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Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes....

A collection of Orwell's major essays, in a stunning new cover look for his great works These essays, reviews and articles illuminate the life and work of one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Name penned on front pastedown and small inscription on copyright page. New Roads To Yesterday presents a compelling...

These essays, reviews and articles illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from...

Author: E F JacobBinding: HardbackPublished: Manchester University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic collection presents a series of scholarly examinations into the intricate political,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis collection features a selection of Auden's forewords and afterwords, offering insights into his thoughts on various literary works and...

Author: Irving LavinBinding: HardbackPublished: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1993Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: binding bent on coverThis scholarly volume presents a profound analysis of historicism within...

A selection of Montaigne's highly original essays on a variety of subjects - from coaches to cannibals To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne...

Author: Prentice MulfordBinding: HardbackPublisher: George Bell & Sons, Ltd., n.d.Edition: 23rd impr. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThought Forces presents a foundational text in the...

A curated collection of essays that shaped Australia's culture and society Since the 1940s, Meanjin essays have set the national cultural agenda. Arthur Phillips' idea of 'cultural cringe' has become...

Author: Asa Briggs and John SavilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Croom Helm, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light chipping to perimeter of DJ....

Author: Mary MccarthyBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis seminal work presents a profound examination of Florence, illuminating its artistic and historical grandeur through...

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Author: Indra Kagis McewenBinding: PaperbackPublisher: MIT, 1997Edition: 3rd pr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a compelling...

A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine. A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the...

A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published...

Author: Akbar S. AhmedBinding: PaperbackPublished: RoutledgeCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work in social anthropology presents a rigorous examination of the...

Author: Paul M. SweezyBinding: HardbackPublished: Monthly Review Press, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: SIGNED with inscription by author, dust jacket damaged with wear, creases and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEssays In Stylistic Analysis presents a rigorous academic examination of literary style. This collection...

Author: Konstantin Kolenda (editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Principia Press of Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of philosophical essays. These...

Author: John Kenneth GalbraithBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection presents the incisive observations of a prominent economist and public intellectual, chronicling...

Author: Alain de Botton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 Why do we fall in love - and why do we break up? Written in the style of a novel,...

Author: Richard DedekindBinding: PaperbackPublished: BiblioBazaar, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minimal yellowing on pages and minor marks on front end-pages.This foundational work in mathematics presents Richard...

Author: W. E. GladstoneBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1897Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover has general wear and some tanning, end pages have foxingThis...

Author: John R. SearleBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Very minor wear to some corners of the dust jacket, light...

Author: Max KellyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sydney University Press & the Sydney History Group, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly collection, Nineteenth-Century Sydney:...

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman. "Imparting some piece of yourself-any part-is arduous and warrants some...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA carefully curated anthology aimed at students and lovers of English prose, Narrative Essays and Sketches presents a rich selection...

Author: T.S. EliotBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket torn at corners and has general wear, previous owner name insideT.S. Eliot's "Selected Essays"...

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New to Penguin Classics, these two Japanese texts are timeless reflections on Buddhism, nature and the value of being idle These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist...

Author: Douglas FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerEssays in the History of Art Presented to Rudolf Wittkower / Essays in the History of Architecture Presented...

The essay is a venerable form that may well be the genre of the future. It has its origins in a mode of self-examination and even self-obsession - 'it is...

Edition: 5th ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean text. This seminal work presents a...

Every living thing has two bodies. To be an animal is to be in possession of a physical body, a body which can eat, drink and sleep; it is also...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA scholarly collection rooted in history, theology, and cultural studies, this volume presents a multifaceted examination...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary criticism, The Art of Margaret Atwood: Essays in Criticism presents a rich collection of scholarly...

Author: John FinleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured DJ spine. Chipping and light...

Author: Peter Greenbinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1960Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsEssays in Antiquity provides a scholarly exploration of the ancient world, focusing on...

Calvino's fascinating and cerebral collection of essays celebrating all aspects of the visual, translated for the first time and new to Penguin Modern Classics Italo Calvino claimed that 'the brain...

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