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Hardback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887485824
ISBN
9780887485824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.96

Hardcover. A collection of poems about London which is suitable for: the student abroad for a semester, the armchair traveler, or the critical reader of poetry. It conveys a sense that London is a place of exile and transplantation, a protean site of history, projection, culture, and personal drama. Editor(s): Spaar, Lisa Russ. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour line drawings. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927176
ISBN
9780813927176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.13

Paperback. Handel's Messiah is the world's most popular choral work. The story begins in the unlikely setting of a room above a pub in Chester, when the great composer, detained by bad weather on his way to a season of concerts in Dublin, invites some local choristers to rehearse excerpts. So begins Handel's struggle to stage the premiere of his masterpiece. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571337149
ISBN
9780571337149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.39

Paperback. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. (Trad) When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
272
SKU
KAC0000432
ISBN
9780571270552
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731980
ISBN
9780804731980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. Most studies of ancient slavery have grown out of historical and literary research. In the flood of books and papers on the subject, the archaeological evidence has often been ignored. This title fills the gap by confronting, the archaeological evidence for slavery. It concludes with chapters on restraint and slave revolts. Series: Greek Language. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJBG; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406. Series: Greek Language. 360 pages. Most studies of ancient slavery have grown out of historical and literary research. In the flood of books and papers on the subject, the archaeological evidence has often been ignored. This title fills the gap by confronting, the archaeological evidence for slavery. It concludes with chapters on restraint and slave revolts. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJBG; DSBB. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight: 396.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715617724
ISBN
9780715617724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Poolbeg
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0008763
ISBN
9780905169514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features poems that aim to remind us that we are all in the thick of things, the rich and complicated givens. This title moves from subjects as diverse as the surface of Europa to a tiny spider in a tear of wallpaper, and from Pythagoras at Tyre to the wings of a dragonfly. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495265
ISBN
9781558495265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. All the Little Lights was joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426351
ISBN
9781848426351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indigo Dreams Publishing
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907401701
ISBN
9781907401701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
9781897648452
ISBN
9781897648452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.74

Hardback. This work lists and highlights the over 2200 names and close to 250 similes referred to in each book of Milton's "Paradise Lost". Divided into three sections, it offers readers a comprehensive overview of the names and similes, including the number and percentages for each type of name and simile. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810843042
ISBN
9780810843042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 177.42

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pocket Books/TownHouse
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0000733
ISBN
9781903650288
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. First collection of poems drawing on a childhood spent on the Hebridean island of Erraid along with the rupture and re-imagining of a family. Runner-up for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2016. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373621
ISBN
9781780373621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vintage Books
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780679744399
ISBN
9780679744399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Early reviews by the author known as "the most dangerous poetry critic not dead" Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 201 x 15. Weight in Grams: 225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472066315
ISBN
9780472066315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.87

Hardback. The creative potential is inherent in transposing classic literary texts into other genres or media (operatic, dramatic) and the responsibilities, if any, govern the transposer, audience, and critic. The practice of transposition gives rise to a creative conflict. This title features essays and reviews, linked by these themes. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843819
ISBN
9781934843819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.92

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hearing Eye United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905082131
ISBN
9781905082131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202597
ISBN
9781602202597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Particular Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781846149160
ISBN
9781846149160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Every day for the past six years, Tyler Knott Gregson has written a simple haiku about love, and posted it on his website. These Daily Haiku on Love have become the most popular feature among his loyal fan base - liked and shared widely on Tumblr and lnstagram, and even tattooed on readers' arms in Tyler's handwriting. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Perigee Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399176005
ISBN
9780399176005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.91

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

€ 46.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789888208821
ISBN
9789888208821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759229
ISBN
9781894759229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Renowned cowboy poet Zarzyski is paired with notable western photographer Van Cleve to capture the rodeo lifestyle. Num Pages: 112 pages, 35 duotones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 179 x 8. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890133088
ISBN
9780890133088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.33

Hardcover. 304pp. First US edition. Orange-brown boards with brown cloth spine and gilt titles. A bright crisp copy, fore edge uncut. Includes near perfect dust jacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KHS0076351
ISBN
9781400044962
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Four Way Books United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935536352
ISBN
9781935536352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.06

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246587
ISBN
9781852246587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Kalpin Smith, Kathleen; Lake, James H. Series: New Kittredge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 128 pages, Photos from major productions. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Focus
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585103164
ISBN
9781585103164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. The Cambridge School Shakespeare Series approaches the plays in a new way, by encouraging students to actively examine them, working in groups as well as individually, and to treat them as scripts to be re-created, with theatrical and dramatic qualities to explore. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
The Arden Shakespeare
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271208
ISBN
9781904271208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Hardcover. Editor(s): Dusinberre, Juliet. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
The Arden Shakespeare
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271192
ISBN
9781904271192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.20

Hardback. Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer - a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292738928
ISBN
9780292738928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.77

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wynkin deWorde
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KOC0018488
ISBN
9780954260743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Wynkin deWorde
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0017247
ISBN
9780954260743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Wynkin deWorde
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003115
ISBN
9780954260743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443695
ISBN
9780801443695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.60

Paperback. This study explores Thackeray as an allegorist rather than a mere satirist. Num Pages: 320 pages. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
CENTRAL BOOKS
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9783643906731
ISBN
9783643906731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.71

Hardcover. One of the more intriguing developments within medieval Japanese literature is the incorporation into the teaching of waka poetry of the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism. This is a study of such texts. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009561
ISBN
9780674009561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635842
ISBN
9780691635842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.61

