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Hardback. "Antigua, Penny, Puce" is a tale of sibling rivalry in which Jane and Oliver fight for posession of a never-issued one-penny stamp from Antigua. "They Hanged my Saintly Billy" tells of Dr William Palmer, a notorious surgeon, racehorse owner and confessed forger who was also a thief. Editor(s): McCormick, Ian. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857545845
- ISBN
- 9781857545845
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Condition: New
€ 56.33€ 50.14
€ 56.33
€ 50.14
Paperback. This is a comprehensive selection of poetry written over seven decades. Dawson Jackson's style emphasises belief in a unity between inner and outer worlds, between subjective and objective, between the poetry, the philosophy and his private life of the poet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546156
- ISBN
- 9781857546156
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.81
€ 20.99
€ 18.81
Paperback. In 1997 Matthew Welton received an Eric Gregory award for his poetry, the next day he threw his only copies of the prize winning poems into the Thames, he took the train back to Manchester and started writing again. This book includes everything he has written since. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546439
- ISBN
- 9781857546439
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.67
€ 15.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. This title is a selection of the poetry of John Gay (1685-1732) who was part of the 'association of wits' that included Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. His wit is characterised by a benign and ironic sense of the fallibility of humankind. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547023
- ISBN
- 9781857547023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.52
€ 13.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. Approach places, times and states of mind in a mosaic of knowledge, invention, memory and entertainment with this collection of poems. The personal and the public interact in many poems and others address personal histories and their creative consequences, alongside mythological motifs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547528
- ISBN
- 9781857547528
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.53
€ 21.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. In her third collection, one of South Africa's finest poets explores public and personal histories, confronting her nation's continuing, painful dialogue with its own past in poems of poignancy and thoughtfulness. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547634
- ISBN
- 9781857547634
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547672
- ISBN
- 9781857547672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.74
€ 20.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547726
- ISBN
- 9781857547726
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.09
€ 23.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. A delightfully wise and playful collection from one of our most senior poets, offering a feast of sensory experience. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 4. Weight in Grams: 77.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548198
- ISBN
- 9781857548198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.52
€ 15.99
€ 13.52
Paperback. Beginning in America, this is a sensual celebration of the varied relationships that make up lives richly lived: from the subtle, intimate interactions of close family members and lovers, to the mutual rewards and stresses of relationships with friends, therapists, students and housemates. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548679
- ISBN
- 9781857548679
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.73
€ 18.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. A collection of poems exploring Peter McDonald's Belfast childhood during the troubled 1970s. The poems in this work also draw upon the Middle East and upon Greek and Latin sources. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 71
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548716
- ISBN
- 9781857548716
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.82
€ 20.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. Tells the story of the poet's experience of in vitro fertilisation. This book presents a sequence of poems underscored by the seasons and by the biological clock of a woman in her forties as she navigates the risks and choices, the drugs and rituals of fertility treatment. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548884
- ISBN
- 9781857548884
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.43
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€ 16.43
Paperback. Celebrates the distinctiveness and diversity of poetry in English. This book looks at eleven poets who are variously rooted in Europe, America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia; who write with the imaginative energies less of world travellers than of world citizens. Editor(s): Crawforth, Eleanor; Procter, Stephen; Schmidt, Michael. Series: New Poetries S. Num Pages: 131 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 131
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548976
- ISBN
- 9781857548976
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.42
€ 20.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. Features five poems that develop the physicist Richard Feynman's proposition that through scientific study 'we may be able to reduce the number of different things'. This title also includes other poems that ponder infinity and number. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549126
- ISBN
- 9781857549126
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.94
€ 20.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Peter Pindar (1738-1819), the pen name of John Wolcot, dared to ridicule the foibles, corruptions and misdemeanours of King George III and those in power in his kingdom. This book illuminates social and literary contexts of Pindar's writing. Editor(s): Copplestone, Fenella. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549379
- ISBN
- 9781857549379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.02
€ 20.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. A selection from the poems Grey Gowrie has written since 1958. This work draws on the best part of a year spent in hospital when the author, dying of a virus on the heart, was jolted back to life and writing by the surgical gift of a heart from a living donor. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549669
- ISBN
- 9781857549669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.92
€ 18.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. The poet went to hospital for a scan. By Magnetic Resonance Imaging it was possible for doctors to look through his skull and spine, into his brain and spinal cord. The author's poems emerge from his engagement with this experience and its aftermaths, and the readings it provides. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549676
- ISBN
- 9781857549676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.02
€ 20.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. An extraordinary literary work from the 12th century, a meditation on nature and mortality. Illustrator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Editor(s): Moriguchi, Yasuhiko; Jenkins, David. Translator(s): Moriguchi, Yasuhiko. Series: Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature. Num Pages: 96 pages, 5 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880656228
- ISBN
- 9781880656228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
paperback. Overpopulation, overexploitation of natural resources, overconsumerism, the predictions of environmental experts do not bode well for us. Num Pages: 162 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921852
- ISBN
- 9781880921852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Hardback. A companion to the literature of Australia, this book takes the reader on a journey through the continent in 25 stories, ranging from the colonial period to contemporary Australia. The stories evoke the outback, the gum trees, kangaroos and dingoes, and the streets of Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Editor(s): Ross, Robert. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Whereabouts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883513054
- ISBN
- 9781883513054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.67
€ 15.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Bill. Num Pages: 595 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pushcart Press United States
- Edition
- 2013 Edition
- Number of pages
- 595
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888889659
- ISBN
- 9781888889659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.09
€ 20.09
Hardback. Editor(s): The Pushcart Prize Editors. Series: The Pushcart Prize. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSB; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 50. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pushcart Press United States
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888889796
- ISBN
- 9781888889796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.27
€ 36.99
€ 33.27
Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Open City Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890447465
- ISBN
- 9781890447465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.08
€ 15.99
€ 14.08
paperback. A collection of poems and essays, which are organized according to the themes: Earth and Words, Landscapes, Warscapes, Welsh Women Writers, Literature and Art, and Literature and Religion. Editor(s): Meredith, Christopher. Series Editor(s): Koch, J.T. Num Pages: 314 pages, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Celtic Studies Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustriert.
- SKU
- V9781891271168
- ISBN
- 9781891271168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.49
€ 45.49