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paperback. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America..' So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe. In this title, this speaker of immaculate English tells you his story, of how he embraced the Western dream - and a Western woman - and how both betrayed him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008454
ISBN
9780141029542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Mohja Kahf's poems blend the experiences of Arab-American immigrants into contemporary American scenery. Within her poems, Muslim ritual and Qur'anic vocabulary move in next door to the idiom of suburban Americana, chronicling specific griefs and pleasures of the immigrant. Series: University of Central Florida Contemporary Poetry S. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813026213
ISBN
9780813026213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.02

Hardcover. A deeply complex and beautiful analysis of poetry in its many forms and its use in collaborations with other arts and disciplines Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472072910
ISBN
9780472072910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Albakry, Mohammed; Maggor, Rebekah. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 207 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423412
ISBN
9780857423412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 35.60

Paperback. The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village from a previously un-translated writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167072
ISBN
9789774167072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.82

Paperback. Tangier, 'the most extraordinary and mysterious city in the world', in the author's mind, was a haven for many Western writers in the early twentieth century. This book presents his recollections of his encounters in Tangier with Paul Bowles, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams; offering a fresh insight into the lives of these cult figures. BIC Classification: 1HBM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590504
ISBN
9781846590504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.10
€ 52.72

Paperback. Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Telegram Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590108
ISBN
9781846590108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Birgitta Mark's comprehensive study of mysticism and cognition shows how mystical experience covers three aspects of a person's general experience: mystical ideas, mystical states of consciousness and mystical development. John of the Cross is used as a particular example. Editor(s): Wegener, Mogens. Series: Studies in Religion. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPJ; HRCS1; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772888040
ISBN
9788772888040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Kibler, William; Morgan, Leslie Zarker. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature (Paperback). Num Pages: 317 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Modern Language Assn of Amer
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873529990
ISBN
9780873529990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226256825
ISBN
9780226256825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Cleary, Thomas. Series: Shambhala Classics S. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRKN; JWA; WSTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Number of pages
133
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570627484
ISBN
9781570627484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.09

Paperback. Both an enhanced digital edition-the first edited specifically for undergraduates-and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed apparatus and an unmatched value. Editor(s): Cohen, Walter; Howard, Jean E.; Maus, Katharine Eisaman; McMullan, Gordon; Gossett, Suzanne. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393938616
ISBN
9780393938616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.15
€ 61.05

Paperback. Both an enhanced digital edition-the first edited specifically for undergraduates-and a handsome print volume, The Norton Shakespeare, third edition, provides a freshly edited text, acclaimed apparatus and an unmatched value. Editor(s): Cohen, Walter; Howard, Jean E.; Maus, Katharine Eisaman; McMullan, Gordon; Gossett, Suzanne. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393938623
ISBN
9780393938623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.15
€ 61.05

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813526065
ISBN
9780813526065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Explores Dorothy West's struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551463
ISBN
9780813551463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.76

Hardback. Explores Dorothy West's struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551456
ISBN
9780813551456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.12

Hardcover. The dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. Num Pages: 352 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810366
ISBN
9781571810366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Hardback. Offering powerful new perspectives on Lincoln, Emerson, Whitman and Melville, Meltzer reveals how the Constitution counterintuitively generated such oft-noted tendencies as these writers' penchant for self-contradiction, their willingness to court radical discontinuity, and their intensely conflicted, romance-directed fictions. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019126
ISBN
9780674019126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15
€ 63.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816660841
ISBN
9780816660841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Breitwieser's close readings reveal that the thwarting of mourning, partly linked to nationalist feeling, was a central issue for many American authors, but that those who successfully reclaimed mourning came to strange and fresh understandings of the actual world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755818
ISBN
9780804755818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.57

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