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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Arthur Waldhorn discusses Hemingway's sense of the world as well as his writing style. He also analyses, in chronological order, the writings - beginning with the early stories and sketches - tracing major patterns that recur throughout Hemingway's career. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 304 pages, index, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629504
ISBN
9780815629504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.28

Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260136
ISBN
9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004976
ISBN
9780226004976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226004839
ISBN
9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. .
Edition
1st Printing
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424133
ISBN
9780140424133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Translator(s): Watt, Norman. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410749
ISBN
9781572410749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. A novella that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Translator(s): Davies, J.M.Q. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182247
ISBN
9780141182247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Jary, Andrew. Translator(s): Jary, Andrew. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Crescent Moon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861713605
ISBN
9781861713605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.40

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647661
ISBN
9780691647661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Pollard, Arthur. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865977587
ISBN
9780865977587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. 8vo .Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1978th Edition
SKU
KEX0293733
ISBN
9780333215142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408836316
ISBN
9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.64

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408123119
ISBN
9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.63

Paperback. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189963
ISBN
9780141189963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189970
ISBN
9780141189970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. A car wreck on the slopes of Mount Morgan puts insurance tycoon Lyman Felt in the hospital. While Lyman recovers, two women meet in the hospital waiting room only to discover that they are both married to him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198889
ISBN
9780241198889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189994
ISBN
9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861809
ISBN
9781405861809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. In an unidentified Latin American country, General Felix Barriaux has captured an elusive revolutionary leader. The rebel, known by various names, is rumoured to have performed miracles throughout the countryside. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198926
ISBN
9780241198926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a lost life of affluence he's finally come to sell. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189987
ISBN
9780141189987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190044
ISBN
9780141190044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In Vichy France, 1942, a group of men sit outside an office, waiting to be interviewed. The reason they have been pulled off the street and taken there is obvious enough. They are, for the most part, Jews. But how serious an offence this is, and how they are to suffer for it, is not clear, and they hope for the best. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190020
ISBN
9780141190020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520085206
ISBN
9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.80

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

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