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Paperback. An elaborate poetic weave of fact and fiction, rich in incident, enigma, wit and feeling - starting with a murder in China in the age of Confucius and ending with a sestina about a difficult family Christmas in front of the TV. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903039717
- ISBN
- 9781903039717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Hardback. The formation of Saudi Arabia in 1932, with the unification of the two Kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd, not only unified parts of the Arabian peninsula which had until then remained disparate, but also led to the development of a distinct Saudi Arabian literature. This title offers insight into the complex and enigmatic setting of Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Sebail, Abdulaziz; Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FA; FYB; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760995
- ISBN
- 9781780760995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.13
€ 135.13
Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723442
- ISBN
- 9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.59
€ 33.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976718505
- ISBN
- 9780976718505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.74
€ 16.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Told through the whispering voice of a witty, likeable, mischievous young girl, the poems in this book paint a three-dimensional account of adolescent life at school, at home, or in a best-friend's bedroom. The characters and stories gossip wickedly to one another about teachers, history lessons, pets, parents and pimples. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 165 x 197 x 4. Weight in Grams: 46. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0002821
- ISBN
- 9780571227686
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This is a collection of poems, from charms recollected out of childhood to nursts of eloquence, wonder and waggish wit along the way to discovering what it is to be a poet. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 144 pages, 19 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007918
- ISBN
- 9780674007918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.58€ 46.48
€ 50.58
€ 46.48
Paperback. Offers close readings of Middle English texts placed within the culture with which they interact. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634606
- ISBN
- 9780748634606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Paperback. George Steiner, the eminent professor of English at Cambridge and Geneva universities, has outlined seven books he has never written, but has always wanted to write, in seven sections. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825693
- ISBN
- 9780753825693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardback. This is a study of the author, illustrator, and radio personality, Daniel Pinkwater. It discusses nearly all of Pinkwater's books, and emphasises his young adult fiction. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839946
- ISBN
- 9780810839946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.28
€ 93.28
Paperback. Throughout the history of imperial China, the educational elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. By examining literary archetypes, titles of paintings, inscriptions and the historical context, this text shows that paintings expressed strong political opinions. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 434 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; 3H; ACK; AFC; DSBB; DSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007826
- ISBN
- 9780674007826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.68
€ 38.99
€ 32.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Newlin, Keith. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DD; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566632997
- ISBN
- 9781566632997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.18
€ 22.18
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609546
- ISBN
- 9780691609546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.68
€ 48.99
€ 34.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754443
- ISBN
- 9780838754443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.79
€ 104.79
paperback. The end of an Indian summer and the beginning of the Troubles; the perfect setting for a family tragedy Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Headline
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021870
- ISBN
- 9780747259374
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. A collaboration between African American and white feminists that deals with the problems that have troubled feminist thinking for decades. It questions such issues as the primacy of sexual difference, the universal nature of psychoanalytic categories, and the role of race in the formation of identity. Editor(s): Abel, Elizabeth; Christian, Barbara; Moglen, Helene. Num Pages: 425 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSL3; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206304
- ISBN
- 9780520206304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.02
€ 40.99
€ 29.02
paperback. Editor(s): Kucich, John; Sadoff, Dianne F. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816633241
- ISBN
- 9780816633241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45
hardcover. Editor(s): Renouf, Alice; Ryan-Maher, Mary Beth. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BJ; DQ; VSW; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781442212695
- ISBN
- 9781442212695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.61
€ 128.61
Hardcover. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW with nicks and tears. Some foxing to page edges but remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007235
- ISBN
- 9787171050324
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. One of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical--and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars Poetica unavailable elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111720
- ISBN
- 9780231111720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27€ 76.07
€ 101.27
€ 76.07
Hardback. It teases out the finer points of division on the public battlefields of literature and politics and the new world of contesting sexual economies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884764
- ISBN
- 9780801884764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.08
€ 72.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578878
- ISBN
- 9781877578878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.69
€ 15.99
€ 12.69
Hardback. Translator(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163866
- ISBN
- 9780231163866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35€ 54.52
€ 71.35
€ 54.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 419 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DQ; DSB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412251
- ISBN
- 9780821412251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Paperback. Includes D H Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterised by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099513322
- ISBN
- 9780099513322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.30
€ 13.99
€ 10.30