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Paperback. A play that distils the author's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437911
ISBN
9780140437911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. A drama about an armaments king, his daughter in the Salvation army and a foundling Professor of Greek. The society that makes Barbara necessary is repellent, but should we admire or condemn do-gooders like her? Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437904
ISBN
9780140437904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Explores the role of the artist, the function of women in society, and the author's theory of Creative Evolution. This title intends to expose the eternal struggle between the sexes. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437881
ISBN
9780140437881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Includes titles such as "Buoyant Billions: A comedy of no manners", "Farfetched Fables" in which Shaw's thoughts simplified; "Shakes vs. Shav" in which puppets portray Shaw and Shakespeare - the play comprises a comic argument between the two playwrights, an intellectual Punch and Judy; and, "Why She Would Not", his final play. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001704
ISBN
9780140450422
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Raises doubts on how seriously we can take Shaw as a political thinker. This title states that despite writing in the 1930s, he has little to say of the nature of totalitarianism. It shows that although he satirises Fascist dictators in "Geneva", the satire is disappointingly mild. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003929
ISBN
9780140450309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Includes the plays "Arms and the Man", "The Man of Destiny", and "You Never Can Tell". Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
KKD0004202
ISBN
9780140437942
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: On. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781843916116
ISBN
9781843916116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.23

Paperback. Witty, exuberant and irresistibly entertaining, Shaw's fifth and most ambitious novel is a brilliant satire on social prejudice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547292
ISBN
9781848547292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557835611
ISBN
9781557835611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.61

Hardback. George Campbell Hay has been hailed as an important voice in Scottish literature and as a crucial figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Byrne, Michel. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2086.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Slipcase
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610631
ISBN
9780748610631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.53
€ 168.35

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Paperback. An easy-to-navigate guide to Herman Melville's epic American novel, Dive Deeper consists of 135 brief chapters, along with Etymology, Extracts, and Epilogue, each keyed to a phrase, issue, image, sensibility or notion in corresponding chapters of the original. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199855759
ISBN
9780199855759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.28

Hardcover. Nice copy, some shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Constable London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KST0027171
ISBN
9780094789906
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Clean copy in good dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Constable London
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0236706
ISBN
9780094789906
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Fyfield Books. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780856356216
ISBN
9780856356216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.01

Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674799
ISBN
9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. In this history of the Goddess Natura, Economou provides a study of her philosophical background and the literary traditions that contributed to her image. He focuses on the Renaissance of the 12th century, when a new kind of allegory appeared that celebrated and explored the nature of the cosmos. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029555
ISBN
9780268029555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

Hardcover. Used hardback, in good condition. Some shelf wear. DELURY
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Birch Lane Pr
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0037330
ISBN
9781559724111
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205048
ISBN
9780872205048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Hardcover. Good clean copy in cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Board slipcase has some discolouration and minor blemishes but otherwise in very fine condition. Previous owner's bookplate.
Publisher
New York The Heritage Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0003567
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 361.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370309
ISBN
9781681370309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.41

Paperback. "A gifted poet has given us an astute, adroit, vigorous, inviting, eminently readable translation.. The challenging gamut of Langland's language .. has here been rendered with blessed energy and precision. Economou has indeed Done-Best."-Allen Mandelbaum Translator(s): Economou, George D. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215618
ISBN
9780812215618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268027759
ISBN
9780268027759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.30

Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199203475
ISBN
9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

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