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Hardcover. Afterlife and Narrative explores why life after death is such a potent cultural concept today, and why it is such an attractive prospect for modern fiction. The book mines a rich vein of imagined afterlives, from the temporal experiments of Martin Amis's Time's Arrow to narration from heaven in Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364240
- ISBN
- 9780230364240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CB; CJB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824441273
- ISBN
- 9783824441273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 55.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509840380
- ISBN
- 9781509840380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.39
€ 12.99
€ 9.39
Hardback. From Continuity to Contiguity breaks away from previous attempts attempts to define a common denominator that unifies the various modern Jewish literatures by acknowledging discontinuity as the staple characteristic of modern Jewish writing. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762007
- ISBN
- 9780804762007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43
€ 84.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286997
- ISBN
- 9781349286997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0001647
- ISBN
- 9780349101712
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Ruth R Wisse is a scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies and one of our public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society and culture. This book pays tribute to her with a collection of essays related to Yiddish, Hebrew, Israeli, American, European, and Holocaust literature. Editor(s): Cammy, Justin Daniel; Horn, Dara; Quint, Alyssa; Rubinstein, Rachel. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025851
- ISBN
- 9780674025851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.98€ 64.98
€ 70.98
€ 64.98
Hardcover. In the beginning of the 21st century, European theatre-makers have sought to consider the disastrous events of the 20th century as the unfinished business of the contemporary. In this book, Kear argues that by thinking through the logic of the event, contemporary performance offers an affective interrogation of 'the event' of the European century. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; AN; AS; DSG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008083
- ISBN
- 9780230008083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.05
€ 63.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854115775
- ISBN
- 9781854115775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.26
€ 18.99
€ 13.26
Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094297
- ISBN
- 9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24
Hardback. Translator(s): Kitson, Thomas J. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180825
- ISBN
- 9780231180825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.39
€ 35.99
€ 26.39
Hardcover. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339676
- ISBN
- 9781137339676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.39
€ 79.39
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
€ 24.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. These poems, written between 1900 and 1908, and selected from "Das Buch der Bilder" and the two parts of "Neue Gedichte", show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. The book includes an introduction and notes. The German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual ed
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229259
- ISBN
- 9780520229259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.45
€ 20.99
€ 16.45
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691625072
- ISBN
- 9780691625072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.40
€ 50.99
€ 36.40
Paperback. This collection of 12 essays uses the works of Shakespeare to show how experts in their field formulate critical positions. Editor(s): Maguire, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135276
- ISBN
- 9781405135276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.19
€ 44.99
€ 44.19
Mason uses the antics of Romantic-era advertising to illustrate the profound implications of commercial modernity, both in economic practices governing the book trade and, more broadly, in the development of the modern idea of literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409986
- ISBN
- 9781421409986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.85€ 39.26
€ 50.85
€ 39.26
Hardcover. Clean copy in black cloth. Minor shelf wear. Frontispiece
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1930
- Publisher
- The Phoenix Publishing Company Limited
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0004864
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. First modern edition of four romances from the medieval Scottish tradition. Editor(s): Purdie, Rhiannon. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, 4, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976364
- ISBN
- 9781897976364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.48
€ 50.99
€ 48.48
Paperback. A biographical account of John Milton. It features readings, chronologies, and attention to symbol from etymology to archetype. The work seeks to take the reader into the most interior stirrings of a 17th-century mind. Series: Studies in the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190211
- ISBN
- 9780813190211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.30
€ 33.30
Hardback. Radicalism and Black feminism in postwar women's writing Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036507
- ISBN
- 9780252036507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.83
€ 122.83
Hardback. Critically examines the extent to which relations between two ancient African states were influenced by warfare, commerce, and political fictions Series: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 230 pages, 2 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1QDA; 3D; DSBB; HBJH; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780814760666
- ISBN
- 9780814760666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946799
- ISBN
- 9781403946799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.04
€ 76.04
Paperback. A famous author comes face-to-face with America's most notorious terrorist. One has a story to write, the other has a story to tell. As the clock ticks on Death Row, the bond between the two men grows. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780713687941
- ISBN
- 9780713687941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.23
€ 11.99
€ 6.23