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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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