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hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031157
- ISBN
- 9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
paperback. The author is well-known for his Homeric versions, and the Iliad is a presiding presence - both in poems about the Great War and in the range of imagery that gives his twin's death a mythic dimension. In this book, the poems encompass birth as well as death, childhood and age, nature and art, the animal and human worlds, tenderness and violence. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031159
- ISBN
- 9780224101684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
paperback. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, the author acknowledged the importance of the poem to his writing, noting that 'there's one Virgilian journey that has indeed been a constant presence, and that is Aeneas' venture into the underworld. In this book, he brings the ancient poem back to life. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031160
- ISBN
- 9780571327317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
hardcover. Presents poetry that is concerned with permeability: voices, places, the real and the dreamed, the present and the past, colliding and intersecting and spilling over into each other. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031161
- ISBN
- 9780571305599
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
hardcover. Offers the essential meaning of the term 'lyric' - a short poem sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. This title includes the classic themes of song: lost love, lost wars. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031163
- ISBN
- 9780571299065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost to defy definition in his work. This selection, chosen by the poet himself, will serve new readers as an introduction to his work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031164
- ISBN
- 9780571327959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
hardcover. Focuses on an outlandish meditation on a failed poem that draws on the vocabulary of entomological forensics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031165
- ISBN
- 9780571269259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
hardcover. A major literary event: the first Collected Poems of Carol Ann Duffy (1985-2015) Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1070. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, v. light shelfwear to dw, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031167
- ISBN
- 9781447231431
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 28.00
€ 28.00
hardcover. Presents a collection of poems about early life and marriage beside minutely registered perceptions of post-settlement Ireland. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031168
- ISBN
- 9780571271535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 78.00
€ 78.00
hardcover. The first instalment of Tom Paulin's poem about World War II. Affirming the struggle and memory of a generation upon whom the doors of living memory are now closing, it looks at the relation of art to war and to questions of national identity, the search for peace and for a shared civic culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 341. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dw, showing light shelf wear. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031169
- ISBN
- 9780571209156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 24.00
€ 24.00
hardcover. Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, the author has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This title draws on nearly four decades of poetry and translation, updating and expanding upon the Selected Poems 1972-1990. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031172
- ISBN
- 9780571307982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
paperback. Tom Paulin's latest poetry collection is his first offering in five years. The "wind dog" is a broken rainbow; here it serves as a bridge into childhood where the primacy of the ear - "the only true reader" - and the music of words is both demonstrated and celebrated. Series: Faber Poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120. Very good clean copy. Price sticker back cover, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031173
- ISBN
- 9780571201686
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
hardcover. Bilingual edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and with mylar sleeve
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031292
- ISBN
- 9780374111199
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 65.00
€ 65.00
Paperback. Surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. This book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas that include The Spanish Tragedy", "Mucedorus", "Edward II", "Doctor Faustus" and "Titus Andronicus". Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415489010
- ISBN
- 9780415489010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.55
€ 80.55
hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754603429
- ISBN
- 9780754603429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Political Ideas of Enlightenment Women: Virtue and Citizenship
Curtis-Wendlandt, Lisa; Gibbard, Paul; Green,...
hardcover. This edited collection showcases the contribution of women to the development of political ideas during the Enlightenment, and presents an alternative to the male-authored canon of philosophy and political thought. Recently, considerable scholarly attention has been paid to women's literary writing and their role in salon society. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472409539
- ISBN
- 9781472409539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29
paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399425
- ISBN
- 9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0007138
- ISBN
- 9781842231364
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.50
€ 12.99
€ 10.50
paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141439693
- ISBN
- 9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.75
€ 19.99
€ 9.75