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Paperback. Hugh MacDiarmid hailed William Dunbar (1461?-1520?) as "in many ways the most modern, as he is the most varied, of Scottish poets". This fully annotated edition makes the richness of Dunbar's language accessible to the modern reader. Editor(s): Wood, Harriet Harvey. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547191
ISBN
9781857547191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. A major new compendium of poems including: 'The Uninvited Guest' where a new world emerges in a strangely edited riot of epigrams and annotations and 'West Aland' in which a massively important writer and thinker is put firmly in his place. The compendium also includes a collection of individual new poems. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547443
ISBN
9781857547443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.26

Paperback. A touching and humorous collection of poems about fathers and father figures, from one of the most exciting Scottish poets writing today. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547665
ISBN
9781857547665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. A personal and deeply moving exploration of the poet's experience of faith through suffering and love, which draws an analogy between the creation of art and God's creation of the universe. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547863
ISBN
9781857547863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Presents a gallimaufry of stories: comic, frightening, exotic and magical. This title intends to draw the reader into twists of plot and dialogue, through tales of evil and violence, love and generosity that reaffirm the power of humour and the value of shared wisdoms. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 272 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548754
ISBN
9781857548754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. The poetry of Valentine Ackland (1906-69) touches the twentieth century at key points. The poet who worked for the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War lived to oppose the war in Vietnam. This book discusses each stage of Ackland's life, sets her work in context, and makes an important contribution to placing Ackland in twentieth-century poetry. Editor(s): Bingham, Frances. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857548761
ISBN
9781857548761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.37

Paperback. Features poems that explore perception, taking their bearings from forms as diverse as Renaissance hermeticism, a Greek vase, Rauschenberg's painting, Bottom's dream, and a green beetle. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82. 64 pages. Features poems that explore perception, taking their bearings from forms as diverse as Renaissance hermeticism, a Greek vase, Rauschenberg's painting, Bottom's dream, and a green beetle. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 5. Weight: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549003
ISBN
9781857549003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. A lyrical document of growing up in a quiet but fast-changing corner of Scotland caught at various stages in the last decades of the twentieth century. As with the acclaimed "Lucky Day", this collection is particularly sensitive to the nuances of family relationships. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549201
ISBN
9781857549201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.46

Paperback. Steve Biko, father of the black consciousness philosophy, was killed in prison on 12 September 1977. Biko was only 30 years old, but his ideas and political activities changed the course of South African history and helped hasten the end of apartheid. Editor(s): van Wyk, Chris. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144648
ISBN
9781868144648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145607
ISBN
9781868145607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing inspiration for scholars working in a range of interdisciplinary fields. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145706
ISBN
9781868145706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Richard Moore Rive (1930-1989) was a writer, scholar, literary critic and college teacher in Cape Town, South Africa. He is best known for his short stories written in the late 1950s and for his second novel, 'Buckingham Palace', District Six, in which he depicted the well known cosmopolitan area of District Six, where he grew up. Num Pages: 224 pages, Black and white photographs. BIC Classification: B; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147434
ISBN
9781868147434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Missing is the story of Robert Khalipa , an ANC Cadre living in exile, who is very senior in the Organisation but is left out of the negotiations and almost forgotten in Sweden. Robert has a wealthy Swedish wife, Anna, and they have a daughter who is a practising doctor in a hospital in Stockholm. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90000.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868148899
ISBN
9781868148899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DNF; HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408107
ISBN
9781869408107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.44

Paperback. Between 2010 and 2014 Lynn Jenner made several related emotional and intellectual investigations. Lost and Gone Away is the record of these: a fascinating hybrid text of nonfiction, prose poems and poetry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408404
ISBN
9781869408404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Hawthorne, Susan; Klein, Renate D. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559008
ISBN
9781875559008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559053
ISBN
9781875559053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559138
ISBN
9781875559138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: DC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
1st
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559619
ISBN
9781875559619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
1st
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559763
ISBN
9781875559763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

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