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Paperback. Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951415
- ISBN
- 9780241951415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.45
€ 7.45
Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184593
- ISBN
- 9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. A reading and research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. This book is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and also a personal document in which the author explored the sources of his own inspiration and, as he believed, all true poetry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571174256
- ISBN
- 9780571174256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.66
€ 24.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Graves created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Graves' poems some of the finest. This book presents the achievement of Graves' seventy productive years. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 944
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182063
- ISBN
- 9780141182063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.57
€ 26.99
€ 18.57
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781723296
- ISBN
- 9781781723296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.04
€ 26.99
€ 20.04
Hardcover. This collection of Robert Graves' essays, written between 1922 and 1972, is organized around the thematic categories of literature, history and religion. It show Graves' intellectual development by presenting the essays chronologically to show how ideas begin and evolve over half a century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857542820
- ISBN
- 9781857542820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.46€ 52.66
€ 58.46
€ 52.66
Hardback. The author was one of our most fascinating poets of the last century. Born in London in 1895, he served in the First World War and was mistakenly reported killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, as he vividly recounted in his memoir, Goodbye To All That (1929). This book deals with his works. Series: Poets of the Great War. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571315086
- ISBN
- 9780571315086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.99
€ 19.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Taking as its subject the natural world and the arbitrary nature of things, this collection includes poems, rhymed lyrics and epigrams, discursive philosophical discourse and free verse. It demonstrates an Augustan preference for substantial content. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548389
- ISBN
- 9781857548389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.85
€ 19.99
€ 17.85
Hardback. Good copy with minor shelf wear. Minor staining to cover and yellowing to pages but text remains clear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- New Frontiers Press
- Publication date
- 1946
- SKU
- KOC0002349
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance (New Middle Ages)
Robert Grudin Michaela Paasche Grudin
Hardcover. Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341128
- ISBN
- 9780230341128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardback. This lively, lucid book undertakes a detailed and provocative study of Shakespeare's fascination with clowns, fools, and fooling. Through close reading of plays over the whole course of Shakespeare's theatrical career, Bell highlights the fun, wit, insights, and mysteries of some of Shakespeare's most vibrant and often vexing figures. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115118
- ISBN
- 9780230115118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907123880
- ISBN
- 9780907123880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
Hardcover. Conrad's Secrets explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, the book provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507838
- ISBN
- 9780230507838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardback. Through attention to incidents of betrayal and self-betrayal in his friends, this book traces the development of Conrad's conception of identity through the three phases of his career - the self in isolation, the self in society and the sexualized self. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333457412
- ISBN
- 9780333457412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.62
€ 181.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Samuel French Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780573130106
- ISBN
- 9780573130106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.74
€ 17.74
Paperback. * From the bestselling author of Slammerkin comes a collection of fascinating historical stories Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499548
- ISBN
- 9781860499548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. * A gripping historical novel, based on a true story, which tells the tale of a girl born into rough cloth who hungered for lace and was hanged for murder in 1763. * By a well-known Irish writer. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087341
- ISBN
- 9781844087341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003747
- ISBN
- 9781860498992
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000242
- ISBN
- 9781447249771
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000318
- ISBN
- 9780330519922
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Translations of the three great Japanese haiku masters, Basho, Buson and Issa, each selection featuring an introduction, around 100 haiku, and other poetry or prose by the poet, plus a superb essay on the art of haiku. Editor(s): Hass, Robert. Translator(s): Hass, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249724
- ISBN
- 9781852249724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.56
€ 26.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. An exquisite body of work celebrating the centennial of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Glaysher, Frederick. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 209 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406798
- ISBN
- 9780871406798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Hardback. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world's most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Robert; Peacock, A. C. S.; Abdullaeva, Firuza. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour plates, 48 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AC; DSB; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760155
- ISBN
- 9781780760155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.03€ 135.20
€ 153.03
€ 135.20
Paperback. A subtle and renowned trilogy of plays that focus on the human stories behind the history of war. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848422483
- ISBN
- 9781848422483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.37
€ 18.99
€ 17.37