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Paperback. Presents studies of authors who can be visualized as the islands that constitute an unknown, fragile and trembling literary and cultural Francophone archipelago. This book argues that they repair trauma through writing. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312212
ISBN
9781846312212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.28

Hardcover. Miri Nakamura examines bodily metaphors such as doppelgangers and robots that were ubiquitous in the literature of imperial Japan. Reading them against the historical rise of the Japanese empire, she argues they must be understood in relation to the most "monstrous" body of all in modern Japan: the carefully constructed image of the empire itself. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504325
ISBN
9780674504325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.93

hardcover. Editor(s): Fuchs, Miriam. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636047
ISBN
9780691636047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.68

Paperback. New scholarly essays providing a multifaceted approach to the role of Africa in Hemingway's life and work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139672
ISBN
9781571139672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.97

Hardback. In this definitive study of Hemingway's masterpiece on bull-fighting, Miriam Mandel addresses not only Hemingway's tome, but the bullfighting and the Spain of his time. Num Pages: 696 pages, 19 photographs, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; 2ABM; ASZX; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810839960
ISBN
9780810839960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810860148
ISBN
9780810860148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.73

Hardback. The anthology shares the poetic voices of many who were touched by the suffering experienced by the people of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. This anthology is the first in a Hurricane Katrina Commemoration series. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857358
ISBN
9780761857358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.74

Paperback. This text charts women's contributions to what the author calls the "War Story". It concentrates on the contemporary literature of the Arab world, showing how women who write themselves and their experiences into the "War Story" undo the masculine contract with violence, sexuality and glory. Num Pages: 309 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FB; 1FMV; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206137
ISBN
9780520206137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. An account of dissidence in Hafiz Asad s Syria, describing how intellectuals tried to navigate between charges of complicity with the state and treason against it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340355
ISBN
9780822340355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843672
ISBN
9781843843672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603771
ISBN
9780815603771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. The Squirrels Are Dead is a striking and assured debut from a distinctive new talent in Irish poetry. Miriam Gamble is one of the new poets included in the Bloodaxe anthology "Voice Recognition". She won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248680
ISBN
9781852248680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.94

paperback. Num Pages: 62 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
David Paul United Kingdom
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954054229
ISBN
9780954054229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483024
ISBN
9781611483024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.33

Paperback. First collection of poems drawing on a childhood spent on the Hebridean island of Erraid along with the rupture and re-imagining of a family. Runner-up for the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award 2016. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373621
ISBN
9781780373621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. 164pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KHS1004330
ISBN
9780717115969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 30.00

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0003406
ISBN
9780717115969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Etudes Romanes. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772895451
ISBN
9788772895451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116051
ISBN
9781551116051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.77

Hardcover. Miriam Vermilya was a retired grade school teacher and a well known painter and writer in Greenville, Ohio, where she lived. This title includes poems that sum up Vermilyas reflections on her life, love, and marriage; the deaths of friends and family members; and, most poignantly, her own aging and death. Series: Walt Mcdonald First-book Series in Poetry. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724310
ISBN
9780896724310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.48

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