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Paperback. Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? In this title, the author speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning can mean in the near and distant future. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416. 384 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Human competition is eternal. We thrill to victory, we suffer the agony of defeat. No matter what the future brings, sports will be a part of it. But what forms will these games take? Who will be the spectator, who will play? In this title, the author speculate on what swifter, higher, stronger, and winning can mean in the near and distant future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Prime Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607013815
ISBN
9781607013815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.76

Hardcover. Editor(s): Dunne, Sean. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 38. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780902561878
ISBN
9780902561878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 17.84

Paperback. Demonstrates that even in the short novels there is more depth and sophistication than has generally been acknowledged Editor(s): Benson, Jackson J. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, NC
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822309949
ISBN
9780822309949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Hardcover. No seafarer's or armchair sailor's education will be complete without this anthology, which brings together poetry from both sides of the Atlantic, including poets as diverse as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson and John Masefield. This is a celebration of the sea and its impact on the human spirit, compiled by author Bob Crew. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954706265
ISBN
9780954706265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.37

Hardback. This study discusses whether there is a linguistic difference between classical Attic prose texts intended for public oral delivery and those intended for written circulation and private performance, establishing a rigorous methodology for the reconstruction of the native perception of clarity in the original contexts of textual reception. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 black-and-white figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; CF; D; DN; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198795902
ISBN
9780198795902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135466
ISBN
9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.18

Hardcover. Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career that often explored humanity's capacity for violence and cruelty. This title interprets his final works: the screenplay 'Saint Paul', the scenario for "Porn-Theo-Colossal", and the immense and unfinished novel "Petrolio". Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; APFB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501345
ISBN
9780226501345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.01
€ 53.02

Paperback. Iinvestigates some of the ways in which Laplacian and, indeed, Newtonian models of observation and the universe are at once assimilated and complicated by Romantic and Victorian writers such as Carlyle, Burke, Abbott, Poe and Wordsworth. This book explains how some of these literary reimaginings look forward to more modern conceptions of science. Num Pages: 202 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191252
ISBN
9781845191252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.90

Paperback. Historical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early-eighteenth century English historical writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719099243
ISBN
9780719099243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.36

paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001731
ISBN
9780753801970
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976130
ISBN
9781403976130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 40.30

Paperback. Set in the Malay Archipelago, this novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. It explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty and betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001805
ISBN
9781853260377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126564
ISBN
9780231126564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.75
€ 86.26

Hardback. In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513314
ISBN
9781509513314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.82

Paperback. A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349999927
ISBN
9781349999927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Paperback. 5pp. Written in response to an invitation by Amnesty International, published on Human Rights Day 10th Dec. 1985, in a single printing of 2,000 copies. Illus. by John Behan. Fine. In original printer's wrappers, remains of price sticker to rear wrap, remains a fine copy. Keywords - Seamus Heaney, John Behan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Amnesty International Galway
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KHS1003439
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 125.00

Hardback. A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195607
ISBN
9781405195607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.59

Hardback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333711415
ISBN
9780333711415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

Hardcover. One of the most memorable Shakespearean characters is Edgar in King Lear. The author asks us to rethink all those received ideas - and thus to experience King Lear as never before. He argues that Edgar is Shakespeare's most radical experiment in characterization - and also his most exhaustive model of both human and theatrical possibility. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226150642
ISBN
9780226150642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.37

Paperback. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0003353
ISBN
9780552991094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Clean copy in original wrappers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0247788
ISBN
9781898256922
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An anthology of contemporary Polish drama that exposes ways in which individual and social violence impinge upon each other, disrupt notions of a monolithic Polish identity, and try to find meaning within the post-9/11 global context. It also includes an introduction that situates each play within its historical, political, and theatrical context. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 195 x 38. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421777
ISBN
9780857421777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

hardcover. Rev. ed. of: A commentary on the collected poems of W.B. Yeats. 1968. Num Pages: 543 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1984th Edition
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333352144
ISBN
9780333352144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.49

Paperback. Includes three plays "The Rivals", "School for Scandal", "The Critic". In "The Rivals", Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish - wooing her under another name, while her aunt, the verbally inept Mrs Malaprop, wishes her to marry the real Captain. Editor(s): Rump, Eric. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0010015
ISBN
9780140432404
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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