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A masterly new translation of Rabelais' great scatological comedy - a fantasy set in a land of giants The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. This classic pair of Renaissance satirical novels...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in the Western literary canon match the anarchic brilliance and philosophical depth of François Rabelais's The Histories...

This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the...

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Author: Mab Van Lohuizen-MulderBinding: HardbackPublished: Mirananda, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work presents a profound analysis within Raphael's Images: Justice - Humanity - Friendship, examining the...

The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In Memoires Interieurs, Nobel Prize-winning French author...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingRobert Francis, one of New England's most quietly subversive literary voices, turns his sharp wit and finely honed poetic sensibility...

Author: François Mauriac; Translated by Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsMémoires Intérieurs presents a profound journey into the spiritual and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersOne of French literature's most haunting and morally complex...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerBeneath the sun-drenched glamour of Hollywood lies a world of ambition, compromise, and quiet moral erosion — and...

Author: Marcel Gauchet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy. Maximilien Robespierre (17581794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of political philosophy and social commentary, Without Marx or Jesus: The New American Revolution Has Begun presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedAt the crossroads of socialist politics and feminist thought stands George Bernard Shaw — playwright, provocateur, and unlikely champion of women's autonomy...

First new English translation since 1959 by acclaimed translator Robin Buss When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and...

A brilliant new translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of...

Originally written to entertain, move or chill, the eight short stories in this collection accompanied by parallel English translations now also help students gain deeper insights into French literature and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew windows into the mind of a literary genius are as intimate or as revelatory as his private correspondence, and...

Author: Frederic Raphael Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 376 A sharp, often surprising, view of the classical world by a major classics scholar at Cambridge and author of The Glittering...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good — dust jackets present on both volumes, clean with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Tight and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThe Inner Presence: Recollections Of My Spiritual Life presents a profound spiritual memoir from the esteemed Nobel laureate,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: chipped and worn; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages detected. Lines of Life is...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A candid and captivating autobiography, Réponses presents the...

Author: R.F. Kuang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy'...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the suffocating atmosphere of provincial Bordeaux, François Mauriac's The Unknown Sea charts the moral and spiritual disintegration of a bourgeois family consumed by...

Rousseau's autobiography, giving a unique insight into the mind and life of one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is...

Giorgio Vasari's The Lives of the Most Famous Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1550 and 1568) is a classic of cultural history. A monumental assembly of artists' lives from Giotto to...

For the bicentennial of its first publication, Mary Shelley's original 1818 text, introduced by National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon. Mary Shelley's classic novel, presented in its original 1818...

A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few writers have dissected the hypocrisies of French Catholic bourgeois society with the surgical precision...

A completely revised edition of a respected & much-loved translation by Betty Radice The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs....

One of the most startling literary debuts of all time, now in Penguin Black Classics As the First World War reaches its final year, an illicit love affair is beginning...

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The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust. Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek One of the outstanding classics to emerge...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew voices from the turbulent heart of twentieth-century France carry the same haunting complexity as Pierre Drieu La...

Author: Fred ReinfeldBinding: HardbackPublished: Horowitz and Harkness, 1942, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a superbly annotated collection of 113 of Jose Raul Capablanca's...

Author: Gerard HopkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Bibliophile Books, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe 'Francois Mauriac Omnibus' is a collection translated by Gerard Hopkins, showcasing the works of the...

Newly published lectures by Foucault on madness, literature, and structuralism. Perceiving an enigmatic relationship between madness, language, and literature, French philosopher Michel Foucault developed ideas during the 1960s that are...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA simmering portrait of ambition, loyalty, and moral collapse, Like Men Betrayed is a taut and psychologically charged novel set...

This is an annotated translation of al-Tahtawi's "Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz", an Arabic account of a visit to Paris by a Muslim from the Near East. Its author, a...