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Paperback. Internationally known during her lifetime, Laura Battiferra (1523-89) was a gifted and prolife poet in Renaissance Florence. This anthology gathers her most essential writing, including newly discovered poems, to provide modern readers with a valuable social chronicle of sixteenth-century Italy and the courtly culture of the Counter-Reformation. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Translator(s): Kirkham, Victoria. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: DCQ; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039237
ISBN
9780226039237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. An anthology of poems that takes you on a journey from the 'suddenly' of love at first sight to the 'truly, madly, deeply' of infatuation and on to the 'eternally' of love that lasts beyond the end of life, along the way taking in flirtation, passion, fury, betrayal and broken hearts. Editor(s): Barber, Laura. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424805
ISBN
9780140424805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. A compilation of poems on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, and of mourning and commemoration. Editor(s): Barber, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713999617
ISBN
9780713999617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. An anthology of some of the best English poems. Editor(s): Barber, Laura. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191775
ISBN
9780141191775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394701
ISBN
9780141394701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the 'seven ages' of a human life, this anthology brings together the poems in English. Beginning with babies, it is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424706
ISBN
9780140424706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Furman, Laura. Series: Pen / O. Henry Prize Stories. Num Pages: 403 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307472373
ISBN
9780307472373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Otis, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554652
ISBN
9780199554652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The short poems in this book reflect the spiritual insights of some of the greatest poets, saints, and sages known to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions. Editor(s): Laude, Patrick; McDonald, Barry. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941532457
ISBN
9780941532457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.75

Hardback. At its most basic, re-Orientalism is defined as forms of Orientalism practiced and manifested by Orientals in representing the Orient. This book looks at the application and discourse of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian and South Asian writing in English, particularly social realism fiction. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137401557
ISBN
9781137401557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Paperback. Offers an overview of 20th-century writing from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Containing stories from the colonial period in Taiwan, literature by Tibetan authors, samplings from the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution, and others, this book gives an introduction to Chinese society and culture. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138413
ISBN
9780231138413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

paperback. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Grove Press
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802131454
ISBN
9780802131454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.67

Hardback. A leading European intellectual reflects on the changing concept of melancholy through history Translator(s): Wilkinson, Tim. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300167481
ISBN
9780300167481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on those who will inherit a world overrun with the living dead: a young man who takes up the family business of dealing with the undead, a girl struggling with her abusive father ..who has become a zombie, a poet who digs up the wrong grave, and a Viking maiden imprisoned with the living dead.. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; YDC; YFD. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Night Shade Books United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597803120
ISBN
9781597803120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.31

Hardback. Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer - a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292738928
ISBN
9780292738928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Saetre, Lars; Lombardo, Patrizia; Zanetta, Julien. Num Pages: 451 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345584
ISBN
9788779345584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.73

Hardcover. During the last decades of the 20th century it became increasingly difficult to consider British literature as "national" or "mainstream". This book investigates contemporary fiction and poetry written in, or relating to, Britain and uncovers a distinct sense of a new reality. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801703
ISBN
9780333801703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349250325
ISBN
9781349250325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.72

Hardcover. Overviewing the legal thriller, where most of the titles have been written by professionals such as lawyers and judges, this book takes a gender focused approach to analyzing recent titles and argues for the genre both in the way its narrative pattern parallels that of an actual court trial, and how it reflects the concerns of contemporary society. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137407290
ISBN
9781137407290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardcover. With the canon debate, prominent in literary criticism since the early 1970s, as the sounding board, this study aims at investigating and discussing in critical perspective, the function of considerations to do with canon for literary criticism at the formation stage. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333564745
ISBN
9780333564745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

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