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Paperback. Ballads are memorable. This book was finished when the poet was 50, with too much to remember: bulldozers down the street tearing through a Victorian school. Ballads are bare and brief; tried by time. They salvage but they sing, stubbornly. Their stories are sure. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547511
ISBN
9781857547511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. A Place in the World, Iain Bamforth's fourth collection, is his most lyrical, challenging and considered work to date. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547603
ISBN
9781857547603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. The first metropolis to be depicted in Australian literature was Hell: before cities existed in Australia, Francis McNamara, the convict poet, described the infernal one populated by those who tormented him and his fellow prisoners. This book contains extended selections from the work of four writers from the convict era. Editor(s): Murray, Les. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547856
ISBN
9781857547856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. A collection of poems exploring the interdependence of earthly things and heavenly mystery. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548242
ISBN
9781857548242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Presents a collection that meditates on personal and natural history, nation states and mental states, violence, religion and poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548280
ISBN
9781857548280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.97

Hardback. Collection of poetry of well known poets including Harold Pinter, Dylan Thomas and Lawrence Durrell, selected by their family members. Editor(s): Astbury, Anthony. Num Pages: 180 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548365
ISBN
9781857548365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.11

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

€ 21.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Beginning with his departure from New York to Istanbul, the author discusses a journey, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548723
ISBN
9781857548723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. A poetry collection that travels through emotions and places, unfolding to the rhythms of discovery and memory. Divided into parts, it glimpses an elusive pattern in fragments: a plane climbs into a clear evening sky, the year turns to spring, a father's voice is remembered after his death. The second part is marked by meticulous observation. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548778
ISBN
9781857548778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. Who are the invisible kings? Why do two bears follow them round Britain? And what happens when a gypsy's curse comes miraculously to life? This book reveals extraordinary worlds where the real and imagined converge in stories and charms, just this side of science and magic. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549058
ISBN
9781857549058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.22

paperback. Includes poems which inhabit the invented, rootless places that modern society creates: supermarkets, airports and parking garages; the illusory communities of celebrity and the digital universe. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
UK First Edition
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549096
ISBN
9781857549096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.85

Paperback. Includes poems about birds and animals, the ancient rhythms of weather, landscape and season. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549140
ISBN
9781857549140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Features the earliest surviving English poem, "Caedmon's Hymn", as well as one of the last poems to be written in the classical Old English alliterative style; some of the great elegies and epics, and a generous selection from "Beowulf". This title also includes a bibliography and reading list, with a note on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. Translator(s): McCully, Chris. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549256
ISBN
9781857549256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Written with a keen awareness of both climate change and the situation in the Middle East, this work features poems that draws upon the poet's travels in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Argentina, and his 25 years in the environmental movement. It also includes politically-charged poems such as "An Opera in Baghdad" and "An Isotope, Dreaming". Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549652
ISBN
9781857549652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Features poems that emerge from places where political upheaval has recently occurred and records the aftershock of moral and spiritual earthquakes, often in intimate contexts. This book records the author's final detachment, in every sense of the word, from his country of origin. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549690
ISBN
9781857549690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802132208
ISBN
9780802132208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.26

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802150592
ISBN
9780802150592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. In Tin Bucket Drum, Neil Coppen achieves a small miracle. Through his lyrical script and the creative use of lighting and sound, one woman, the Narrator, succeeds in evoking a host of characters as this allegorical tale of oppression and liberation plays itself out. It is a story that offers a host of lessons for many places and many times. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 125. Weight in Grams: 85000.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868149728
ISBN
9781868149728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.03

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879288720
ISBN
9781879288720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.86

Paperback. Mexico is a top travel destination. This book offers a vision of Mexico by some of Mexico's contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. It provides information on the people of the beaches, the deserts, jungles, snow-capped mountains and megacities. It is a journey from the Pacific to the Gulf, from Yucatan to border slums, and more. Editor(s): Mayo, C. M. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 265.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883513153
ISBN
9781883513153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.99

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