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Beautiful reissue of this unique classic collection, featuring a newly translated essay not included in previous collections 'Barthes' purpose is to tear away masks and demystify the signs, signals and...

Barthes and the Empire of Signs follows him in exploring the nature of 'representation' itself. Is it possible to reconcile appearance and reality? Or imaginative recreation and fact? How do...

Author: Roland Barthes, R. HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977, First English EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book offers an insightful exploration of the works and ideas of...

An inquiry into a very modern art form - photography. Barthes personal investigation into the meaning of photographs is a seminal work of critical theory of the twentieth century. Barthes...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when one of the twentieth century's most brilliant minds turns his gaze upon an entirely foreign...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. What happens when a novelist's most beloved characters rise...

Author: Robert A. Schneider Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 212 From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades...

Edition: First english editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn but not faded - jacket still in good condition. Usual aging. Binding tight. Pages...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition (yellow boards, no separate jacket). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Firm and intact. No...

The Romanian critic Eugen Simion contests leading twentieth-century critics who deny the author a place in criticism by maintaining that the author's life can tell us nothing about his or...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded; no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and secure. No stickers or price labels visible. A sharp and entertaining crime...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis witty cozy mystery chronicles the unconventional investigation of Margaret Binton as she uncovers a sophisticated drug-trafficking ring operating within...

BARTLETT'S WORDS FOR THE WEDDING is an essential resource for anyone planning a wedding ceremony or renewing vows. Comprising passages from Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, Shelley, Auden, Rilke, and many others,...

Maggie Nelson is one of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation - Olivia Laing A Guardian Book...

In the winter of 1353, torrential rains are spreading fever to the poor and making travel especially hazardous along the town’s outlaw-infested roads. Then three members of the University die...

Fredric Jameson's The Years of Theory introduces the major themes of French theory, including existentialism, structuralism, poststructuralism, semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, and Marxism. In a series of accessible lectures, Jameson places...

Cambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the colleges with scant...

A young queen who rules seven kingdoms is far too busy and important to leave her palace, so her loyal subjects send gifts from far and wide: monkeys, flamingoes, giraffes,...

Author: Susanna Gregory Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of...

Mystery Bargain Book Box (22 Books) Back by popular demand, the Mystery Bargain Book Box is here to bring the thrill of discovery back to your reading list. You asked...

This collection features 16 monumental works of non-fiction, encompassing philosophy, politics, autobiography, and practical advice. Spanning over two millennia, from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Marcus Aurelius to the...

Author: Susanna Gregory Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and...

Author: Dr. Seuss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 What a lot of hats Bartholomew has in this imaginative and clever tale! Find out what happens when the king asks...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew artists of the twentieth century provoke as much fascination and controversy as Balthus — the enigmatic, aristocratic painter who spent decades...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the gold rush transformed it into a boomtown of legend, Bathurst was quietly taking shape as Australia's first inland European settlement — and...

Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travelling with a party from the college to accept the gift of the living of a parish in Suffolk....

The Artful Eye Bargain Book Box T J Clark on art and politics. A forensic study of how a chair is actually built. The feuds that shaped art history. And...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark work of twentieth-century theological history, The Question of God: Protestant Theology in the Twentieth Century by...

Author: Ellis WaterhouseBinding: HardbackPublished: PHAIDON, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis richly detailed study maps the flourishing world of Roman Baroque painting through its artists, commissions,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of linguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism stands Structuralist Poetics, a landmark work that forever changed...

Mathematics & Science Bargain Book Box Your body runs on electricity. Not metaphorically — there is a measurable electrical field governing how your cells divide, heal, and communicate, and we...

Shortlisted, National Book Council 'Banjo' Award 1996 Shortlisted, Fantasy Division and Horror Division, Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction 1995 a vivid and engrossing novel. Patricia Rolfe, Bulletin...

Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning, some foxing. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact. Usual shelf-wear. Few accounts of artistic...

Now in A Format. The Twelfth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew - Cambridge's popular mediaeval physician and sleuth. On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael arrive...

The book titled An Unholy Alliance: The Second Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew by the author Cambridge is recovering from the Black Death and Matthew Bartholomew, a physician, is in great...

In Cambridge 1355 the colleges of the fledgling university are as much at odds with each other as they are with the ordinary townfolk. This tension has recently been heightened...

In the sixth volume of the Vault of SimpsonologyTM series, Bart Simpson-as his alter-ego Bartman-gives advice on how to be the ultimate superhero. An expert of stealth and cunning-especially when...

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The volume that completes our new 4-book collection of Euripides plays. Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked...

This 16th edition of the book, first published in 1855, has been expanded to include more than 20,000 quotations and more than 340 new authors both historical and contemporary -...

Discusses the life and work of Hungarian violinist Zoltan Szekely, who gained fame as the leader of the Hungarian String Quartet, and explores his working relationship with composer Bela Bartok