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hardcover. Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid", Lucan's "Civil War", and Statius' "Thebaid" addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111872
ISBN
9780226111872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.97
€ 54.95

Hardback. Examines the protests of scandalized audience members against the first plays by such writers as Jarry, Synge, and Brecht, illuminating a multifaceted and largely overlooked aspect of modern theater history. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275980566
ISBN
9780275980566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.40
€ 90.42

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Previous owner's signature on titlepage
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KOC0004102
ISBN
9780743220224
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802141965
ISBN
9780802141965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.04

Paperback. Lines up a chorus of over two hundred poems addressing environmental destruction. Whether the subject - or target - is the whole earth or landscapes, homelands and cities (polluting rivers and seas, fouling the air, felling trees and forests), there are poems here to alert and alarm anyone willing to read or listen. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 524. Ecopoems. 128 pages. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Lines up a chorus of over two hundred poems addressing environmental destruction. Whether the subject - or target - is the whole earth or landscapes, homelands and cities (polluting rivers and seas, fouling the air, felling trees and forests), there are poems here to alert and alarm anyone willing to read or listen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 210 x 210 x 17. Weight: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
BloodAxe, 2007
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247744
ISBN
9781852247744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 16 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UA) A / AS level; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 164 x 223 x 3. Weight in Grams: 86. 16 pages. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UA) A / AS level; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 164 x 223 x 3. Weight: 82.
Publisher
Candlestick Press
Number of pages
16
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907598111
ISBN
9781907598111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.78

Paperback. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146. Funeral Poems. 96 pages. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight: 146.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246358
ISBN
9781852246358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

paperback. A comprehensive anthology of best-loved verse for all ages, beautifully illustrated by Isabelle Brent. Illustrator(s): Brent, Isabelle. Editor(s): Philip, Neil. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022692
ISBN
9780316724388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.70

Paperback. The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the comic poems in the English language and one of the best-known and accomplished of all medieval literary texts. This book contains a lively parallel-text translation in modern English, as well as a glossary, notes and introduction. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&2 halftones, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896900
ISBN
9780859896900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. Features thirty poets from around the world who read to you in person. This title presents a fresh concept in publishing: your own personal poetry festival brought into your home. Each poet reads to you for about ten minutes - up to half a dozen poems chosen from across the range of their work. Illustrator(s): Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504. 30 Poets Filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce. 256 pages. Illustrator(s): Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Features thirty poets from around the world who read to you in person. This title presents a fresh concept in publishing: your own personal poetry festival brought into your home. Each poet reads to you for about ten minutes - up to half a dozen poems chosen from across the range of their work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 231 x 146 x 24. Weight: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248000
ISBN
9781852248000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Presents a selection which includes varied work by contemporary poets such as Jane Hirshfield, Denise Levertov, Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver, and others. This book shows how poetry can help feed our hunger for meaning in times of spiritual starvation. Editor(s): Astley, Neil; Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244. Nourishing Poems for Starved Minds. 160 pages. Editor(s): Astley, Neil; Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Presents a selection which includes varied work by contemporary poets such as Jane Hirshfield, Denise Levertov, Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver, and others. This book shows how poetry can help feed our hunger for meaning in times of spiritual starvation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 164 x 174 x 11. Weight: 242.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247669
ISBN
9781852247669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.41

paperback. Britain's most popular anthology of contemporary poetry which has sold over 200,000 copies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674. Real Poems for Unreal Times. 496 pages. Britain's most popular anthology of contemporary poetry which has sold over 200,000 copies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 32. Weight: 676.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Northumberland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245887
ISBN
9781852245887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.92

Hardcover. New gift book edition of a classic anthology of love poems presented in a beautiful quarterbound hardback. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248697
ISBN
9781852248697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 177 x 5. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246143
ISBN
9781852246143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. This poetry collection is the sequel to 'Staying Alive'. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700. The Sequel to "Staying Alive". 512 pages. This poetry collection is the sequel to 'Staying Alive'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DC. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 30. Weight: 706.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246754
ISBN
9781852246754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Pocketbook selection of essential poems from the three anthologies: a Staying Alive travel companion also available as an e-book. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 119 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216. 160 pages. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Pocketbook selection of essential poems from the three anthologies: a Staying Alive travel companion also available as an e-book. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 191 x 119 x 10. Weight: 216.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249427
ISBN
9781852249427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Anthology of poems from wars from the past hundred years, from the First World War to Afghanistan, including many poems selected from Neil Astley's Staying Alive trilogy. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 218 x 35. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780371009
ISBN
9781780371009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. The third volume in the "Staying Alive" trilogy of world poetry anthologies. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. Num Pages: 512 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688. The Companion Anthology to Staying Alive and Being Alive. 512 pages, ill. Editor(s): Astley, Neil. The third volume in the "Staying Alive" trilogy of world poetry anthologies. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 32. Weight: 698.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248093
ISBN
9781852248093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. This stage version with music of Hans Christian Andersen's popular tale THE SNOW QUEEN stays true in plot to the original and and is ideal for use in schools, colleges, youth groups and local theatres as well as for any company looking for a Christmas production for all the family. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124. 96 pages, illustrations. This stage version with music of Hans Christian Andersen's popular tale THE SNOW QUEEN stays true in plot to the original and and is ideal for use in schools, colleges, youth groups and local theatres as well as for any company looking for a Christmas production for all the family. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: DD. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 9. Weight: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906582401
ISBN
9781906582401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Hardcover. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516. Rethinking Historicism. 256 pages. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646135
ISBN
9780748646135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.71

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