Literary essays
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Literary essays
Hardback. Contains various of W H Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including various essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom. This book includes the text of Auden's first separately published prose book, "The Enchafed Flood", or, "The Romantic Iconography of the Sea", followed by more than one hundred essays, reviews and lectures. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 824
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133263
- ISBN
- 9780691133263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.30€ 62.30
€ 80.30
€ 62.30
Paperback. "The Ramayana" is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its wisdom - or as a tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe with heroes, deities and demons. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRG; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039679
- ISBN
- 9780143039679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993467
- ISBN
- 9781784993467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.17
€ 20.17
Paperback. A collection of privileged information about the identities of authors. It briefs about the fictional persona behind the scenes. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061782220
- ISBN
- 9780061782220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.33
€ 15.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Paints a captivating picture of an Englishman's adventures abroad. This edition also includes a chronology, updated further reading and notes. Editor(s): Goring, Paul. Num Pages: 176 pages, chronology, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437799
- ISBN
- 9780140437799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.28
€ 10.99
€ 9.28
Hardback. A new edition of Woodstock based on the first edition but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 670
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605835
- ISBN
- 9780748605835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.43
€ 178.43
Paperback. First published in 1792, Wollstonecraft's book attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and laid out the principles of emancipation - an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441252
- ISBN
- 9780141441252
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Includes exquisite reflections on life's fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398259
- ISBN
- 9780141398259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.46
€ 5.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201880
- ISBN
- 9780872201880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.96
€ 18.99
€ 14.96
Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 116 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903762
- ISBN
- 9781907903762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.59
€ 20.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. "Translation, introduction, and notes Henry Chadwick c1991."--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Chadwick, Henry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537822
- ISBN
- 9780199537822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. Editor(s): Bauer, Laurie; Trudgill, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140260236
- ISBN
- 9780140260236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. First published in 1869, Culture and Anarchy debates questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold asks what good culture can do and how it can best be disseminated. This edition reproduces the first book version and enables readers to appreciate its historical context and its continued importance. Editor(s): Garnett, Jane. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538744
- ISBN
- 9780199538744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Includes a travel book and a biography of its author. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DN; BGH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432695
- ISBN
- 9780140432695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.13
€ 16.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Offers a sampling of Coleridge's encyclopedic marginalia. This book also offers an introduction to Coleridge's life, the intellectual issues and concerns that held his attention, and the workings of his mind. It features brief headnotes that outline Coleridge's circumstances year by year and provide historical information. Editor(s): Jackson, H. J. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113173
- ISBN
- 9780691113173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(E). Num Pages: 104 pages, 42 color photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351733
- ISBN
- 9781584351733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.48
€ 15.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Three times viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. This is Sidney's own account of his career in Ireland, last published in the mid-19th century. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 161.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181805
- ISBN
- 9781859181805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. A collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of Pamuk's friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571327355
- ISBN
- 9780571327355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.19
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€ 14.19
Paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193748
- ISBN
- 9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Orberg, Hans Henning. Series: Lingua Latina. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJBR; DC; DNF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585106349
- ISBN
- 9781585106349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.47
€ 21.99
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Paperback. 'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days?.. We are bequeathed on earth one very short life, and it might be good, one of these days, to make sure that we are living it.' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112082
- ISBN
- 9781782112082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.75
€ 17.99
€ 12.75
Paperback. Shows the range and depth of Ruskin's work, and reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. This volume also shows that his work "Unto this Last" is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140432114
- ISBN
- 9780140432114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.89
€ 18.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Wellstone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985419073
- ISBN
- 9780985419073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.06
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Paperback. Takes us on a funhouse hall-of-mirrors ride through the other side of America - to the Ozarks for a Christian rock festival; to Florida to meet the straggling refugees of MTV's "Real World"; to Indiana to investigate the formative years of Michael Jackson and Axl Rose and then to the Gulf Coast in the wake of Katrina. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572350
- ISBN
- 9780099572350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.25
€ 14.99
€ 12.25