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Paperback. This wonderful collection contains the works chosen by Classic FM listeners in the poll to discover their favourite poems. It includes poems by Betjeman, Kipling, Shakespeare, Yeats, Wordsworth and Auden, among many others, as well as biographies of the poets written by Mike Read. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340713204
- ISBN
- 9780340713204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A collection of early columns from the "Chicago Daily News" that ranges from witty social commentary to politically astute satire. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730776
- ISBN
- 9780226730776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.34
€ 20.99
€ 18.34
paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856761270
- ISBN
- 9780856761270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Publisher
- Empire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909360303
- ISBN
- 9781909360303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. In a provincial town somewhere in Russia, a shell-shocked soldier downs vodka on his return from the frontline in Chechnya. As he arrives home he stumbles into the epicentre of an extraordinary power struggle that threatens to tear the town apart. Translator(s): Raine, Nina. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420571
- ISBN
- 9781848420571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Paperback. This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496058
- ISBN
- 9781847496058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. Examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of World War I. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of threats to traditional Jewish life. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 3JJC; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735469
- ISBN
- 9780804735469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56
Paperback. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) is best known to Anglophone readers as the author of A Hero of Our Time, whereas among Russian readers his poetry is equally cherished. Lermontov was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates his bicentenary with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Editor(s): France, Peter; Marsack, Robyn. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847772756
- ISBN
- 9781847772756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. New view of the crucial role of fashion discourse and practice in Weimar Germany and its significance for women. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFCK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372. Discourses & Displays in German Culture, 1918-1933. Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. 254 pages, black & white illustrations. New view of the crucial role of fashion discourse and practice in Weimar Germany and its significance for women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFCK; JFSJ1. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 14. Weight: 362.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135162
- ISBN
- 9781571135162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.93
€ 44.99
€ 36.93
Hardback. Milan Djordjevic is one of finest Serbian poets. Djordjevic, who was born in Belgrade in 1954, is a poet who gives equal weight to imagination and reality. This title features some forty-five of Djordjevic's best poems and provides an introduction discussing the poet's work, as well as the challenges of translation. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142463
- ISBN
- 9780691142463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Written like a novel, i this book same characters meet and cross paths with each other. Stravinsky and Kafka with their odd friends Ansermet and Brod; Hemingway with his biographer; Janacek with his little nation; and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists. In the light of their wisdom this book examines situations of our time. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571173372
- ISBN
- 9780571173372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays which argues that art is what we have to cleave to in the face of evil, against the expression of the darker side of human nature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571250899
- ISBN
- 9780571250899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571139507
- ISBN
- 9780571139507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. A collection of seven essays that sketches out the author's personal view of the history and value of the novel. The real work of a novel is not bound up in the specifics of any one language: what makes a novel matter is its ability to reveal some previously unknown aspect of our existence. This work describes how the best novels do just that. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232819
- ISBN
- 9780571232819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom he spent a brief night at a fertility spa is pregnant. She has decided he is the father and so begins a comedy which, during five madcap days, unfolds with ever-increasing speed. Translator(s): Asher, Aaron. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571194711
- ISBN
- 9780571194711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0000403
- ISBN
- 9780140064162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. A novel by the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". A moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which crosses and recrosses the divide between fantasy and reality. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571195671
- ISBN
- 9780571195671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KKD0007383
- ISBN
- 9780140064162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In seven independent, but closely related chapters, the author presents his personal conception of the European novel, which he describes as 'an art born of the laughter of God'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571227495
- ISBN
- 9780571227495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Hardback. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" took the world by storm when it was published in 1969. Despite controversy over its frank depiction of sexual abuse, the autobiography is widely read in high schools and colleges across the country. This title includes discussions of Maya Angelou's novel. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656248
- ISBN
- 9781587656248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89
Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297418
- ISBN
- 9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Hardcover. Considers three distinct stages of travelogue - the pre-Revolution travelogue focused on first encounters with American democracy, the post-Revolution travelogue concerned with incorporating conceptions of America into the fashioning of the new Soviet state, and the more documentary-minded travelogues of the post-1930's. Num Pages: 389 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804705
- ISBN
- 9780875804705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.63
€ 62.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Miller, Andrew M. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202917
- ISBN
- 9780872202917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.78
€ 24.99
€ 18.78
Paperback. A masterclass in attentive reading offering brilliant insights into two of George Eliot's novels Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647286
- ISBN
- 9780748647286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81