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• On Being Different Merle Miller Engelstalig Paperback 9780143106968 November 2012 96 pagina's A book about being homosexual in the United States. Vanaf 11,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• Italian Journey 1786-1788 Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Engelstalig Paperback 9780140442335 512 pagina's Vanaf 19,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Praise of Folly Desiderius Erasmus Engelstalig Paperback 9780140446081 December 1994 256 pagina's Erasmus ranges from light-hearted jibes to vehement denunciation of the theologians and churchmen, monastic life and the condition of the Church, and then seriously expounds the virtues of... Vanaf 12,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• A journal of the plague year Daniel Defoe Engelstalig Paperback 9780140437850 336 pagina's In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In "A Journal of the Plague Year," Defoe vividly chronicles the progress of the epidemic Vanaf 8,50 Bekijk exemplaren
• Electra and other plays Sophocles, E. F. Watling Engelstalig Pocket 9780140440287 217 pagina's This volume contains four plays by Sophocles (496-406 B.C.), who was the first to give to ancient Greek drama a structure recognizably related to its modern descendant. In 'Electra' he... Vanaf 6,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan Engelstalig Paperback 9780141441177 Januari 2004 144 pagina's Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life - until a spy is murdered in his flat, just days after having warned Hannay of an... Vanaf 6,50 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry   Engelstalig Paperback 9780141181905 Januari 2005 448 pagina's Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This title reflects the diverse experience of those who lived... Vanaf 11,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton Engelstalig Pocket 9780140189704 330 pagina's The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible young... Vanaf 14,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Ten North Frederick John O'Hara Engelstalig Paperback 9780143107101 Juni 2014 464 pagina's The National Book Award-winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald"Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful... Vanaf 24,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Rise And Fall of Athens Plutarch Engelstalig Paperback 9780140449051 September 2023 768 pagina's Vanaf 24,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Harz Journey and Selected Prose Heinrich Heine Engelstalig Paperback 9780140448504 Februari 2007 368 pagina's A poet whose verse inspired music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms, Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was in his lifetime equally admired for his elegant prose. This collection charts... Vanaf 21,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Burmese days George Orwell Engelstalig Pocket 9780141185378 Juni 2009 320 pagina's When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only... Vanaf 13,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• New Science Giambattista Vico Engelstalig Paperback 9780140435696 April 1999 560 pagina's Giambattista Vico's "New Science" is gradually being re-established as one of the most significant "humanist" achievements since the Renaissance. This book represents his attempt to provide... Vanaf 19,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Aeneid Virgil Engelstalig Paperback 9780143106296 Juli 2012 352 pagina's Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way... Vanaf 19,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Rise of Rome Plutarch Engelstalig Paperback 9780140449754 Mei 2013 832 pagina's As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage,... Vanaf 27,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan Engelstalig Paperback 9780141439716 Oktober 2008 400 pagina's John Bunyan began this book while he was in prison for conducting unauthorised Baptist religious services outside of the Church of England. His path is straight but not easy, and he is beset... Vanaf 16,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Time Machine H. G. Wells Engelstalig Paperback 9780141439976 Maart 2005 144 pagina's When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. Vanaf 6,50 Bekijk exemplaren
• Dangerous Liaisons Choderlos de Laclos Engelstalig Paperback 9780140449570 Januari 2007 448 pagina's Two former lovers embark on a game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an... Vanaf 8,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh Engelstalig Paperback 9780140446746 Juli 1997 560 pagina's (1) A selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely fresh translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his... Vanaf 12,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Republic Plato, Melissa Lane Engelstalig Paperback 9780140455113 416 pagina's Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry... Vanaf 14,49 Bekijk exemplaren
• Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches Matsuo Basho Engelstalig Paperback 9780140441857 176 pagina's Vanaf 13,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Orestes and Other Plays Euripides, Philip Vellacott Engelstalig Pocket 9780140442595 439 pagina's Written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends to illustrate the futility of... Vanaf 22,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Complete dead sea scrolls in english Geza Vermes Engelstalig Paperback 9780141197319 Januari 2011 720 pagina's A newly updated edition of the landmark translation by one of our greatest religious scholars Since its publication in 1962, esteemed biblical expert Géza Vermes's translation of the Dead... Vanaf 16,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• A Parisian Affair and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant Engelstalig Paperback 9780140448122 Juni 2004 352 pagina's Include thirty-three tales that focus on the relationships between men and women, between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. This title explores the dualistic nature of... Vanaf 14,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Tales from 1,001 Nights   Engelstalig Paperback 9780141191669 September 2011 528 pagina's Contains "Aladdin", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Sindbad the Sailor" and many other tales from the "Arabian Nights". Vanaf 16,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard Engelstalig Paperback 9780140444490 160 pagina's Kierkegaard's infamous and hugely influential philosophical work on faith, choice and sacrifice. In Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard, writing under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio, expounds... Vanaf 14,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Politics Aristotle Engelstalig Paperback 9780140444216 September 1981 512 pagina's (1) Presents an analysis based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in... Vanaf 8,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens Engelstalig Paperback 9780140436143 Januari 2000 864 pagina's Vanaf 14,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Oresteia Aeschylus, Robert Fagles Engelstalig Paperback 9780140443332 335 pagina's A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytaemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena Vanaf 19,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Book of Tea Kakuzo Okakura Engelstalig Paperback 9780141191843 Januari 2010 112 pagina's For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere,... Vanaf 13,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Arabian Sands Wilfred Thesiger Engelstalig Paperback 9780141442075 Oktober 2007 368 pagina's Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and educated at Eton and Oxford. In the spirit of TE Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia. This book narrates his... Vanaf 16,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Odyssey Homer Engelstalig Paperback 9780140449112 December 2004 416 pagina's A tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan war forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats -... Vanaf 8,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other tales of terror Robert Louis Stevenson Engelstalig Paperback 9780141439730 Februari 2003 177 pagina's tevenson's famous exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil, "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," has become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a... Vanaf 6,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Story of the Stone Volume III Cao Xuequin Engelstalig Paperback 9780140443707 640 pagina's The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, of which The... Vanaf 10,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas Engelstalig Paperback 9780140448924 Januari 2003 288 pagina's Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen... Vanaf 12,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• Metamorphoses Ovid Engelstalig Paperback 9780140447897 Januari 2004 768 pagina's Ovid's witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are... Vanaf 12,99 Bekijk exemplaren
• Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift Engelstalig Paperback 9780141439495 Januari 2003 336 pagina's Describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction, which... Vanaf 6,00 Bekijk exemplaren
• The Birds and Other Plays Aristophanes Engelstalig Paperback 9780140449518 September 2003 336 pagina's Two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blockading the Olympian gods and installing themselves as new deities. The... Vanaf 19,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• The History of Tom Jones Henry Fielding Engelstalig Paperback 9780140436228 April 2005 1.024 pagina's Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighbouring squire - though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls.... Vanaf 19,95 Bekijk exemplaren
• Dead Souls Nikolay Gogol Engelstalig Paperback 9780140448078 Juli 2004 512 pagina's Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still... Vanaf 12,99 Bekijk exemplaren