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Biography
Paperback. One of the leading figures of the English Romantic movement, and an inspiration for many future poets, John Keats is chiefly remembered for his sublime odes, with works such as "Ode to a Nightingale", "To Autumn" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn" counting among the best loved poems of all time. This biography charts the life of this brilliant poet. Series: Poetic Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913023
- ISBN
- 9781843913023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.25
€ 11.25
Paperback. Poet, philosopher and critic, Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best remembered for the "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan". This title traces the history of Coleridge's life, his intense friendship with William and Mary Wordsworth, his travels through Europe, failed marriage and crippling addiction to opium. Series: Poetic Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913016
- ISBN
- 9781843913016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Larson Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936012572
- ISBN
- 9781936012572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.74
€ 31.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Kendall, Judy. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854115805
- ISBN
- 9781854115805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Hardcover. La Fontaine was a great French lyric poet of the 17th century. This study is almost as much about Louis XIV as about La Fontaine. It provides analysis of the absolutist politics and attempts by the King to enforce an official cultural style, and the plight of the artist under such a ruler. Translator(s): Todd, Jean Marie. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; BGH; BGR; DSBD; DSC; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1025.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038779
- ISBN
- 9780268038779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.85
€ 58.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572336063
- ISBN
- 9781572336063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.76€ 57.01
€ 61.76
€ 57.01
hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Libris Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870352758
- ISBN
- 9781870352758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.66
€ 51.99
€ 43.66
Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259871
- ISBN
- 9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.60
€ 31.99
€ 25.60
Paperback. An image of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) as a man of gloom and mystery continues to hold great popular appeal. Whether promoting him as angel or demon, 'a man of great and original genius' or 'extraordinarily wicked', this collection of primary materials provides vigorous testimony to support the contradictory images of the man and the writer. Editor(s): Fisher, Benjamin F. Series Editor(s): Myerson, Joel. Series: Writers in Their Own Time. Num Pages: 276 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298639
- ISBN
- 9781587298639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Paperback. Edgar Allan Poe began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron. Poe has been claimed as the forerunner of modern fantasy. This biography of Poe opens with his end, his final days - no one knows what happened between the time when friends saw him off on the steam-boat to Baltimore and his discovery six days later dying in a tavern. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287674
- ISBN
- 9780099287674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.09
€ 17.99
€ 14.09
Hardback. Genre-hopping, gender-bending: Bowie has never been afraid to push the boundaries. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 118 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Hardie Grant Books (UK)
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784880729
- ISBN
- 9781784880729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGTA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550176391
- ISBN
- 9781550176391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.19
€ 26.99
€ 24.19
Hardback. Presents a study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution. This book traces the remarkable life story of a key figure in Mexico's history. It draws on an array of archival evidence from Mexico, US, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory, leading to his reformist, yet authoritarian presidency from 1924 to 1928. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537484
- ISBN
- 9780742537484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.85
€ 175.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Modern Library Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375756764
- ISBN
- 9780375756764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Dryden, John. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375756771
- ISBN
- 9780375756771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.13
€ 21.99
€ 16.13
Hardcover. A gift that will bring cries of delighted recognition from anyone who has ever owned a dog and, dare one say it, charm the pants off even those who strongly prefer cats. Hello. My name is Plum and I'm a whoosell - that's whippet mixed with Jack Russell and poodle. I especially like swimming, leaping, catching, and croissants. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224098403
- ISBN
- 9780224098403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.84
€ 25.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. A memoir written at 95, by America's oldest living conscientious objector. It tells of the harsh treatment meted out to conscientious objectors during World War I, his upbringing in rural upstate New York, and the impact on his thinking by socialist leaders such as Eugene Dobs and Norman Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; HBJK; HBWN; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602767
- ISBN
- 9780815602767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
€ 21.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300. Medcalf. t
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KST0006074
- ISBN
- 9781905483785
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 14.99€ 12.03
€ 14.99
€ 12.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300 191pp A series of vignettes on the art and folklore of ploughing with special reference to the Irish experience.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Liberties Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781905483785
- ISBN
- 9781905483785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Personal narrative blended with a gardener's log-book, in Plot 29 Allan Jenkins, the Editor of Observer Food Monthly, organically weaves together memoir and memory from his childhood to the recent past Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008121952
- ISBN
- 9780008121952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25