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Paperback. This book investigates the ambivalent responses to the opposing compulsions of memory and forgetting in cultural production in South Asia. Mallot reveals how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, and Amitav Ghosh indict nationalism's sins by accessing and encoding the past. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435234
- ISBN
- 9781349435234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
paperback. This book argues that popular feminist fiction provided a key means by which American culture narrated and negotiated the perceived breakdown of American progress after the 1960s. It explores the intersection of two key features of late twentieth-century American culture. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372928
- ISBN
- 9781349372928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This critical study illuminates the neglected intersection of war, disease, and gender as represented in an important subgenre of World War I literature. It calls into question public versus private perceptions of time, mass media, urban spaces, emotion, and the increasingly uncertain status of the future. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234492
- ISBN
- 9780312234492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.02
€ 150.02
Paperback. Recreating the diplomatic career of Jack Garnett, from 1902-1919, John Fisher reveals a fascinating individual as well as contextualizing his story with regard to British policy in the countries to which he was posted in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, during a period of rapid change in international politics and in Britain's world role. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBG; HBJD1; HBL; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345885
- ISBN
- 9781349345885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
paperback. Offers a collection of more than fifty stories about the old Southwest. This book includes tales that spring from the soil and folklore of our land; but more than this, they make the readers contemporary with the times, filling us with the wonder of something past and yet still with us. Series: The J. Frank Dobie. Num Pages: illus. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 511.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292738218
- ISBN
- 9780292738218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. No play in the history of the American stage has been as ubiquitous and as widely viewed as Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book traces the major dramatizations of Stowe's classic from its inception in 1852 through modern versions on film. Frick introduces the reader to the artists who created the plays and productions that created theatre history. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349295647
- ISBN
- 9781349295647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 46.92
€ 53.36
€ 46.92
Paperback. A chilling novel that pays twisted homage to Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007287048
- ISBN
- 9780007287048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007272341
- ISBN
- 9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. J.G.Ballard is the author of the novels "Crash", "Empire of the Sun" and "Rushing to Paradise". Throughout his career he has also been a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers. This book collects together pieces of his journalism, grouped under themes including science and film. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006548218
- ISBN
- 9780006548218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
paperback. 'Snort up "Cocaine Nights". It's disorientating, deranging and knocks the work of other avant-garde writers into a hatted cock' Will Self Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006550648
- ISBN
- 9780006550648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Hardcover. Presents various texts of Cicero's dialogues on political philosophy, "De Re Publica" and "De Legibus", together with corrected versions of the editor's editions of "Cato Maior de Senectute" and "Laelius de Amicitia". Editor(s): Powell, J. G. F. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 466 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146698
- ISBN
- 9780198146698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613116
- ISBN
- 9780691613116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. This collection of essays uncovers a wide array of medieval writings on cosmopolitan ethics and politics, writings generally ignored or glossed over in contemporary discourse. Medieval literary fictions and travel accounts provide us with rich contextualizations of the complexities and contradictions of cosmopolitan thought. Editor(s): Ganim, John M.; Legassie, Shayne Aaron. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337572
- ISBN
- 9780230337572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. 434pp. Illustrated by Elaine Raphael and don Bolognese. Keywords: International Literature, Fiction
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- SKU
- KON0827519
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The adventures and challenges of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and a knight at the Round Table, including his duel with the mysterious Green Knight, are among the oldest and best known of Arthurian stories. Besides the tale of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", this title includes an introduction to the works of the Gawain poet. Illustrator(s): Kredel, Fritz. Translator(s): Gardner, John. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283289
- ISBN
- 9780226283289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.41
€ 21.99
€ 19.41
Paperback. This book provides provocative information on poetry written in response to the most revolutionary set of events seen in Britain since the 1640s: 'Peterloo', a peaceful protest that became a massacre; 'Cato Street', a government scripted rebellion; and the 'Queen Caroline Controversy', when the estranged wife of George IV tried to claim her crown. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327850
- ISBN
- 9781349327850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312159450
- ISBN
- 9780312159450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Paperback. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 182 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856683091
- ISBN
- 9780856683091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.39
€ 37.39
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBJD1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371358
- ISBN
- 9781349371358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores three crucial stages in Dickens' on-going voyage of discovery into what has been called the 'hidden springs' of his fiction; arguing that in three of Dickens best known novels, we witness Dickens responding to some identifiable force represented as coming from underneath the ground plan of the book in question. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110885
- ISBN
- 9780230110885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80