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Paperback. Covering everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world. The author explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
Edition
Re-issue
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044804
ISBN
9780141044804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Malcolm Davies provides the first full commentary on the surviving fragments of the four epics that recount the story of the Seven's failed assault against Thebes and the successful assault in the next generation. He sets them in context and examines whether artistic depictions of the relevant myths can help reconstruct the lost epics' contents. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417243
ISBN
9780674417243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. The once influential theory Neoanalysis held that motifs and episodes in the "Iliad" derive from the "Aethiopis. "Given its vast potential implications for the "Iliad" s origins, the recent revival of Neoanalysis in subtler form inspires this critical reappraisal by Malcolm Davies of that theory s more sophisticated reincarnation." Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088313
ISBN
9780674088313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.76

Hardback. Critic, poet, editor, chronicler of the Lost Generation, elder statesman of the Republic of Letters, Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was an eloquent witness to American literary and political life. His letters, mostly unpublished, provide a self-portrait of Cowley and his time and make possible a full appreciation of his long, varied career. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
630
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674051065
ISBN
9780674051065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823253111
ISBN
9780823253111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 137.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Flambard Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226384
ISBN
9781873226384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes of modernity in art, science, politics and philosophy. Editor(s): McFarlane, James Walter; Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 688 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140138320
ISBN
9780140138320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952863
ISBN
9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: 'You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him. Num Pages: 304 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141048390
ISBN
9780141048390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. For students of Middle English, Andrew and Waldron's The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been the key edition of the four Pearl poems (the best-known of which is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) for 30 years. By using prose as opposed to verse, this title ensures that the translations remain as close and accurate to the original as possible. Editor(s): Andrew, Malcolm; Waldron, Ronald. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905816026
ISBN
9781905816026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.95

Paperback. An entertaining memoir of a rollicking life in New York of an Irish immigrant. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTM0006032
ISBN
9780006531159
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. 8vo. Good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
SKU
KEX0289490
ISBN
9780006531159
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. An entertaining memoir of a rollicking life in New York of an Irish immigrant. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0005408
ISBN
9780006531159
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The Story of Etienne Pernet with a Foreword by His Lordship the Bishop of Brentwood., dustjacket worn
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Mercier Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
SKU
KTK0094144
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. The first anthology to combine literatures from around the world on an equal footing. Designed as a course for non-native English speakers in how to read literature. Contains extracts, questions, exercises and commentary. Editor(s): McRae, John; Vethamani, Malachi Edwin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DQ; ELX. Category: (LS) English as a second language. Dimension: 146 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415182171
ISBN
9780415182171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.68

Paperback. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896802568
ISBN
9780896802568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. Women's writing in Cameroon has so far been dominated by Francophone writers. This title includes short stories that represent the yearnings and vision of an Anglophone woman, who writes both as a Cameroonian and as a woman whose life has been shaped by the minority status her people occupy within the nation-state. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; FA; FYB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802063
ISBN
9780896802063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.92

Paperback. A collection of haiku by Japanese women, this volume includes translations of 400 haiku written by 20 poets from the 17th century (Basho's school) to the second half of the 20th. For each poet there is a brief biographical and critical headnote, followed by 20 haiku. Editor(s): Ueda, Makoto. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128636
ISBN
9780231128636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 30. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804711661
ISBN
9780804711661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.06

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ooka, Makoto. Translator(s): McCarthy, Paul. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames River Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857285584
ISBN
9780857285584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.46

Paperback. This classic study, now made available again to readers, shows that Woolf's most experimental writing is far from being a flight from social commitment into arcane modernism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641949
ISBN
9780748641949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
The Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
66
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877319075
ISBN
9781877319075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. The first book-length examination of this subject, Modernism in Kyiv is a breakthrough accomplishment that will become a standard volume in the field. Num Pages: 666 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
666
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629004
ISBN
9781442629004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.20

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BM; DSB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843317975
ISBN
9781843317975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.27

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