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Paperback. Seventy-five writers including Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jo Ann Beard, David Sedaris, Dorothy Allison, Salman Rushdie, Jerry Tempest Williams, Michael Perry, Mark Spragg, and Jane Brox reflect on the power of short works to move, persuade, and change readers. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326000
- ISBN
- 9780393326000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.02
€ 19.99
€ 19.02
The Literary Life of Cairo. One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City...
Professor Of Arabic Literature In The Departm...
Hardback. Readings from literary works that re-construct a century of Cairo s changing social life Editor(s): Mehrez, Professor of Arabic Literature in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization and Director of the Center for Translation Studies Samia (American University in Cairo). BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163906
- ISBN
- 9789774163906
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Condition: New
€ 27.25
€ 27.25
paperback. Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967) is a controversial Chinese intellectual and the brother of the writer Lu Xun. Zhou's essays present an alternative vision of the nation, question the dichotomy between modernity and traditions, and espouse a literary style that values openness and individualism. Translator(s): Pollard, David E. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961985
- ISBN
- 9789629961985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789380601045
- ISBN
- 9789380601045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.81
€ 134.81
Paperback. David Ward started writing poetry in his late thirties. His poems are the work of an historian who knows how environments and events, on a family or a national scale, shape and change us, and how we live with moral and psychological consequences of actions for which we are not ever fully accountable. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771629
- ISBN
- 9781847771629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.92
€ 20.99
€ 17.92
paperback. Certain Windows is Dan Burt's second chapbook collection. It includes poems, sequences and the title prose, a vivid memoir evoking a harsh formative world. Among others, the poet's father comes alive here and in the poems, a powerful, hard and sympathetic figure with the wisdom of the man of action. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771612
- ISBN
- 9781847771612
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.04
€ 20.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. A new collection of poems by John Whale. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 63
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771117
- ISBN
- 9781847771117
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.06
€ 20.99
€ 18.06
Hardback. Examines the creative process. This work yokes ten images with ten poems and in so doing one explores the other: text uses apposition to excavate image and its genesis, and image illuminates text and its content. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 372 x 305 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771056
- ISBN
- 9781847771056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.91€ 69.10
€ 74.91
€ 69.10
Paperback. A long awaited second Carcanet collection from Carola Luther. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 207 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770936
- ISBN
- 9781847770936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.18
€ 20.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. A collection of lyric poems, celebratory if often melancholy, both elegiac and ironic. Num Pages: 69 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770844
- ISBN
- 9781847770844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.94
€ 17.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Collects poems and sequences by the Cambridge-based author, some of which are derived from experiencing an unfamiliar place, such as highland and wilderness (the Pyrannees, the Apennines, Derbyshire, Haute Provence, the American west). Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 207 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770790
- ISBN
- 9781847770790
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.38
€ 20.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. In myths of origin and the natural world, the terrible chronicles of history and the saving power of folk wisdom, the poet weaves spells of Romany and circus language, invents forms and shapes, drawing his readers into a 'lit circle' magical and true. Num Pages: 78 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 78
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770622
- ISBN
- 9781847770622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.48
€ 16.99
€ 15.48
Paperback. A collection of poems by a poet who is alive to the challenges of traditional form, finding ways of expressing themes that are intensely real and many-layered in time, culture and society. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770547
- ISBN
- 9781847770547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.68
€ 15.99
€ 13.68
Paperback. An anthology of poetry. Editor(s): Astbury, Anthony. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770509
- ISBN
- 9781847770509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. John Gallas's falsehoods are beautiful, ribald and audacious. Made from found language liberated from books, walls, the internet and radio, his forty lies construct an extravagant alternative reality of Russian assassins and magical shirts, Babylonian gardens, flying monks and the mathematics of Omar Khayyam. Illustrator(s): Kirby, Sarah. Num Pages: 84 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 176 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770493
- ISBN
- 9781847770493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.35
€ 17.99
€ 16.35
Paperback. Draws on the author's own recovery from alcoholism, his move to the Dutch landscape and the work of famous artists such as Vermeer and Rembrandt in dialogues that range from the quizzical to the confrontational. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770172
- ISBN
- 9781847770172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.33
€ 20.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. Tangier, 'the most extraordinary and mysterious city in the world', in the author's mind, was a haven for many Western writers in the early twentieth century. This book presents his recollections of his encounters in Tangier with Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams; offering a fresh insight into the lives of these cult figures. BIC Classification: 1HBM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Telegram Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590504
- ISBN
- 9781846590504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.19€ 51.13
€ 56.19
€ 51.13
Paperback. Features various entries that illuminate Jane Austen's world. This book offers alphabetically arranged entries providing historical details on the form and function of everyday and obscure objects that are mentioned in her novels. It also includes a selection of illustrations accompanying the entries that help bring her fiction to life. Series: All Things. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- abridged ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846450525
- ISBN
- 9781846450525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.21
€ 48.21
Paperback. Analyzes various literary genres and world literatures including: Shakespeare's plays; modern Austrian authors writing in German (Thomas Bernhard); the Spanish poets of the Generacion del '50; Malaysian-Singaporean poets in English; and, Anglo-American Modernist poets (Frost, Stevens, Pound and Lawrence) and novelists (Woolf and Conrad). Editor(s): Miller, Donna R.; Turci., Monica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 figures. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539092
- ISBN
- 9781845539092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Hardback. Traces the development of the scientific journal article as a linguistic genre in terms of its linguistic features. This book looks at Chaucer's "Treatise on the Astrolabe", as the first technical text written in English. It considers texts by Boyle, Power and Hooke from the late seventeenth century. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533168
- ISBN
- 9781845533168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47