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Paperback. * The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080816
ISBN
9781844080816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.72

Paperback. A critical history of modern Irish literature. Kiberd develops his story through subtle readings of such writers as Joyce, O'Casey, Beckett and Bowen. Giving a controversial interpretation of post-colonial Ireland, he then surveys more recent works, from Brian Friel to the younger Dublin writers. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2CSJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582212
ISBN
9780099582212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Salome, stepdaughter of King Herod, agrees to perform the mysterious and erotic Dance of the Seven Veils - but demands in return the head of the King's most infamous prisoner, Jokanaan (John the Baptist). Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books London
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421011
ISBN
9781848421011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the "nocturnal event" that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the "end of metaphysics." Translator(s): Wyche, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 278 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273201
ISBN
9780823273201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find they leave disappointed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270323
ISBN
9780571270323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Includes four of Shakespeare's comedies. This book includes Shakespeare's comedies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and 1he Tempest, in one thousand amazing color photographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
abridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737332
ISBN
9781628737332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.98

Hardcover. This new book on the Brontes concentrates on the way in which the literary interests and expressions of Charlotte and Emily were built up. It makes use of recent research into background and reading matter to investigate the development of the authors' poetry and novels. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 150 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1989th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333421970
ISBN
9780333421970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.56

Paperback. This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's design was to study the calendar in the light of old annals, and to show what events are commemorated on each day and the origins of the various events. Editor(s): Woodard, Roger D. Translator(s): Boyle, Anthony J.; Woodard, Roger D. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446906
ISBN
9780140446906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 116 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597577
ISBN
9781841597577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 205 pages, illustrations. With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight: 312.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
205
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273689
ISBN
9780520273689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardcover. Uncorrected proof copy. 429 p. Inscription from author to previous owner. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KOC0002359
ISBN
9780593011386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. 429pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine in gilt. Binding and D.J. are in fine condition. Signed by the author
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KST0006389
ISBN
9780593011386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

Paperback. Imagine that you muct choose one single memory from your life and capture it with a magical camera - everything else will be erased. Imagine that choosing this memory is the only way of passing through to eternity. Imagine that you have just one hour to choose.. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597373
ISBN
9781854597373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The first three plays in this volume are typical of Euripides, filled with violence or its threat, while the fourth, Cyclops, is a satyr play, full of crude and slapstick humour. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555093
ISBN
9780199555093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. A comedy play about a lesbian, a wedding-day bonk, a mother who contracts Alzheimer's and finding failure and frivolity (a sure sign of dramatic honesty) in the face of domestic hell. It is about the unlyrical business of coping when real life knocks on the door. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234653
ISBN
9780571234653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Abandoning Heidegger's pious references to Holderlin and the Greeks, Harman develops a new philosophical mythology centered in such Lovecraftian figures as Cthulhu, Wilbur Whately, and the rat-like monstrosity Brown Jenkin. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780992525
ISBN
9781780992525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Martin Amis has approached America from many arresting angles and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion makers, leaders and crackpots with characteristic discernment and wit. This book includes a gallery of Great American Novelists Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, Joseph Heller, William Burroughs, and many more. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461869
ISBN
9780099461869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270920
ISBN
9780486270920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. A sequel to Writing Home, this title contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with the author's much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Num Pages: 672 pages, iIllustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: BGA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228317
ISBN
9780571228317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. A history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. It explains how the translation came to be commissioned and who the translators were, before tracing its textual history, and the responses it has provoked to the present day. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRCC2; HRCC9; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199693016
ISBN
9780199693016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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