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Paperback. Good clean copy showing minor shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0015571
ISBN
9780224076753
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. First edition signed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0303053
ISBN
9780224081184
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 250.00

Hardcover. Nice copy in clean dustwrapper.First edition signed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0303043
ISBN
9780224072991
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 100.00

Paperback. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: his wife is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KEX0302721
ISBN
9780099549024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. In the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have changed for ever.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 360.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
9780099429791
ISBN
9780099429791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405835619
ISBN
9781405835619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.02

Paperback. On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days before they reached their eminence, Clive as Britain's composer, and Vernon as editor of the quality broadsheet, The Judge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099272779
ISBN
9780099272779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900715379
ISBN
9781900715379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.33

Hardback. McAdam illustrates how two fundamental points of destabilisation in Marlowe's life and work - his subversive treatment of Christian belief and his ambivalence toward his homosexuality - clarify the plays' interest in the struggle for self-authorisation. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136654
ISBN
9780874136654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.09

Hardback. This study of the learned book trade of the late Renaissance reveals how many features of today's publishing world were in place even then. Beginning in Frankfurt, Maclean surveys the authors, publishers, censors, and sellers who operated in this fraught religious atmosphere and overheated market, and ends with the market's decline in the 1620s. Num Pages: 400 pages, 37 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; DSB; HR; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062085
ISBN
9780674062085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.84
€ 54.03

Paperback. Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? The Literature Student's Survival Kit gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122856
ISBN
9781405122856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.28

Hardcover. Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? The Literature Student's Survival Kit gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122849
ISBN
9781405122849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.34

Paperback. This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humour, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life. Num Pages: 784 pages, 17 black and white images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199655762
ISBN
9780199655762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.79

Paperback. Based on Ian Kelly's award-winning biography, Mr Foote's Other Leg is a riotously funny play exploring our obsession with celebrities, through the true story of the Oscar Wilde of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425071
ISBN
9781848425071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters: John Simpson, James Fenton, Martha Gellhorn, Germaine Greer, Ryszard Kapuscinski, as well as talents Elana Lappin, Suketu Mehta and Wendell Steavenson, this book covers some of the signal events: the fall of Saigon, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the massacre in Tiananmen Square, and more. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781862078154
ISBN
9781862078154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Britain invented the factory - Manchester was the world's first factory city. Where are they now? The anser, mainly, is China. An issue devoted to how and where we made and make things, from strawberries in the fields of Herefordshire to the car plants of Korea. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0007755
ISBN
9780903141758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This edition centres around celebrity, both good and bad. Contributions include: the search for Hitler's doctor; an Irish republican looks at the Queen Kyle Stone; how Hillary Clinton's home views Hillary; and the cannibal emperor of the Central African Republic. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 349. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRA0009526
ISBN
9780903141543
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features the work by the twenty writers that Granta's judges - including novelists Edmund White and AM Homes - have selected as the most interesting young voices in American fiction. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0002530
ISBN
9780903141925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This issue of "Granta" celebrates Australian writing and examines a country which is forging a strong new identity. The contributors include Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally, Les Murray and Tim Winton. There are picture essays by Polly Borland and David Moore, and a novella by Ben Rice. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141369
ISBN
9780903141369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141147
ISBN
9780903141147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This issue on Russia explores how an old country is finding new ways to think and write. As well as fiction by Russian writers, there is a report on a visit to the once unvisitable Siberia, interviews with the survivors of Stalin's gulag, and a discussion of the place of vodka in Russian culture. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141246
ISBN
9780903141246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. For the third time, Granta has selected 20 writers under 40 whose writing represents the best promise or achievement in British fiction. The collection includes stories by Sarah Waters, Rachel Cusk, Robert McLiam Wilson, Rachel Seiffert, Philip Hensher, A. L. Kennedy and Toby Litt. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32photos. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141581
ISBN
9780903141581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Contains dispatches from the world of conflict, in the battlefield and in the home, including: James Buchan on Iran's nuclear weapons programme; Jasmina Tesanovic on the death squads of Serbia; Hugh Raffles on cricket-fighting in Shanghai; and fiction by Tahmima Anam and Edmund White. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141901
ISBN
9780903141901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

Paperback. In this issue of Granta Magazine, a distinguished writer makes an anonynous confession and defends a habit: his son supplies him with ecstasy. Other contributions include Nicholas Shakespeare on discovering the evil of his ancestors, and works from Amanda Hopkinson and Andrew Brown. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145. Weight in Grams: 319.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141444
ISBN
9780903141444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

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