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Paperback. The comedies of Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the Great Dionysia. Series: Penn Greek Drama Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216523
ISBN
9780812216523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Presents three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182827
ISBN
9780141182827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140083583
ISBN
9780140083583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140081954
ISBN
9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexuality. It makes it even more difficult for young homosexuals. This book examines these issues and evaluates the body of literature, published for young adults that offer homosexual themes and characters. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850712
ISBN
9780810850712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.44

Hardback. Brings together in convenient form a rich selection of Japanese poetry in traditional genres dating back from the earliest times to the twentieth century. Translator(s): Carter, Steven D. Num Pages: 536 pages, 26 half-tones. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 923.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715621
ISBN
9780804715621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693061
ISBN
9780816693061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Carter, Steven D. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167703
ISBN
9780231167703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82
€ 100.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Mazer, Cary M. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474253840
ISBN
9781474253840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry contains poems by over 115 American poets, including many who have not been anthologized before. This collection is the first to review the twentieth century comprehensively, and is the first anthology to give full treatment to American long poems and poem sequences. Editor(s): Nelson, Cary. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 996.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199920730
ISBN
9780199920730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 153.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolfe, Cary. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641062
ISBN
9780816641062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Formerly part of the "World Dramatists" series of play collections by classic and modern playwrights, including foreign works in workable and accurate translations, this title and seven others are reissued in a new format under the heading, "World Classics". Series: Contemporary Dramatists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413566706
ISBN
9780413566706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. A short play about death by Caryl Churchill, Here We Go premiered at the National Theatre, London, in November 2015. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425194
ISBN
9781848425194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.14

Paperback. A child is shut in her room, a dog is dead in the road, someone is kissing her brother in law. A family locked in hatred is sending a son to war. Num Pages: 40 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 4. Weight in Grams: 58.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848423039
ISBN
9781848423039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Paperback. Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe. Escaped Alone premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425491
ISBN
9781848425491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A play which looks at the political costs of women rising to the top. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573130137
ISBN
9780573130137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 90.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848426009
ISBN
9781848426009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854595409
ISBN
9781854595409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. At a restaurant party thrown by Marlene of the Top Girls Employment Agency are Isabella Bird, the 19th-century traveller, Lady Nijo, courtesan to a 13th-century Japanese Emperor, Brueghel's Dull Gret, Pope Joan and Patient Griselda, wife of Chaucer's Clerk. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413554802
ISBN
9780413554802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays, introduced by the author, contains: Icecream; Mad Forest; The Skriker; Lives of the Great Poisoners and A Mouthful of Birds (written with David Lan). Series: Collected plays. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854593429
ISBN
9781854593429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Caryl Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, set during the English Civil War, tells the story of the men and women who went into battle for the soul of England. Passionate, moving and provocative, it speaks of the revolution we never had and the legacy it left behind. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424852
ISBN
9781848424852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Deals with the subject of human cloning - how might a son feel to discover that he is only one of a number of identical copies? And how would the father feel confronted by these reproachful clones? Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597434
ISBN
9781854597434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. Caryl Churchill is recognized as one of the most accomplished and uncompromising playwrights working today. This volume collects together ten of her shorter plays, written over a span of 20 years and encompassing a wide variety of subjects. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854590855
ISBN
9781854590855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854590909
ISBN
9781854590909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.36

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