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Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484551
ISBN
9780801484551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.64

Paperback. From the Orange- and Whitbread-shortlisted author of Buddha Da Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955193
ISBN
9781841955193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. 8vo .Good Copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canongate Books
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0261830
ISBN
9781841954516
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894015
ISBN
9780801894015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.25

Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082558
ISBN
9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. The book opens in Paris with Eliza in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez - heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on the regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Ascuncion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099436942
ISBN
9780099436942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family Christmas in the home their mother is about to sell. As the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from Rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and their home. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780099539797
ISBN
9780099539797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me. The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099539780
ISBN
9780099539780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. This novel is about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198 261pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780099501633
ISBN
9780099501633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Hardcover. Contains stories of loss and yearning, of surrender to responsibilities or to unexpected delight: all share the unsettling and dislocated reality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper .Signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0303173
ISBN
9780224084697
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. Presents a series of stories about women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. This book features characters that are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099520993
ISBN
9780099520993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 110. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017521
ISBN
9780140283709
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Although "Paradise Lost" is one of the greatest poems in the English language, it is also among the most difficult and intimidating, especially to unsophisticated readers. One of the most accessible critical studies of Paradise Lost and one frequently recommended by those teaching Milton is Anne Ferry's "Milton's Epic Voice."" Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244686
ISBN
9780226244686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

paperback. The title of a poem is often seen as no more than a convenient means of reference. But in shorter lyric poems the title can often be as long as a line of verse, and as allusive. This is a theoretical, critical, and historical exploration of the traditions for titling shorter English poems. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735179
ISBN
9780804735179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. A theoretical, historical, and critical inquiry, this book looks at the assumptions anthologies are predicated on, how they are put together, the treatment of the poems in them, and the effects their presentations have on their readers. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742351
ISBN
9780804742351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 73 pages, port. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Salmon Poetry
Number of pages
73
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781908836205
ISBN
9781908836205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00
€ 11.72

Paperback. Ranging from Renaissance to contemporary plays, this text brings together a range of pieces varied in subject, tone and style for young actor It provides a resource book for teachers and performers alike, for auditions, acting classes, festivals, examinations or performance. Editor(s): Harvey, Anne. Series: Audition Speeches. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: ANC; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413689009
ISBN
9780413689009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. This volume contains speeches suitable for performance at auditions, individual acting classes, competitions, festivals and examination The pieces are varied in content, tone and style and are equipped with an introduction which sets the context for each piece. Editor(s): Harvey, Anne. Series: Audition Speeches. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413772794
ISBN
9780413772794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Hardback. Taking the reader through the course of the party, from conception to its, sometimes messy, aftermath, this book is a mix of the funny and wry. It combines modern quotes with selections from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and also includes poetry, prose and drama. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750941426
ISBN
9780750941426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. In this lively illustrated anthology, Anne Harvey recreates the spirit of childhood Christmases past, from Washington Irving's Christmas Day in 1820 to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 5HC; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458069
ISBN
9780752458069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Hardback. This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters. Hermann looks at each author within the social and historical conditions that produced them, employ Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231066426
ISBN
9780231066426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 72.77

Hardcover. A collection of original documentary photographs of the landscape that was integral to Tony Hillerman's writing. It also contains brief synopses of Hillerman's novels, descriptive passages from each work, the author's own comments about the sites, and narrative information on the locations pictured. Num Pages: 192 pages, 153 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 187 x 18. Weight in Grams: 725.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harper
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061374296
ISBN
9780061374296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.35

hardcover. A careful re-evaluation of pastoral poetics in the early modern Hispanic literature of Spain and Latin America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855663138
ISBN
9781855663138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.17

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