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Paperback. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. This novel is about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198 261pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780099501633
ISBN
9780099501633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.61

paperback. Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out in the country, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158 184pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571225644
ISBN
9780571225644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. What happens when poetry deals explicitly with a serious theological issue? In this text, Jim Rhodes seeks one answer to that question by analyzing the symbiotic relationship that existed between theology and poetry in 14th-century England. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3J; DSBB; DSC; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038700
ISBN
9780268038700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.62

Paperback. F. Fraser Darling provides a beautifully written account of the interaction between humanity and life underwater accompanied with illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrator(s): Tunnicliffe, C. F. Num Pages: 84 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 116 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521175944
ISBN
9780521175944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
906
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804704861
ISBN
9780804704861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.38

Paperback. Offers the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3810 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718035
ISBN
9780804718035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.99

Paperback. Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) is not only the greatest poet that California (and indeed the American West) has produced, but a major poet of the 20th century who occupies a prominent place in the tradition of American prophetic poetry. This is a selection of his work. Editor(s): Hunt, Tim. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741088
ISBN
9780804741088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.62

Paperback. In this book, Blanchot forcefully distinguishes his critical project from the major intellectual currents of his day, surrealism and existentialism. Translator(s): Kendall, Stuart; Kendall, Michelle. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750356
ISBN
9780804750356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625550
ISBN
9780816625550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816629336
ISBN
9780816629336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Explores the various metaphoric uses of travel and displacement in literary and feminist theory, traces the political implications of this "travelling theory," and shows how various discourses of displacement link, rather than separate, modernism and postmodernism. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318217
ISBN
9780822318217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. Offers a collection of queer criticism on the history of the novel. This title includes startingly imaginative essays that explore critical practices that can weave the pleasures and disorientations of reading into the fabric of queer analyses. Editor(s): Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320401
ISBN
9780822320401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. Born in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria E Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. Providing a sample of the poetry, prose, fiction, and experimental autobiographical writing that Anzaldua produced, this book demonstrates the breadth and philosophical depth of her work. Editor(s): Keating, AnaLouise. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345640
ISBN
9780822345640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.74

Paperback. A broad collection of Akhmatova's poetry from the earlier period of her career, plus a more constrained selection of poems from later years Editor(s): Platt, Kevin M. F. Translator(s): Falen, James E. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Whale & Star Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979975233
ISBN
9780979975233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069423
ISBN
9781782069423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have come to Ireland from London in search of a different life. In passages of beauty and truth, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters that move about them unfolds through the action, the rituals of work, religious observances and play. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258 314pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571225729
ISBN
9780571225729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. 'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line was adopted by Jean Anouilh, to characterize the first production of "Waiting For Godot" at the Theatre de Babylone, in 1953. Anybody acquinted with Beckett's masterly black comedy would not question the recognition of this twentieth-century literature classic. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571229116
ISBN
9780571229116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Behind the shiny door of Hazel Robinson's London home, things aren't as good as they look. Her plastic surgeon husband, Richard, has embarked on his latest charitable mission to Haiti, leaving the heavily pregnant Hazel to cope with a failing business and a problem son. This psychological drama is about the darker side of modern parenthood. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781848422230
ISBN
9781848422230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.23

Paperback. An introduction to the themes of a still-evolving American ethnic literature Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
American Literatures Initiativ ed.
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439902172
ISBN
9781439902172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. Translator(s): Hare, Tom. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740. Performance Notes. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 528 pages, facsims. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 740. Translator(s): Hare, Tom.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139595
ISBN
9780231139595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.85

Hardcover. Pablo Neruda wrote these sonnets for his adored wife, Matilde Urrutia de Neruda Translator(s): Tapscott, Stephen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292757608
ISBN
9780292757608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.77

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295999364
ISBN
9780295999364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. * A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
V9780349114477
ISBN
9780349114477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573040085
ISBN
9780573040085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.56

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