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Paperback. Contains essays that explore the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and lament the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning). This book also unfolds the author's views on things from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191263
ISBN
9780141191263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Paperback. A collection of essays that looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. It also includes an essay on the delights of English Cooking and an account of killing an elephant in Burma. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191270
ISBN
9780141191270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. Featuring a collection of non-fiction, this volume includes classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 3. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187396
ISBN
9780141187396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Written when George Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGL; DNF; HBTB; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184388
ISBN
9780141184388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties, this is a memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1DDF; 3JJG; BM; DNF; HBTB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393032
ISBN
9780141393032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Hardcover. An enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing, showing his genius across a wide variety of genres. He brings together in one volume many of his articles and essays for journals and newspapers, his broadcasts for the BBC, and his book, theatre and film reviews. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 161 x 50. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846558993
ISBN
9781846558993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.67

Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185293
ISBN
9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardcover. Orwell continued the BBC program "Voice" and developed an "open university" with broadcasts by distinguished speakers such as E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Joseph Needham. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 239 x 38. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780436203664
ISBN
9780436203664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 41.71

Paperback. Features essays, reviews and articles that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century - a man who created a unique literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and who elevated political writing to an art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395463
ISBN
9780141395463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Hardcover. A collection of George Orwell's correspondence. It provides an eloquent narrative of Orwell's life, from his schooldays to his final illness. It affords a view of his thoughts on matters both personal, political and much in between, from poltergeists, to girls' school songs and the art of playing croquet. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846553554
ISBN
9781846553554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Features that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, this essays create a literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challenge, move and entertain. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183060
ISBN
9780141183060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the response to change as it evolved. The result is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the student and the general public. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050582
ISBN
9781782050582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KAK0008027
ISBN
9780856405198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051251
ISBN
9781782051251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0012915
ISBN
9781901866780
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. 151pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781901866780
ISBN
9781901866780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Hardcover. 304pp. Dust jacket slightly worn/torn. Keywords: "Hard-Boiled, Suspense, General, Mystery & Thriller Books"
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Edition
1ST
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KHS0066711
ISBN
9780316608213
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-textof hypertext studies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, 35, 8 black & white halftones, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; UMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882579
ISBN
9780801882579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.84

Paperback. This study examines selected aspects of John Donne's life and work in an historical context, emphasizing the relationship between his circumstances and his individuality. Thus his poetry and prose are examined as products of difficult times as opposed to mere aesthetic forms. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Some sunning to spine
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000823
ISBN
9780333422137
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486524
ISBN
9780801486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. The planet Venus has loomed large in the imaginations of science fiction writers. That steamy, swampy jungle world with strange creatures; lurking amidst the dripping vegetation is explored in sixteen all-new stories collected by bestselling author George R. R. Martin and editor Gardner Dozois. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785653360
ISBN
9781785653360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. This thrilling collection of twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. George Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale. Also featuring stories from Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, and more! Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 54. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783297214
ISBN
9781783297214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Reavey, George. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
Bilingual ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714527154
ISBN
9780714527154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102773
ISBN
9780231102773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

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