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Paperback. Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland's landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture. Editor(s): Mianowski, Marie. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AM; D; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339914
ISBN
9781349339914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. An important new voice in theatre from an award-winning writer. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849430944
ISBN
9781849430944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.31

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Stated First Edition
Publisher
Shamrock Press & Publishing Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
SKU
KTJ0008669
ISBN
9780910583008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162. Weight in Grams: 519. Clean copy in original cloth
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0248054
ISBN
9780715628485
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403916655
ISBN
9781403916655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.74

Hardcover. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403945587
ISBN
9781403945587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.36

Paperback. Comprehensively engaging with Murdoch's work this volume gathers contributions from philosophers, theologians, and a literary critic to explore the significance of her ideas for contemporary thought. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021133
ISBN
9780226021133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.19

Hardcover. Iris Murdoch and Morality provides a close focus on moral issues in Murdoch's novels, philosophy and theology. It situates Murdoch within current theoretical debates and develops an understanding of her work as a crucial link between twentieth and twenty-first century writing and theory. Editor(s): Horner, Avril. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224452
ISBN
9780230224452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 41.04

Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition - Later Print Run
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021221
ISBN
9781906021221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403916648
ISBN
9781403916648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.79

Paperback. This largely chronological study of Iris Murdoch's literary life begins with her fledgling publications at Badminton School and Oxford, and her Irish heritage. It moves through the novels of the next four decades and concludes with an account of the biographical, critical and media attention given to her life and work since her death in 1999. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349525058
ISBN
9781349525058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPCF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349210565
ISBN
9781349210565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99

Hardback. BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312217266
ISBN
9780312217266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.48

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746312162
ISBN
9780746312162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.47

Hardback. Although Irene Nemirovsky was Jewish, she frequented authors and politicians on the extreme right. This biography analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a different way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of persecuted people. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804754811
ISBN
9780804754811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. The fourth volume of the acclaimed new comics anthology, co-edited by Dakota McFadzean, Andy Warner and D.W. Illustrator(s): Gennis, Emi; Webber, Georgia; Hindle, James. Editor(s): Warner, Andy; McFadzean, Dakota. Series: Irene. Num Pages: 168 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: DQ; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 214.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Alternative Comics United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780988799936
ISBN
9780988799936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.66

hardcover. In publisher's cloth. Very little wear. Spine in gilt. With frontispeice
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Sampson Low Marston
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0024488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Chapmans Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KAK0008615
ISBN
9781870805018
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. This book explores the performance of Irish collective memories and forgotten histories. It proposes an alternative and more comprehensive criterion of Irish theatre practices. These practices can be defined as the 'rejected', contested and undervalued plays and performativities that are integral to Ireland's political and cultural landscapes. Editor(s): Collins, Christopher. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472581
ISBN
9781349472581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.71

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0011426
ISBN
9780717122028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.59

Paperback. In this volume, Eamon Kelly's stories are collected together: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Goban Saor; the heartbreak of emigration; the stations; the priests; the courting and the dancing; and the war between the sexes. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860230806
ISBN
9781860230806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Hardcover. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Crown
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KRF0031564
ISBN
9780517557945
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Investigates how the Irish cultural debate informed O'Nolan's early fiction and journalism. This work offers an assessment of his work in its Irish context, arguing that his self-reflexive comic writing betrays a crisis of literary identity that is rooted in the cultural dynamics of post-Independence Ireland. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184424
ISBN
9781859184424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Ireland Is Changing Mother is the latest collection from Rita Ann Higgins: provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinx, jittery grief and telling social comment by a gutsy, anarchic chronicler of the Irish dispossessed. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122. 64 pages. Ireland Is Changing Mother is the latest collection from Rita Ann Higgins: provocative and heart-warming poems of high jinx, jittery grief and telling social comment by a gutsy, anarchic chronicler of the Irish dispossessed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight: 122.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249052
ISBN
9781852249052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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