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607238
ISBN
9780691607238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300028454
ISBN
9780300028454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Hardback. As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes's Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation. Num Pages: 601 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967854
ISBN
9780674967854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.58

hardcover. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731843
ISBN
9780804731843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.86

Paperback. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731850
ISBN
9780804731850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Hardcover. Jason Crawford explores the emergence of modernity by investigating the early modern poetics of allegorical narrative. He focuses on four major allegorical narratives produced in the period: William Langland's Piers Plowman, John Skelton's The Bowge of Courte, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, and John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788041
ISBN
9780198788041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801429958
ISBN
9780801429958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.87

Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151809
ISBN
9780691151809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.78

paperback. Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When "Howl and Other Poems" was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped to define the Beat Generation. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238101
ISBN
9780571238101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. A biography of Allen Ginsberg that re-examines the life, poetry and politics of this crucial poet and activist, and discusses his position in American letters and culture. It moves from the influences of childhood to his meeting with Kerouac and Burroughs in the New York of the late 1940s and the birth of the Beat Generation. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230177
ISBN
9781780230177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.46

Paperback. Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. This title presents a readable account of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary poets. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753522523
ISBN
9780753522523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. A collection of poems that temper the joy of existence - the "bounty that turns the author's flawed breath into prayer" - with a questioning of empirical reality. It includes poems of love and hate, contrition and forgiveness, and the joys of sorrow and existence. Translator(s): Silver, Philip W. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983322023
ISBN
9780983322023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.08

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Grantvedt, Eric. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 127 x 76 x 11. Weight in Grams: 75.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565548473
ISBN
9781565548473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.39

Paperback. A searing thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425903
ISBN
9781848425903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

Hardback. Addressing the ways alliterative poems share concerns with history and the often-dangerous confrontation of the present with the past, Christine Chism shifts her focus away from the emphases on meter, dialect, and provenance that have routinely marked studies of alliterative poetry. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 356 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236552
ISBN
9780812236552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.61

Paperback. Omeros is considered the masterwork of Caribbean-born poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. McGarrity, an expert on Joyce and Caribbean literature, has written a definitive and needed high-quality reading guide for this important piece of postcolonial Caribbean literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061009
ISBN
9780813061009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.30

Paperback. A fresh new edition of Shakespeare's ambiguous, bittersweet fairy tale, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran and Stephen Fried, and actor Guy Henry, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300927
ISBN
9780230300927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.30

Paperback. Helena, physician's daughter of humble birth, cures the King of France, and in return is promised the hand of any nobleman she wishes. But the man she chooses, the proud young Bertram, count of Rosillion, flees to Florence, refusing to consent to the forced marriage unless Helena can pass two seemingly impossible tests. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396262
ISBN
9780141396262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Snyder, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537129
ISBN
9780199537129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
14th Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998318
ISBN
9781906998318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

paperback. This is a collection of critical essays by renowned scholars dealing with various aspects of literature, both poetry and prose, written in English in Wales during the 20th and 21st century. Editor(s): Gramich, Katie. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBH; GBCY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998431
ISBN
9781906998431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Offers a collection of lyrical and narrative poems that celebrate, and mourn the passing of, the world of the small family farm. This book reflects on a long poetic apprenticeship. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159195
ISBN
9780691159195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246877
ISBN
9781852246877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Used Copy.Covers Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014657
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 245 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807276
ISBN
9781609807276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.08

Paperback. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013: the extraordinary, warm and witty novel from the Orange Prize shortlisted author of When We Were Bad. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002250
ISBN
9781447220008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013: the extraordinary, warm and witty novel from the Orange Prize shortlisted author of When We Were Bad. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0006019
ISBN
9781447220008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013: the extraordinary, warm and witty novel from the Orange Prize shortlisted author of When We Were Bad. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0006080
ISBN
9781447220008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. These poems often spring from unlikely sources. In Almost Nothing to Be Scared Of, David Clewell's most expansive work yet, readers will discover a multiplicity of new ways to take heart - surely no small thing in a world where we're too often asked to take what we'd rather not. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299307240
ISBN
9780299307240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. Sarah Maguire's first collection, Spilt Milk, established her as one of the most original voices in British poetry, and led to her being chosen as one of the New Generation Poets. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701188559
ISBN
9780701188559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925005233
ISBN
9781925005233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.66

Hardback. With more people living alone today than at any time in U.S. history, Ferguson investigates loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological beginnings in Rip Van Winkle to the postmodern terrors of 9/11. At issue is the dark side of a trumpeted American individualism. Ferguson shows that we can learn, from our literature, how to live alone. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066762
ISBN
9780674066762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.46

paperback. Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0039044
ISBN
9780141189383
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.47

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 160 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Samuel French
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573019883
ISBN
9780573019883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; DCF; WH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 191 x 246 x 9. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
NYR Children's Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590178171
ISBN
9781590178171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. A revised edition of Michael Frayn's comedy set in a provincial newspaper office, Alphabetical Order won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy when it transferred from the Hampstead Theatre to the West End in 1975. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408122600
ISBN
9781408122600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 118. 80pp
Publisher
Cinnamon Press
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
9781905614387
ISBN
9781905614387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.85

Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011237
ISBN
9781847011237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.30

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847015105
ISBN
9781847015105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.36

Paperback. Series: African Literature Today. 173 pages, 17, 17 black and white. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Brings together experiences of teachers of African literature from around the world in the context of technological change. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2H; DSBH; JNU. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 12. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847015112
ISBN
9781847015112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Paperback. The success of the Caine Prize for African Writing and the growth of online publishing have played key roles in putting the short story in its rightful place within the study and criticism of African literature. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010810
ISBN
9781847010810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01