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Paperback. A Student Edition of Bond's notorious play set in London in the 1960s reflecting a time of social change. Its subject is the cultural poverty and frustration of a generation of young people on the dole and living on council estate. Editor(s): Davis, David. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408100103
- ISBN
- 9781408100103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.50
€ 14.50
Paperback. Telling the story of the author's grandparents and parents, and of his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, this title etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape of Kenya, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 2AB; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099548522
- ISBN
- 9780099548522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
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. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Mick Imlah selects Tennyson. Editor(s): Imlah, Mick. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 119 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571207008
- ISBN
- 9780571207008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 5.50
€ 9.99
€ 5.50
Paperback. This is a study of the poetry of T.S. Eliot. The author sets out to discover just how his poetry, charged with coldness, antisemitism, misogyny, elitism and prissiness invites or incites prejudice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publisher
- Faber Faber Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170357
- ISBN
- 9780571170357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.53
€ 13.00
€ 11.53
Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KHS0038618
- ISBN
- 9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.52
€ 19.99
€ 17.52
Paperback. * A accessible one--volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome. * Covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410. * Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231332
- ISBN
- 9780631231332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.22
€ 43.99
€ 43.22
Hardback. The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, he presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 390 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737877
- ISBN
- 9780674737877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of an important Middle English alliterative poem, generally attributed to the author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". This translation captures the original's poetic and alliterative qualities while making the often difficult original text accessible to modern readers. Editor(s): Gustafson, Kevin. Translator(s): Gustafson, Kevin. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113999
- ISBN
- 9781551113999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.44
€ 36.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon; Sanderson, Kate. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 147 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon; Sanderson, Kate. Cateogry: (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 147 x 173 x 9. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907776038
- ISBN
- 9781907776038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283461
- ISBN
- 9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Hardback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207849
- ISBN
- 9780631207849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.62
€ 105.62
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107083882
- ISBN
- 9781107083882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 67.23
€ 106.47
€ 67.23
Hardback. Editor(s): Morrison, Jago; Watkins, Susan. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403995841
- ISBN
- 9781403995841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63€ 34.79
€ 94.63
€ 34.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521699464
- ISBN
- 9780521699464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, John. Series: Latin Texts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472508508
- ISBN
- 9781472508508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.68
€ 25.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 614
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108038379
- ISBN
- 9781108038379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.22
€ 62.22
Paperback. These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature. Translator(s): Batstone, William W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192823458
- ISBN
- 9780192823458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. John Newbery is celebrated as the first successful publisher of children's books, and the founder of modern children's literature. Three classic works published by Newbery (the authors unknown) are now available for a new generation of readers. Edited by M. O. Grenby, with an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Grenby, Matthew O. Series: Classics of Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSY; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274274
- ISBN
- 9781137274274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Contains Milton's English poems, with the exception of "Paradise Lost", together with translations and texts of his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. This work presents extensive notes and headnotes to show Milton's allusions and synthesize the judgements and disagreements of a bewildering array of modern critics. Editor(s): Carey, John. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405832793
- ISBN
- 9781405832793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23