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Paperback. 'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.' From the point of view of his life now, the author moves you through the events of his life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283248
ISBN
9780571283248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. 'One day there is life .. And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins the author's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. This book also includes a section 'Portrait of an Invisible Man', that reveals the author's memories and feelings after the death of his father. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571288328
ISBN
9780571288328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.53

Paperback. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249527
ISBN
9780571249527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571258802
ISBN
9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

paperback. Written by the celebrated author of The New York Trilogy, this book presents a highly personal collection of essays, prefaces and occasional pieces written for magazines and newspapers. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 50. Weight in Grams: 587.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
9780571218486
ISBN
9780571218486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness, novelist Sidney Orr buys a blue notebook. It is September 18, 1982, and for the next nine days Orr will live under the spell of this blank book, trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage and undermine his faith in reality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276622
ISBN
9780571276622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Examines the parallels between certain features of literary experience and functions of the brain. For the neuroscientific community, this book suggests that different areas of research - the neurobiology of vision and reading, the brain-body interactions underlying emotions - may be connected to a variety of aesthetic and literary phenomena. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; GTR; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415765
ISBN
9781421415765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.37

Paperback. A selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034041
ISBN
9780226034041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry. Editor(s): Batchelor, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249885
ISBN
9781852249885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; DSYC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219425
ISBN
9780300219425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Twenty-nine writers, poets, scientists, and scholars testify on behalf of darkness and against light pollution s diminishment of the night." Editor(s): Bogard, Paul. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874173284
ISBN
9780874173284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.68

Hardback. Though known chiefly as a writer of novels and stories, Paul Bowles (1910-99) thought of himself first and foremost as a composer. This book collects the music criticism that Bowles published between 1935 and 1946 as well as an interview conducted by Irene Herrmann shortly before his death. Editor(s): Mangan, Timothy; Herrmann, Irene. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236554
ISBN
9780520236554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99
€ 64.66

Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074276
ISBN
9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 60 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868196503
ISBN
9780868196503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781682616
ISBN
9781781682616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199467
ISBN
9780868199467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. 203pp. Keywords: Poetry. Contributors include Kevin Higgins, Tommy Frank O'Connor, Eileen Sheehan and Shane Harrison
Publisher
Seven Towers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780955534676
ISBN
9780955534676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Illustrated.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Seven Towers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KEX0199111
ISBN
9780955534676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Illustrated.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Seven Towers Ltd
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0199112
ISBN
9780955534676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Illustrated.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Seven Towers Ltd
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0199113
ISBN
9780955534676
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Presents poetry drawn from the author's experiences, particularly of the war years and the loss of his parents in the death camps. Translator(s): Hamburger, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189209
ISBN
9780140189209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Joris, Pierre. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 242 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241688
ISBN
9780520241688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. This is the definitive edition (including drafts, notes, and ancillary materials) of Paul Celan's Meridian, the most important poetological manifesto of the second half of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Boschenstein, Bernhard; Schmull, Heino. Translator(s): Joris, Pierre. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739528
ISBN
9780804739528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415834445
ISBN
9780415834445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.43

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