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Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated ed
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826322531
- ISBN
- 9780826322531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.35
€ 23.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826304698
- ISBN
- 9780826304698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.40
€ 29.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Set mainly in the Midwest, these tales are inhabited by ordinary, decent people who, often to their surprise, find joy and meaning under difficult circumstances. Many of the stories depict isolated moments of perfection in a world that forces its imperfections on us. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214812
- ISBN
- 9780826214812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.19
€ 21.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. This collection explores the lives of African-American characters against the ever-present backdrop of race, but with the myriad complexities of individual minds and souls in the foreground. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214447
- ISBN
- 9780826214447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.41
€ 26.41
Hardcover. "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" is a compilation of the novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and other published work by one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential African American authors. This volume contains the later of his Simple stories. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214096
- ISBN
- 9780826214096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.78€ 56.85
€ 61.78
€ 56.85
Hardcover. Jesse B. Simple sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly "Chicago Defender" column in 1943. This is an examination of Hughes's "Simple stories". Through the conversations between Simple and his foil, Boyd, Hughes makes clear that both are alike - black men in a racially unbalanced society. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213709
- ISBN
- 9780826213709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.78€ 56.85
€ 61.78
€ 56.85
The Novels: Not Without Laughter and Tambourines to Glory (Collected W...
Dolan Hubbaard Langston Hughes
Hardcover. Although best known as a poet, Langston Hughes was also the author of two novels that richly evoke the black experience in America. In his introduction to this combined edition of both novels, Hubbard addresses how a black aesthetic tradition shaped Hughes' art and his imagination. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213426
- ISBN
- 9780826213426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Paperback. Winner of the 2009 Drue Heinz Literature Prize A compelling collection of short stories about expartriots and natives in modern Saudi Arabia, and the uneasy mesh of divergent peoples in a desert land where oil is the source of riches and cultural upheaval." Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822963141
- ISBN
- 9780822963141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.45
€ 29.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822952732
- ISBN
- 9780822952732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.21
€ 26.99
€ 24.21
Hardcover. Series: Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944294
- ISBN
- 9780822944294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Hardcover. Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 2012 --Text. Series: Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944195
- ISBN
- 9780822944195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Hardcover. Winner of the 2011 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Told in precise, evocative prose that skewers the heart of the matter time after time, these memorable stories view and illuminate the human condition from a compelling, funny and entirely original perspective. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944102
- ISBN
- 9780822944102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.45
€ 29.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Parker roars into New York City, seeking revenge on the woman who betrayed him and on the man who took his money, stealing and scamming his way to redemption. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226770994
- ISBN
- 9780226770994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.22
€ 16.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. This sequel to "The Raj Quartet" describes the fate of Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley, a British couple who remain in India after the war. The comic, spirited characters reveal the intricate class tensions of the British and the Raj, and the mute loyalty and resentful dependence of ageing couples. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Univ of Chicago
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743493
- ISBN
- 9780226743493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.01
€ 21.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and Pakistan, this volume sketches one last bittersweet romance, revealing the divided loyalties of the British as they flee, retreat from, or cling to India. Series: Raj Quartet S. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 44. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743448
- ISBN
- 9780226743448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.60
€ 24.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. In this volume, readers meet Mabel Layton and her daughters, stranded in their colonial mansion awaiting Colonel Layton's return from war. As the flames of independence continue to threaten the Raj, leaders of the Indian Congress are rounded up into British prisons. Series: Raj Quartet S. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743417
- ISBN
- 9780226743417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.30
€ 27.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. Series: Dance to the Music of Time. Num Pages: 732 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 40. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226677149
- ISBN
- 9780226677149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.22
€ 30.99
€ 28.22
Hardback. Documents the infancy of film in Europe - complete with proto-divas, laughable production schedules, and cost-cutting measures with priceless effects - and offers a glimpse of the modern world through the camera's lens. This book captures early twentieth-century Italian filmmaking and reveals its truths as only a parody can. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Scott. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669816
- ISBN
- 9780226669816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.77
€ 80.77
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Laxman, R.K. Num Pages: 252 pages, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Univ of Chicago
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226568256
- ISBN
- 9780226568256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.53
€ 44.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821411940
- ISBN
- 9780821411940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.87
€ 47.87
Paperback. Written by a cousin of the better known humorist Johnson Jones Hooper, this work is a lampoon of dueling culture set in south eastern Alabama. The main character is a figure familiar in outline to readers of John Gorman Barr, J J Hooper, Joseph G Baldwin, and other practitioners of what is known as the humor of the Old Southwest. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354121
- ISBN
- 9780817354121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.95
€ 37.95
Paperback. This text presents a group of related fictional characters whose stories illuminate various facets of the bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War. Ranging from the first day of the battle until after the turn of the 20th century, the stories expose bravery, loyalty, memory and loss. Series: Classics of Civil War Fiction. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; FA; FJM; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312794
- ISBN
- 9780817312794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.87
€ 29.87
Paperback. This is a novel about some of life's most serious subjects - the nature of family, ageing, parents, and alcoholism. Nina is a Virginia belle, now out shovelling Wisconsin snow. Divorced, childless and middle-aged, she's alone again. What she really wants is a baby. Series: Deep South Book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312435
- ISBN
- 9780817312435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.20
€ 32.20
Paperback. This novel tells the story of C.P. McKay, a star football player and passionate student who loves poetry. C.P. is a young man who appears to have everything going for him. But his downfall begins when he receives a scholarship to university where he finds his dream blocked by various factors. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817312428
- ISBN
- 9780817312428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.87
€ 26.99
€ 23.87