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Paperback. This anthology of 20 stories are from all over Africa, grouped geographically into four different sections - West, East, North and Southern Africa. Editor(s): Achebe, Chinua; Innes, C. L. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905361
- ISBN
- 9780435905361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.37
€ 17.37
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Asserts the author's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. This title includes "The Trouble with Nigeria", the author's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192581
- ISBN
- 9780141192581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- New Internationalist Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906523138
- ISBN
- 9781906523138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 121 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008115272
- ISBN
- 9780008115272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19
Paperback. The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer. Num Pages: 336 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007189885
- ISBN
- 9780007189885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. From the award-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' a powerful story of love, race and identity. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007356348
- ISBN
- 9780007356348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. One of Japan's most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930-2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, frequently surreal poetry and fantastic imagery. This title presents a selection from Tada's extraordinary oeuvre, including nontraditional free verse, poems in the traditional forms of tanka and haiku, and prose poems. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260511
- ISBN
- 9780520260511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Editor(s): Childs, Peter. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748610686
- ISBN
- 9780748610686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Brosius, Peter; Adams, Elissa. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816698103
- ISBN
- 9780816698103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Brosius, Peter. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816673131
- ISBN
- 9780816673131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. This text presents eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a vernacular theory based on their work. Flora Nwapa, Adaora Lily Ulasi, Buchi Emecheta are some of the writers included. The importance of children and community in the literary tradition of African womanism is assessed. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620855
- ISBN
- 9780226620855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today, and he is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition contains four of his most important plays including three popular domestic dramas and one history play. Translator(s): Keene, Donald. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111010
- ISBN
- 9780231111010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Vena, Michael. Translator(s): Vena, Michael. Num Pages: 194 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838638941
- ISBN
- 9780838638941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.35
€ 117.35
Hardcover. The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings dragged on for seven years from 1788 to 1795. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784539221
- ISBN
- 9781784539221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.89€ 42.98
€ 118.89
€ 42.98
Paperback. Chiara Matraini was a member of the great flowering of poetic imitators and innovators in the Italian literary heritage begun by Petrarch. She excelled in a number of literary genres - poetry, religious meditation, discourse, and dialogue. This book is a collection of her erotic love poetry and poems on spiritual salvation. Editor(s): Maclachlan, Elaine. Translator(s): Maclachlan, Elaine. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226510859
- ISBN
- 9780226510859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardback. Part of a new wave of cross-disciplinary scholarship, where Chinese studies meets the British eighteenth century, this novel work will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including performance studies, East Asian studies, British literature, cultural history, gender studies, and postcolonial studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402161
- ISBN
- 9781421402161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
Hardback. Looking at the careers of significant political commentators of the 20th century, this sourcebook includes print and broadcast journalists, scholars, and political consultants. It offers insights into the rise and demise of political commentary, and its future possibilities. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DNF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295850
- ISBN
- 9780313295850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.09€ 28.64
€ 76.09
€ 28.64
Paperback. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220376
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KEX0220135
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Paperback, black spine. 206pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KON0821133
- ISBN
- 9780863222047
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Saints and the Audience in Middle English Biblical Drama fully and assiduously explains how biblical drama functioned in the society that experienced it. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089441
- ISBN
- 9780802089441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Paperback. An examination of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, and a study of his life in relation to his four great books: "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake". Photographs of Joyce, his family and his surroundings cover all phases of his life. Series: Thames & Hudson Literary Lives. Num Pages: 144 pages, 124 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500260180
- ISBN
- 9780500260180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.72
€ 10.99
€ 9.72
paperback. Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has been considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance. This book collects essays he wrote from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which concern white racism, and political and literary addresses he made to both white and black audiences from 1881 through 1931. Editor(s): McElrath, Joseph R., Jr.; Leitz, Robert; Crisler, Jesse S. Num Pages: 636 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744324
- ISBN
- 9780804744324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18