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Paperback. Aims to transform the world's great fables into charming poems of originality, wit, and verve. The author depicts lions, frogs, donkeys, rats, insects, birds and wily foxes in situations that reveal the quirks, follies and frailties he observed in humankind. He presents sins of pride, greed, and vanity under humorous attack. Illustrator(s): Grandville, J.J. Editor(s): Michie, James. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455243
- ISBN
- 9780140455243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were published at various times throughout his life, often these works threatened to get him in trouble with both Church and Academie. This translation covers the entire corpus in all their variety. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Black Widow Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981808819
- ISBN
- 9780981808819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.46
€ 23.99
€ 22.46
paperback. The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" are the fruit of the author's wicked delight in the tales he found in Boccacio's "Decameron", Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso", Rabelais and elsewhere. Marital misdemeanours, resourceful females, addled males, proved the inspiration for some richly inventive plotting. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Poetry pleiade. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781857544824
- ISBN
- 9781857544824
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World. Translator(s): Whatley, Janet. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 340 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082748
- ISBN
- 9780520082748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.85
€ 35.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. La Soeur (1645) is one of the liveliest and most successful comedies by Jean Rotrou. The introduction to this new edition assesses the originality of Rotrou's adaptation. The notes are devoted above all to linguistic questions and to the many exotic allusions found in the text. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 156 pages, bibliography, 2 b&w half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893985
- ISBN
- 9780859893985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.23
€ 41.23
paperback. 'I'm off', says Felix Ferrer to his wife. 'I'm leaving you'. And closing the door on their suburban home, Ferrer, a creature of appetite, impulse and habit, a man of our times, embarks on a journey to the extremes. Not weighing up every girl he sees. Not ignoring his doctor's warnings to avoid the very hot and the very cold. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860469503
- ISBN
- 9781860469503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.98
€ 35.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 b&w halftone, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894883
- ISBN
- 9780859894883
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Condition: New
€ 40.87
€ 40.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oberlin College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932440273
- ISBN
- 9780932440273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.62
€ 16.99
€ 14.62
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oberlin College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780932440433
- ISBN
- 9780932440433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.66
€ 16.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. Includes poems that convey a metaphysical meaning as well as a bodily intimacy. Series: Poets Out Loud. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 139.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225477
- ISBN
- 9780823225477
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Condition: New
€ 35.07
€ 35.07
Paperback. Three young convicts share a cell. Locked into a world of dangerous rivalries, criminals Lefranc and Maurice compete for the attention of the charismatic condemned man, Green-Eyes. Informed by his own experience in French prisons, this play is an explosive exploration of the inversion of moral order. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571332618
- ISBN
- 9780571332618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170281
- ISBN
- 9781590170281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.13
€ 31.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. 475pp. Keywords: Subjects - Money - Business - Banking
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- SKU
- KHS0068593
- ISBN
- 9780070277908
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 29.99€ 4.99
€ 29.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 421pp
- Publisher
- Frank
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781904893097
- ISBN
- 9781904893097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 19.95
€ 33.99
€ 19.95
Paperback. The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 53. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115724
- ISBN
- 9781782115724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.08
€ 17.99
€ 13.08
Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTK0095816
- ISBN
- 9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474125
- ISBN
- 9780801474125
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825778
- ISBN
- 9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.66
€ 21.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Retaining the first edition's literal and respectful translations of Rimbaud's complex and nontraditional verse - after correcting errors and reordering poems - this edition also contains a foreword that considers the heritage of the first edition and adds a bibliography that acknowledges relevant books. Translator(s): Fowlie, Wallace. Num Pages: 496 pages, 6halftones, 7line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226719771
- ISBN
- 9780226719771
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.98
€ 24.99
€ 24.98
paperback. Series: Salmon poetry. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 88. 8vo.Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry Clare
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0298135
- ISBN
- 9781897648797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 97 pages, port. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Number of pages
- 98
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908836038
- ISBN
- 9781908836038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00€ 11.72
€ 12.00
€ 11.72
paperback. Series: Salmon poetry. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 88 50pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry Clare
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KHS1010602
- ISBN
- 9781897648797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Series: Salmon poetry. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 88 50pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry Clare
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS1011005
- ISBN
- 9781897648797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99