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Paperback. This book looks at the relationship of literary criticism to the social construction of race in Brazil. Isfahani-Hammond considers Gilberto Freyre's model of master/slave synthesis and examines what "multiculturalism" means after the turn of the century. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 205 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536580
- ISBN
- 9781349536580
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In 1992 the author embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this memoir, she charts their twenty years together, from the brutal beauty of the Zambezi to the mountains of Wyoming - the new adventures, the unexplored paths, and the many signals that they missed along the way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 1KBBWY; BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700591
- ISBN
- 9781784700591
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Analyzes medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim uses of gendered bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity in their visual and verbal polemic against one another. This book examines attitudes toward the corporeal body and its relationship to divinity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268023676
- ISBN
- 9780268023676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Buchler, Alexandra. Translator(s): Buchler, Alexandra; Naughton, James; Quinn, Justin. Series: New Voices from Europe. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Arc Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904614180
- ISBN
- 9781904614180
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Hyperbole and A Half is a blog written by a 20-something American girl called Allie Brosh. She tells stories about the mishaps of her everyday life, with titles like 'Why Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving' and 'The God of Cake'. This book chronicles the "learning experiences" Brosh has endured as a result of her own character flaws. Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: DQ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224095372
- ISBN
- 9780224095372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Using structuralist and post-structuralist methods, this book analyzes a selection of influential Russian texts--classical, modernist, and contemporary--as dialogues with earlier works, in the light of new cultural contexts. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727037
- ISBN
- 9780804727037
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.94
€ 43.99
€ 38.94
Hardback. Focusing on Shakespeare's "Hamlet" as foremost a study of grief, this book offers an analysis of its protagonist as the archetype of the modern hero. It situates "Hamlet" within the context of family and mourning as it was presented in other revenge tragedies of Shakespeare's time. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050935
- ISBN
- 9780691050935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.12€ 68.86
€ 89.12
€ 68.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Ostashevsky, Eugene. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590176306
- ISBN
- 9781590176306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.06
€ 17.99
€ 16.06
paperback. One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his descriptions of the flora and fauna of the continent'. Translator(s): Wilson, Jason. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; PD; RGR; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445534
- ISBN
- 9780140445534
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Vaschenko, Alexander; Smith, Claude Clayton. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indegenous Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670819
- ISBN
- 9780816670819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. 232pp. Keywords: International Literature, Fiction
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KON0827810
- ISBN
- 9780099716600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This volume contains, in a new translation, a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496898
- ISBN
- 9781847496898
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Eugene Onegin is not merely the greatest poem in the Russian language by its most influential poet: it is a global cultural, social and political icon of the highest order. The historical power of this work - a novel in verse - is made all the more extraordinary by the simplicity of its subject. Translator(s): Johnston, Charles. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857157390
- ISBN
- 9781857157390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A tale of intrigue, deception, murder and retribution, 'Boris Godunov'; charts the rise and fall of an ambitious prince who cannot avoid facing the consequences of his dark past. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496911
- ISBN
- 9781847496911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila - Pushkin's second longest poetical work - is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 156 x 141 x 29. Weight: 228. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492968
- ISBN
- 9781847492968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The author was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its energy and inventiveness centuries after his death. This book includes selections of his work that follows the path of his poetic genius over his lifetime. Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Damrosch, Leo. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140423501
- ISBN
- 9780140423501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.29
€ 15.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. A hideous crime is committed at a fashionable London society gathering. The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors..Pope's mock-epic is the sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature. Illustrator(s): Beardsley, Aubrey. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004801
- ISBN
- 9780099511526
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Written in 1727, "The Art of Sinking in Poetry" was one of Alexander Pope's contributions to the literary output of the legendary Scriblerus club - a circle of writers dedicated to mocking what they perceived as a culture of mediocrity and false learning prevalent in the arts and sciences of their day. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496928
- ISBN
- 9781847496928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature. Editor(s): Fuller, John. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230709
- ISBN
- 9780571230709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Rogers, Pat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537600
- ISBN
- 9780199537600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Editor(s): Rogers, Pat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, one map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537617
- ISBN
- 9780199537617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. 1729. 205pp. Index. Appendix. The Dunciad is a landmark literary satire by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times. The first version (the "three book" Dunciad) was published in 1728 anonymously. The second version, the Dunciad Variorum was published anonymously in 1729. The New Dunciad, in four books and with a different hero, appeared in 1743. The poem celebrates the goddess Dulness and the progress of her chosen agents as they bring decay, imbecility, and tastelessness to the kingdom of Great Britain. This copy is the second version. Full calf. Title in gilt on spine. Embossed. Cover is slightly worn. Child's drawings on endpapers. Some notes in pen throughout. Hole burnt in title page. Overall very good considering age of the book. Binding is tight and text is clear and bright. Keywords: 18th Century Poetry, British Poetry, Rare and Antiquarian Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Printed and Reprinted for the Booksellers in Dublin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KON0826965
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 395.00
€ 395.00
Hardback. What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? This title explores this question. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251861
- ISBN
- 9780520251861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.36€ 65.36
€ 84.36
€ 65.36
Paperback. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 294 pages. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224902
- ISBN
- 9780520224902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.40
€ 36.99
€ 32.40