20
Paperback. An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors Series: Quick Reads S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 5AX; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- Quick Reads edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007331444
- ISBN
- 9780007331444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.75
€ 6.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447693
- ISBN
- 9780801447693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.26
€ 89.26
Hardback. 'The Manufactures of Literature' explores the effect of the development of the publishing industry upon print culture generally, and literature specifically, during the eighteenth century. The book is structured around case studies of important writers and publishers, including Addison and Steele, Pope, Johnson, Robert Dodsley, and Frances Burney. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137507
- ISBN
- 9780874137507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.69
€ 141.69
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KSS0000121
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. This anthology of drama in English contains plays from the late 14th century to the onset of the Renaissance. It brings together selections from all the major dramatic genres to provide readers with a sense of the breadth and depth of dramatic activity in Britain in these years. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217268
- ISBN
- 9780631217268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872878549
- ISBN
- 9780872878549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.86
€ 49.99
€ 48.86
Paperback. This collection of warm, wise, and witty quotes will win over any teacher. Editor(s): Howe, Randy. Series: Quotable. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 175 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592289707
- ISBN
- 9781592289707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.47
€ 10.99
€ 10.47
Hardcover. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Viking
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0026694
- ISBN
- 9780670887576
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. This volume of fifteen essays includes "The Case of the Door's Marriage (Catullus 67.6)," by E. Badian; "The Date of Tacitus' Dialogus," by Charles E. Murgia; "Poetae Novelli," by Alan Cameron; "Three Pieces from the 'Latin Anthology, '" by D. R. Shackleton Bailey; and "Bar Kokhba Coins and Documents," by Leo Mildenberg. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 341 pages, 5ill.4M. BIC Classification: CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379312
- ISBN
- 9780674379312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.42
€ 53.99
€ 44.42
Hardback. Fiction Agonistes defends literature as a space where we experience the difference between living and imagining, life and life-like, reality and invention. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768757
- ISBN
- 9780804768757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.27
€ 111.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Hansen, Hans Lauge. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CJA; CJBG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899404
- ISBN
- 9788772899404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.97
€ 46.99
€ 32.97
Hardback. The early twentieth century is usually remembered as an era of rising nationalism and military hostility, culminating in the disaster of the First World War. This book explores the role of artists and writers in the formation of a modern, secular peace movement in Britain, and the impact of ideas about 'positive peace' on their artistic practice. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 40 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD2; DSBH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151954
- ISBN
- 9780300151954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. An examination of French to English translation in medieval England, through the genre of the prologue. Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844426
- ISBN
- 9781843844426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.18
€ 99.18
Hardcover. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper.First edition.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Constable
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KEX0303496
- ISBN
- 9780094666702
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardback. Looking at the period of the early 16th century, the juncture of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this collection of essays focuses on the unique link between humanism and the literary works of the period - in particular, the patristic scholarship inherent in Erasmus' ideals of reform. Num Pages: 105 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HP; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216000
- ISBN
- 9780823216000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.09
€ 94.09
paperback. Chinese women's writing is rich and abundant, although not well known in the West. Despite the brutal wars and political upheavals that ravaged twentieth-century China, the ranks of women in the literary world increased dramatically. This anthology introduces a comprehensive selection of Chinese women poets from both the mainland and Taiwan. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765623690
- ISBN
- 9780765623690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.35
€ 51.99
€ 51.35
Mechthild of Magdeburg gained some renown for her extraordinary book of mystical revelations, "The Flowing Light of the Godhead". Yet her writings dropped into obscurity after her death, many assume because of her gender. This seeks to explain this fate by considering Mechthild's own view of female authorship. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 239 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238020
- ISBN
- 9780812238020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.68
€ 100.68
Paperback. Good copy with minor shelf wear. Some foxing on pages but remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0002224
- ISBN
- 9781844082421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99