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Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283461
ISBN
9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

paperback. Explains about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century. This framework is with the passional lives of author's characters as he explores the pressures that determine their lives, using a religious symbolism in which the 'rainbow' of the title is his unifying motif. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262500
ISBN
9781853262500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Clean copy showing some shelf wear
Publication date
1995
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
SKU
KMK0001076
ISBN
9780146000911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
VIKING PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
SKU
KTJ0002550
ISBN
9780670000371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 244pp., including notes. David Bogue's catalogue for 1857 at end of book. Decorated boards gilted, spine sunned, bumped. Small tear at top of spine. Library markings. Keywords: Poetry
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
David Bogue
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1857
SKU
KHS1004495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 95.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Critical edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393957495
ISBN
9780393957495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

Paperback. This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle's Poetics, Longinus' On Sublimity, Horace's Art of Poetry, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Editor(s): Russell, D. A.; Winterbottom, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549818
ISBN
9780199549818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510. 320 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight: 502.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246785
ISBN
9781852246785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. This is the authoritative edition of the work of one of the world's greatest living poets. This volume brings together a selection of Miosz's poetry from his early youth in Poland to poems marking a new century. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 48. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186412
ISBN
9780141186412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. A survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Num Pages: 570 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
570
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520044777
ISBN
9780520044777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.07

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that covers the author's passion for poetry, his love of the Polish language that was so nearly wiped out by the violence of the twentieth century, and his happy childhood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193199
ISBN
9780141193199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. The Nibelungenlied is the greatest medieval German heroic poem, a revenge saga on an epic scale, which tells how dragon-slayer Sivrit acquires the priceless hoard of the dwarvish Nibelungs, and of the tragic conflict between Kriemhilt and Hagen. This is the first prose translation for over forty years, with full introductory materials. Translator(s): Edwards, Cyril. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3H; AVGC; AVH; DCF; DSBB; FQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199238545
ISBN
9780199238545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Well-read hardback, in good condition. No dustjacket. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
SKU
KRF0036376
ISBN
9780904651652
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114378
ISBN
9781551114378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.91
€ 59.18

Hardback. Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072633
ISBN
9780674072633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.12

hardcover. This edited collection showcases the contribution of women to the development of political ideas during the Enlightenment, and presents an alternative to the male-authored canon of philosophy and political thought. Recently, considerable scholarly attention has been paid to women's literary writing and their role in salon society. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472409539
ISBN
9781472409539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New Island Books
Edition
Media tie-in
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KNW0005165
ISBN
9781902602233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Media tie-in
SKU
KEX0198172
ISBN
9781902602233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 7.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Features the story of a girl named Cupcake, beginning when, aged eleven, she is orphaned and placed in the 'care' of sadistic foster parents. But there comes a point in her preteen years when Cupcake's story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark disturbing journey through hell. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553818178
ISBN
9780553818178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1937
Publisher
Student Christian Movement Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0025873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Bibliography at end of each part; "Books recommended for the high school library": p. 388-390. Commissioning organisation: edited by William H. Cunningham. vi, 390 p. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, just slightly rubbed at spine ends and along hinges." Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1930
SKU
KEX0102878
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 34.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. 1935 c1933 "Bibliography at end of most of the chapters. Commissioning organisation: by J.W. Cunliffe. 341 p. 22 cm. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, rubbed at edges, binding tight. Ex-libris with plate and stamps." Keywords: English literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1935
SKU
KEX0059637
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. 25lth. Cnuasacht filíochta agus Focail Faoin Teidil laistigh. Trí dán dhéag - cliste, meabhrach, greannmhar. Smaointe domhain agus smaointe gealaigh. .A collection of thirteen poems from the author Philip Cummings .
Publisher
COISCEIM
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
6660012100484
ISBN
6660012100484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.50

Paperback. Who needs CNN when we have Culture Clash? --Steve Winn, S. F. Chronicle Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559362160
ISBN
9781559362160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 6.35

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