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Paperback. Combining poems with a thematic selection from other books, this collection explores the duality of existence, whether for children or adults, in poetry or prose. Dealing with the poet's attempt to present "how things work" at the core, it begins with poems from her last two collections, "Ghosts and Other Company" and "All the Things I See". Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246815
ISBN
9781852246815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Presents a collection of prose fictions by a modern British writer, winner of the BBC's National Poetry Day poll in 1996. This book shows the influence on human lives of the mechanical workings of the world, illuminating many human states, especially love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852243029
ISBN
9781852243029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Presents poems drawn from the author's first four collections, "The Unlooked-for Season" (Scorpion Press, 1960), "Rose in the Afternoon" (J M Dent, 1974), "The Thinking Heart" (Secker and Warburg, 1978) and "Beyond Descartes" (Secker and Warburg, 1983). Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852240950
ISBN
9781852240950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Contains poems that look at the layers of the pasts which create a life, of the sources of self and creativity, of the structures beneath the surface. While the poems portray the sense of incompleteness, the shadow that loss casts, a later sequence suggests how the missing pieces may be recovered from the depths. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
59
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903039816
ISBN
9781903039816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.90

Paperback. It ain't easy being green: Croak is a poetic negotiation between a species in crisis and its many cultural markers. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452509
ISBN
9781552452509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. * A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writings Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084982
ISBN
9781844084982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571203598
ISBN
9780571203598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952672
ISBN
9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Libris United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870352314
ISBN
9781870352314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319519371
ISBN
9783319519371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.55

Paperback. New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity. Editor(s): Rieckmann, Jens. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134561
ISBN
9781571134561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772899619
ISBN
9788772899619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 40.41

Paperback. A collection of poems that invoke historical figures like Hiram Bingham and Ho Chi Minh even as they traverse a poetic landscape that includes telephone-game-style translations, interpretive dance poems on historic paintings and carnivalesque jaunts into a natural world overrun with mules, Alsatians, lions, and motorcycle-sized deer. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452059
ISBN
9781552452059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. A discussion of the role and place of the intellectual in 20th-century French society. Spanning a range of disciplines, the essays are for the most part written by eminent French scholars and are intended to make available to the English-speaking reader a growing body of research. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333498897
ISBN
9780333498897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

Hardback. The author examines the work of key figures in the early history of Jewish literature through the prism of their allusions to classical Jewish texts, focusing on the highly complex strategies the maskilim employed to achieve their potential and ideological goals. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749015
ISBN
9780804749015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Paris, Capital of the Black Atlantic is unique both in its focus on literary fiction as a formal and sociological category and in the range of examples it brings to bear on the question of Paris as an imaginary capital of diasporic consciousness. Editor(s): Braddock, Jeremy; Eburne, Jonathan P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407791
ISBN
9781421407791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.94

hardcover. Historians' autobiographies, Popkin shows, reveal how scholars arrive at their vocations, the difficulties of writing about modern professional life, and the ways in which personal stories can add to our understanding of historical events such as war, political movements, and the traumas of the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1line drawing. BIC Classification: DSK; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226675435
ISBN
9780226675435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 45.92

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805242782
ISBN
9780805242782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. A gripping historical drama charting one woman's dazzling trajectory from model to lover to artist, to a tragic figure in her own right. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848423923
ISBN
9781848423923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472575111
ISBN
9781472575111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.94

Paperback. Jeremy Hooker's new collection shows him producing some of his finest work. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392089
ISBN
9781910392089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634270
ISBN
9781904634270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. A full introduction to Older Scots language and literature, with a wide selection of copiously annotated texts from the period. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976340
ISBN
9781897976340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.90

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