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Paperback. Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. Num Pages: 384 pages, 76 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press London
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151305
- ISBN
- 9780300151305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.14
€ 19.99
€ 16.14
Hardback. Harry, a young writer, is commissioned to write a biography to revitalise both Mamoon's career and his bank balance. Harry greatly admires Mamoon's work and wants to uncover the truth of the artist's life. Harry's publisher seeks a more naked truth, a salacious tale of sex and scandal that will generate headlines. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0016196
- ISBN
- 9780571277520
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A landmark gathering of the first three decades of work by America's preeminent living poet. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Num Pages: 1043 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1154. 1043 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. A landmark gathering of the first three decades of work by America's preeminent living poet. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 45. Weight: 946.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1043
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770585
- ISBN
- 9781847770585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.83
€ 40.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. Based on the curious fact that the Scottish Presbyterian Robert Louis Stevenson and the hedonistic Paul Gauguin both ended their days on the South Sea Islands within a few years of each other, this work compares and contrasts the very different, but oddly similar lives they were living in their respective tropical paradises. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 59
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420410
- ISBN
- 9781848420410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Paperback. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776578
- ISBN
- 9780552776578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645387
- ISBN
- 9781442645387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.81
€ 87.81
Paperback. Bram Stoker's chilling masterpiece, Dracula, is a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism. It is accompanied by a selection of his macabre short stories. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378. 576pp
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840226270
- ISBN
- 9781840226270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.20
€ 7.20
Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646032
- ISBN
- 9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.14
€ 103.14
Paperback. This text offers a unique combination of British, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the present day. In the second edition, there is an increased focus on questions of gender and identity and on recent debates, such as 'Literature and Nation' and 'Literature and Value'. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199253012
- ISBN
- 9780199253012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Hardcover. "First edition. Original blue cloth, now damp stained. Text is fine 286pp. Original dustjacket." Keywords: "biography, Catholicism"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KHS0044651
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 55.00
€ 55.00
Hardcover. Original Cloth. Dusty.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KDK0008836
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474415828
- ISBN
- 9781474415828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 102.92
€ 106.98
€ 102.92
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DDS. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 8. Weight: 108.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486272788
- ISBN
- 9780486272788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Series: Hackett Classics. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206038
- ISBN
- 9780872206038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.53
€ 16.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. A compelling landmark anthology by two of the world's leading scholars of Arabic literature, it will become the key reference text of our age. With translated extracts of works by famous and lesser known but equally significant authors, it will appeal to those with an interest in world literatures and in Arab culture and history. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863561757
- ISBN
- 9780863561757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916260866
- ISBN
- 9780916260866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.06
€ 32.99
€ 22.06
Hardcover. 126pp. First American Edition. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt at spine, in blind [design] on front, in pale green jacket printed with same design as book in pale lavender, fading to light green along spine panel. Keywords: Literature - Irish - Rare Books - Yeats- Poetry - Drama - Plays
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1940
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0068079
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 795.00
€ 795.00
paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224079266
- ISBN
- 9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.57
€ 23.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. The King of Britain, enraged by his daughter's disobedience in marrying against his wishes, banishes his new son-in-law. Having fled to Rome, the exiled husband makes a foolish wager with a villain he encounters there - gambling on the fidelity of his abandoned wife. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396484
- ISBN
- 9780141396484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Hardcover. This collection of 12 specially-commissioned essays focuses on the work of Felicia Hemans. It offers close readings of Heman's poetry, research on her reception, and analyses of her cultural significance. Editor(s): Sweet, Nanora; Melnyk, Julie. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801093
- ISBN
- 9780333801093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.51
€ 123.51