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Paperback. It ain't easy being green: Croak is a poetic negotiation between a species in crisis and its many cultural markers. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452509
ISBN
9781552452509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 8.34

Paperback. Who is more important: the reader, or the writer? Addressing the issue, this book aims to challenge perceived wisdom. It brings some radical ideas to a wide audience, and argues persuasively for a totally practical way of reading. It is suitable for those interested in the development of literary theory. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415378499
ISBN
9780415378499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Hardback. Two of James Hogg's pastoral dramas with songs, presented here with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 208 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634521
ISBN
9780748634521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Hardcover. For this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton's 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Buttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 116 x 32. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Sew Rev
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996618
ISBN
9780674996618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. In this wonderful collection of stories by some of Ireland's finest writers, including Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk - leprechauns, giants, witches and mermaids - help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408366
ISBN
9780856408366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 246 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440348235
ISBN
9781440348235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 176 pages, Black and white reproductions of paintings, a few photographs. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781254509
ISBN
9781781254509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The author of more than 70 plays, Aeschylus is the earliest of the great Attic tragedians. Of these plays, only seven remain. The "Oresteia" is his only complete surviving trilogy. Peter Meineck has aimed to translate this version of the "Oresteia" for the modern stage. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872203907
ISBN
9780872203907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Paperback. This edition contains all Shelley's poetry, from his juvenilia to his great works such as "The Revolt of Islam" and "Ode to the West Wind", and his only completed verse drama "The Cenci", a melodramatic Venetian tale of incest, murder and revenge. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 752 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264085
ISBN
9781853264085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Hardcover. Since its first appearance in 2008, this book has changed the landscape of Virgilian studies. Analysing closely the logic and the literary genres of Virgil's three poems, it politely confronts the modern orthodoxy that Virgil signalled distaste for the methods of his ruler, Octavian-Augustus. Num Pages: 310 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; D. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125210
ISBN
9781905125210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.80

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Tiger Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
SKU
KNW0010383
ISBN
9781855013254
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: In Parole. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Contrasto
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788869656392
ISBN
9788869656392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333569542
ISBN
9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.08

CD-Audio. There's something for everybody in this brilliantly baffling collection to keep listeners of all ages in suspense. Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 150. A collection of fictional detectives such as: Sherlock Holmes with his long suffering colleague, Dr Watson in "The Dying Detective", Father Brown as a witness in court in "The Man in the Passage", and J G Reeder in "The Poetical Policeman" and "The Green Mamba". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Dimension: 150 x 131 x 20. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Csa Word Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904605317
ISBN
9781904605317
CD
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486280554
ISBN
9780486280554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.73

Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953854
ISBN
9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
9780571191451
ISBN
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KTK0099442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007197903
ISBN
9780007197903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Toibin's remarkable insights provide scholars, students, and general readers a fresh encounter with James's well-known texts. Editor(s): Griffin, Susan M. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897795
ISBN
9780801897795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482935
ISBN
9781611482935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902009
ISBN
9781403902009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044244
ISBN
9780268044244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KLN0015050
ISBN
9781840223033
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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