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Paperback. One warm summer's day at the beach, forty-year-old Cordelia Grinstead, dressed only in a swimsuit and beach robe, walks away from her family and just keeps on going. After hitching a ride with a stranger to a new town where she knows no one, she reinvents herself as a single woman with no ties and begins living a new life altogether. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000624
- ISBN
- 9780099479413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.86
€ 36.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. A look at the best plays of 2014 including; The Country House, Dinner With the Boys, Mala Hierba, Our Lady of Kibeho, When January Feels Like Summerand Year of the Rooster Editor(s): Harbison, Lawrence. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480396654
- ISBN
- 9781480396654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover. Essays by historians on aspects of republicanism in Ireland (north and south) from the early 20th century to the present. Splits, schism and rivalry emerge as a significant dynamic of the political culture and republican organizations are shown to be ideologically incoherent and opportunist. Editor(s): McGarry, Fearghal. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Edition
- 1st.ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621946
- ISBN
- 9781900621946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.77
€ 53.99
€ 44.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816650729
- ISBN
- 9780816650729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.73
€ 81.73
Paperback. Back in print to tie-in with The Canary Trainer, this "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend. Editor(s): Meyer, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393311198
- ISBN
- 9780393311198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.85
€ 20.99
€ 18.85
Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf and reading wear, pages lightly browned and showing light age, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0023663
- ISBN
- 9780330256872
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Delving into the critical role of the theater in the origins of the novel of interiority, this title reinterprets the novel as a record of dissatisfaction with inwardness and an injunction to rethink human identity in radically collective and social terms. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153162
- ISBN
- 9780691153162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553273229
- ISBN
- 9780553273229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.86
€ 9.99
€ 9.86
Paperback. The poet went to hospital for a scan. By Magnetic Resonance Imaging it was possible for doctors to look through his skull and spine, into his brain and spinal cord. The author's poems emerge from his engagement with this experience and its aftermaths, and the readings it provides. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549676
- ISBN
- 9781857549676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.36
€ 20.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 458. 661pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141009957
- ISBN
- 9780141009957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.60
€ 16.99
€ 11.60
Hardcover. Sacred chants are Ada Franklin's power and her medicine. By saying them, she can remove warts, stanch bleeding, and draw the fire from burns. At age twenty, her reputation as a faith healer defines her in her rural Pennsylvania community. But on the day in 1953 that her family's barn is consumed by flame, her identity as a healer is upended. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804011846
- ISBN
- 9780804011846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.86
€ 30.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. The short poems in this book reflect the spiritual insights of some of the greatest poets, saints, and sages known to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions. Editor(s): Laude, Patrick; McDonald, Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941532457
- ISBN
- 9780941532457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.18
€ 17.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. A collection of the most important plays of the 1980s and 1990s in one volume, the first in a series of anthologies celebrating landmarks of world drama. It is aimed at structuring college and university courses Series: Play Anthologies. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001012
- ISBN
- 9780413764904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. A History of the Hellenistic World provides a new, authoritative account of the period following the reign of Alexander the Great. With clear narration and extensive documentation, the book explains the highly complex political history of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233879
- ISBN
- 9780631233879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.56
€ 119.56
hardcover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) index. Series: The Spatial Humanities. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 b&w illus., 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1M; DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018380
- ISBN
- 9780253018380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.36
€ 95.36
Hardcover. The Story of Manu, by poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is a book about kingship at the time of Krishnadevaraya, who was a close friend and patron of the poet. Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674427761
- ISBN
- 9780674427761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.57
€ 38.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. A comprehensive guide to the scholarly work that has appeared pertaining to the Roman de Renart. The guide not only details the evolution of various manuscripts and their present locations, but also provides information concerning translations, adaptations, scholarly and critical studies, and facsimile editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834354
- ISBN
- 9780810834354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.17
€ 120.17
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228690
- ISBN
- 9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.78
€ 112.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 780 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1511.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 780
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556438332
- ISBN
- 9781556438332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.58
€ 42.99
€ 39.58
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606910
- ISBN
- 9780691606910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.18
€ 38.99
€ 28.18
Hardback. This study presents the universal myth of the lost paradise in the first seven novels of Jacques Poulin and examines the way in which Poulin has adapted the myth for his own purposes. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838635131
- ISBN
- 9780838635131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.72
€ 100.72
paperback. Presents a portrait of Julius Agricola - the most famous governor of Roman Britain and Tacitus' well-loved and respected father-in-law. This title offers fascinating descriptions of the geography, climate and people of the country, and an account of the early stages of the Roman occupation of Britain. Editor(s): Rives, James. Translator(s): Mattingly, H. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDAR; DB; HBJD1; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455403
- ISBN
- 9780140455403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.69
€ 14.99
€ 13.69