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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Christopher Marlowe's story of a Scythian shepherd who through using his brutality, lust for power and also his charm becomes a mighty conqueror and the King of Persia. Editor(s): Dawson, Anthony B. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713668148
- ISBN
- 9780713668148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This book argues that we should regard walking and talking in a single rhythmic vision. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of prosody, our understanding of respiration and looking, and, in sum, to the particular links, across the board, between the human characteristics of bipedal walking and meaningful talk. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. .
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256839
- ISBN
- 9780823256839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Hardcover. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310. 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243099
- ISBN
- 9781851243099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.50
€ 17.99
€ 14.50
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571253586
- ISBN
- 9780571253586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. Everywhere you turn today, someone is talking to you - the television, the radio, cell phones, your computer. If you think some of the novels and stories you read are talking to you too, you're not alone. This book reads contemporary fiction as a form of conversation and as part of the larger conversation that is modern culture. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803278011
- ISBN
- 9780803278011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. The figure of the New Woman was in the process of being composed at the turn of the 20th century. This study of the forces that produced the New Woman in revolutionary China employs a model of translation, in which both the self and the other are subject to multiple transformations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 2GDC; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804737746
- ISBN
- 9780804737746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Hardback. In Tales of the Wars of Montrose Hogg continues his examination of Scotland's past. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 741.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606351
- ISBN
- 9780748606351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 108.53
€ 112.39
€ 108.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Dooley, Ann; Roe, Harry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549856
- ISBN
- 9780199549856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.54
€ 13.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate." Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 414 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594. Series: European Perspectives. 414 pages, Ill.
Her analysis deals with the role of narcissism and idealization in the formation of a love object. She accounts for the role of the death drive by coining the term "love/hate.". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight: 582. Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 414
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231060257
- ISBN
- 9780231060257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724179
- ISBN
- 9780198724179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.84
€ 32.84
Paperback. Nine of James's most important tales, including (new to the second edition) "In the Cage," a tale that engages James's complicated attitudes toward gender, class, and the rise of information technology. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393977103
- ISBN
- 9780393977103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347899
- ISBN
- 9780226347899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416874
- ISBN
- 9780862416874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.30
€ 16.99
€ 12.30
Paperback. Rather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the authority of those in power. This title offers a collection of stories, poems, comic strips, primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical tradition. Editor(s): Mickenberg, Julia L.; Nel, Philip. Num Pages: 313 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757215
- ISBN
- 9780814757215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. 522 pages. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight: 796.
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 522
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604432
- ISBN
- 9780748604432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.05€ 130.63
€ 136.05
€ 130.63
Paperback. Drawing on diaries, photos, and interviews, this book recreates the evolution of nine of Max Stafford-Clark's famous and influential productions, three from each of his three main companies. It not only assesses Stafford-Clark's own role as director, but also the roles of actors and writers in this essentially collaborative creative process. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854598400
- ISBN
- 9781854598400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Hardback. Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887484001
- ISBN
- 9780887484001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Hardback. Takhyil is a term from Arabic poetics denoting the evocation of images. It has a broad spectrum of connotations throughout classical philosophical poetics and rhetoric, and it is closely linked to the Greek concept of phantasia. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094693
- ISBN
- 9780906094693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 108.53
€ 112.39
€ 108.53
paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Shoestring Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904886174
- ISBN
- 9781904886174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Hardback. Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784740214
- ISBN
- 9781784740214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between touching and writing in contemporary literature. This title provides a timely intervention in the field, investigating the different ways that literary texts make contact with or 'touch' their readers. It explores literary touch in the work of often neglected contemporary thinkers and writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685318
- ISBN
- 9780748685318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.99
€ 106.47
€ 102.99
Paperback. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic times and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLL; JWD; JWKT; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082708
- ISBN
- 9780300082708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. Editor(s): Mayer, Roland. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 246. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 240 pages. Editor(s): Mayer, Roland. An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB. Dimension: 180 x 125 x 8. Weight: 238.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521469968
- ISBN
- 9780521469968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Paperback. Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals , when complete, carried the narrative of Tiberius' reign from A.D. 29 to 37. Unfortunately most of Book V has been lost, but Annals VI, which resumes the narrative 2 weeks after the execution of Sejanus, contains a fascinating variety of incidents. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687228
- ISBN
- 9780856687228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.17
€ 33.99
€ 31.17