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Paperback. * A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder in 1763. * By a well-known Irish writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087341
- ISBN
- 9781844087341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. * From the bestselling author of Slammerkin comes a collection of fascinating historical stories Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499548
- ISBN
- 9781860499548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Samuel French Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780573130106
- ISBN
- 9780573130106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Paperback. This text explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, it provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353705
- ISBN
- 9781349353705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349223046
- ISBN
- 9781349223046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.89
€ 193.89
Hardback. Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betrayal in his friends, this book traces the development of Conrad's conception of identity through the three phases of his career - the self in isolation, the self in society and the sexualized self. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333457412
- ISBN
- 9780333457412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.85
€ 194.85
Hardcover. Conrad's Secrets explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, the book provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507838
- ISBN
- 9780230507838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Electronic book text. Editor(s): Baxter, Katherine Isobel; Hampson, Professor Robert, Fea Frsa (Royal Holloway College University of London). BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425575
- ISBN
- 9781474425575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115118
- ISBN
- 9780230115118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346759
- ISBN
- 9781137346759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance (New Middle Ages)
Robert Grudin Michaela Paasche Grudin
Hardcover. Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341128
- ISBN
- 9780230341128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardback. Good copy with minor shelf wear. Minor staining to cover and yellowing to pages but text remains clear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- New Frontiers Press
- Publication date
- 1946
- SKU
- KOC0002349
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Taking as its subject the natural world and the arbitrary nature of things, this collection includes poems, rhymed lyrics and epigrams, discursive philosophical discourse and free verse. It demonstrates an Augustan preference for substantial content. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548389
- ISBN
- 9781857548389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.88
€ 21.99
€ 18.88
Hardcover. This collection of Robert Graves' essays, written between 1922 and 1972, is organized around the thematic categories of literature, history and religion. It show Graves' intellectual development by presenting the essays chronologically to show how ideas begin and evolve over half a century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857542820
- ISBN
- 9781857542820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 56.14
€ 62.29
€ 56.14
CD-Audio. A graphic storyteller begins with the petty cruelties of the author's public school upbringing. Then, almost in 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary style, he paints devastating portraits of war: of a young man's hell, of meaningless sacrifice, of everyday heroism, and of the idiocy of the military command. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182. A graphic storyteller begins with the petty cruelties of the author's public school upbringing. Then, almost in 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary style, he paints devastating portraits of war: of a young man's hell, of meaningless sacrifice, of everyday heroism, and of the idiocy of the military command. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 148 x 130 x 16. Weight: 182.
- Publisher
- Csa Word Ltd
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906147037
- ISBN
- 9781906147037
CD
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 17.81
€ 31.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Graves created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Graves' poems some of the finest. This book presents the achievement of Graves' seventy productive years. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 944
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182063
- ISBN
- 9780141182063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Paperback. A reading and research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. This book is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and also a personal document in which the author explored the sources of his own inspiration and, as he believed, all true poetry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571174256
- ISBN
- 9780571174256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.73
€ 25.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184593
- ISBN
- 9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
hardcover. These essays cover topics as diverse as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Vaclav Havel, "The Magic Flute" and "Viz" magazine. All have been published before, and many have already proved controversial. This collection is addressed as much to the educated general reader as to the academic specialist. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333760062
- ISBN
- 9780333760062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Why should mathematics, the purest of sciences, have a history? This book explores how Renaissance scholars recovered and reconstructed the origins of mathematics by tracing its invention in prehistoric Antiquity, its development by the Greeks, and its transmission to modern Europe via the works of Euclid, Theon and Proclus. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 5 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; PB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 5
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732148
- ISBN
- 9789400732148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.96
€ 160.96