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Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328386
- ISBN
- 9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.98
€ 29.99
€ 27.98
Paperback. Set in rural South Carolina in the early twentieth century, this work weaves a complex tale from the threads of actual events in author James Kilgo's family history. At the center of the story are two brothers, Hart and Tison Bonner, and their cousin Jennie Grant, the mixed-race woman one brother loves and the other dishonors. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329284
- ISBN
- 9780820329284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.78
€ 32.99
€ 28.78
Paperback. The stories in "Silent Retreats "trace the tentative journeys of men as they redefine who they are in a changed world while still coping with memory and desire in the old ways. Above all, these stories chronicle a search for absolution for the elusive freedom lurking among the very syllables of the word." Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330662
- ISBN
- 9780820330662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.47
€ 27.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Re-creates the life of Varina Anne (Winnie) Davis, the youngest child of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. This book measures the massive weight of memory on individuals caught up in the sweep of history. Num Pages: 224 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820332048
- ISBN
- 9780820332048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.57
€ 27.99
€ 25.57
Paperback. A collection of linked short stories that explore the borderland between Israelis and American Jews, emigrants and expatriates, and vanished homelands and the dangerous world in which we live. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820333311
- ISBN
- 9780820333311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.73
€ 29.99
€ 25.73
Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820334219
- ISBN
- 9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.90
€ 29.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. Written with humor but often poignant when they reveal the veins of longing that run through men and women, the stories in "Spirit Seizures" follow the elusive currents that link us to the eternal, the fluid boundaries that wash between love and mourning. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820341057
- ISBN
- 9780820341057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.85
€ 25.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. With a reporter's eye for the inside story and a historian's grasp of the ironies in our collective past, Downs affectionately observes some of the last survivors of what Greil Marcus has called the old, weird America. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342184
- ISBN
- 9780820342184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.26
€ 24.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. On the surface, Treadway s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their ability to do the right thing, and even their sanity. But Treadway s psychic landscapes are tinged with a sense of the surreal, inviting readers to recognize that very little is actually as it seems." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342214
- ISBN
- 9780820342214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.57
€ 27.99
€ 25.57
Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345482
- ISBN
- 9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.26
€ 27.99
€ 25.26
Hardcover. Series: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820346861
- ISBN
- 9780820346861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.12
€ 30.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. In the eleven kaleidoscopic stories, McFawn traces the combustive, hilarious, and profound effects that occur when people misread the minds of others. While our misreadings may be unavoidable, they can be things of beauty, charm, and connection, reminding us of the necessity of empathy. Series: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820346878
- ISBN
- 9780820346878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348278
- ISBN
- 9780820348278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.90
€ 24.99
€ 22.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820348285
- ISBN
- 9780820348285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942993
- ISBN
- 9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.32
€ 32.99
€ 29.32
Paperback. An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, it is considered a classic work of Pacific literature. Series: Talanoa: contemporary Pacific literature. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824815844
- ISBN
- 9780824815844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.86
€ 37.86
Paperback. "The inhabitants of sleepy old Kanewai town are rudely awakened when disturbing messages begin showing up on the wall of the abandoned movie theater. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824828363
- ISBN
- 9780824828363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysantheme" (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime. More broadly, Loti's novel helped define the terms in which Occidentals perceived Japan as delicate, feminine, and, 'preposterous' - in short, ripe for exploitation. Presented as the diary of Chrysantheme, this title retells Loti's story. Num Pages: 112 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834371
- ISBN
- 9780824834371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. What would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time. Num Pages: 152 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386838
- ISBN
- 9780873386838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. In his brief life, Chekhov was a doctor, essayist, dramatist and a humanitarian. He saw no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. This collection of stories presents powerful portraits of doctors in their everyday lives, struggling with their own personal problems. Editor(s): Coulehan, Jack. Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387804
- ISBN
- 9780873387804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.55
€ 24.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. This collection contains 113 of the 161 poems Wylie chose for the volumes published in her lifetime and 100 that appeared in Collected Poems and in Last Poems. Also included are the first chapters of her novels, and short stories, essays, reviews, and articles to define Wylie's place on the 1920s literary scene. Editor(s): Hively, Evelyn Helmick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388290
- ISBN
- 9780873388290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Steinberg, Erwin R. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature S. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527118
- ISBN
- 9780873527118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.23
€ 94.23
Paperback. The six letters composing this 1784 novel tell the story of a woman who has chosen a decent and affectionate man as her life's companion only to discover that she cannot bear sharing his life. Translator(s): Stewart, Philip. Num Pages: 42 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527767
- ISBN
- 9780873527767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. Translator(s): Kornacker, David. Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873527781
- ISBN
- 9780873527781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30