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Paperback. Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school. This edition contains the music for the play. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Revised edition
SKU
KSS0001760
ISBN
9780413548702
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of essays of the contemporary Christian writing. Editor(s): Wilson, Reverend Dr John. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787969646
ISBN
9780787969646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.01

Paperback. Tracing ideas of the sublime in American literature from Puritan writings to the postmodern epoch, the author demonstrates that the North American landscape has been the ground for political as well as aesthetic transport. He adopts an historical approach to the subject. Series: Wisconsin project on American writers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299127749
ISBN
9780299127749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. What is a Mark of the Beast waistcoat? Why did John Milton hate bishops? How does a Monsignor tear his postage stamps? And what does a congregation do when the Vicar announces that he is God? This book deals with these questions. Editor(s): Wilson, A. N. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; GBC; HBTB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571169757
ISBN
9780571169757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Hardback. First edition. By the author of Lights and shadows of Scottish life, and The trials of Margaret Lyndsay]. 413 p. Contemporary half-calf. Well re-backed, raied bands, gilt lettering & decoration, new eps . Antiquarian. Boards slightly dulled, some age spots, else a good copy."
Publisher
William Blackwood
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0023717
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 165.00

paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Reverend Dr John. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
HarperOne United States
Edition
2000 ed.
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060693824
ISBN
9780060693824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. This anthology offers a glimpse of women's writings not only in poetry but in other genres, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing and narrative fiction. These are presented within their respective biographical and historical contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013933
ISBN
9780674013933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.30

Paperback. The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841948
ISBN
9781603841948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Hardcover. Editor(s): Idema, Wilt L.; Li, Wai-yee; Widmer, Ellen. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 181. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017757
ISBN
9780674017757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.66
€ 54.39

Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781603841979
ISBN
9781603841979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.51
€ 40.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665233
ISBN
9781624665233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Hardback. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665240
ISBN
9781624665240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.22
€ 49.38

Paperback. This volume collects three previously published books of Wenders' essays. He discusses his development as a film-maker from the moment he picked up a camera, and offers a broad analysis of his passions - rock music, avant-garde cinema, questions of German identity, and the influence of America. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: APFB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571207183
ISBN
9780571207183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed. Editor(s): McConnell, Winder. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134592
ISBN
9781571134592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.32

Paperback. A compendium of never-before-collected quotations from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Christopher Hitchens on hundreds of subjects Editor(s): Mann, Windsor. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456. From Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens. 336 pages. Editor(s): Mann, Windsor. A compendium of quotes of number 1 "New York Times" bestselling author Christopher Hitchens. Drawn from his many TV appearances, debates, lectures, interviews, articles, and books, it is arranged alphabetically by subject, from Atheism to Alcoholism, Mother Teresa to George Orwell, Islamofacism to Iraq, Smoking to Sex, and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNJ. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 26. Weight: 440.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306819582
ISBN
9780306819582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Paperback. Ludwig Tieck's 1797 rewriting of Charles Perrault's famous Bluebeard tale (1697) explicitly claims to be an "arabesque" book "without any sense and coherence." The author's close reading of this capricious narrative, based on Kant's theory of what it means to produce nonsense, reveals a specifically Romantic type of nonsense. Translator(s): Pickford, Henry. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729529
ISBN
9780804729529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.33

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615578
ISBN
9780691615578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.44

Paperback. This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349466153
ISBN
9781349466153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.77

Hardcover. This book analyzes and offers fresh insights into the trickster tradition including African American, American Indian, Euro-American, Asian American, and Latino/a stories, Morgan examines the oral roots of each racial/ethnic group to reveal how each group's history, frustrations, and aspirations have molded the tradition in contemporary literature. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137344717
ISBN
9781137344717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816620555
ISBN
9780816620555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. Editor(s): Winkler, Martin M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131810
ISBN
9781405131810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.22

paperback. The description or depiction of leisure activities has formed part of the subject matter of art and literature for a long time. This volume looks at funeral games in Homer, leisure as depicted in painting, and the part that literature played in promoting athleticism in public schools and Oxbridge. Editor(s): Mallett, Michael. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349113552
ISBN
9781349113552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.94

Paperback. While the structure and themes of the "Divine Comedy" are defined by the narrative of a spiritual pilgrimage guided by Christian truth, this work reveals that Dante's engagement with the great Latin poets Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius constitutes a complementary narrative centered on psychological and artistic self-discovery. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044121
ISBN
9780268044121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. This collection of Szymborska's work reveals her to be concerned with the unglamorized actualities of the human condition. She is one of a generation of Polish poets which witnessed the years of Soviet oppression and spoke for the feelings of the Polish people. Translator(s): Baranczak, Stanislaw; Cavanagh, Clare. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571191635
ISBN
9780571191635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.56

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