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Booker wining novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic - even admirers rarely know John Berger in all his literary incarnations. This collection of essays takes a look at his career. Berger's wide-ranging essays emphasise the continuities that have underpinned more than 40 years of tireless intellectual inquiry and political engagement. Editor(s): Dyer, Geoff. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 948. 608 pages. Editor(s): Dyer, Geoff. Booker wining novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic - even admirers rarely know John Berger in all his literary incarnations. This collection of essays takes a look at his career. Berger's wide-ranging essays emphasise the continuities that have underpinned more than 40 years of tireless intellectual inquiry and political engagement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; JFCX. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 46. Weight: 890.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747554196
ISBN
9780747554196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. This selection brings together thirty of Woolf's best essays across a wide range of subjects including writing and reading, the role and reputation of women writers, the art of biography, and the London scene. They are enchanting in their own right, and indispensable to an understanding of this great writer. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556069
ISBN
9780199556069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Contains a selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. This volume includes the best of Johnson's journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 640 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436273
ISBN
9780140436273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Copley, Stephen; Edgar, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540303
ISBN
9780199540303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of "The Egoist". In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197460
ISBN
9780571197460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded her thoughts with unfailing grace, courage, honesty and wit. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099518259
ISBN
9780099518259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.02

Paperback. The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later times. Translator(s): Costa, C. D. N. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555932
ISBN
9780199555932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.21

Hardback. Provides a panoramic historical outlook of the European literary, cultural and political scene between 1789 and 1817, that is the Revolution, the Napoleonic era and the Restoration. Translator(s): Cemper, Kathleen Jameson-. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AH; BG; CJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792360414
ISBN
9780792360414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.87

Paperback. Brings together author's poems, spanning his writing life. This book features verses such as 'Cafe' that he considers the upheaval, revolutions and two world wars that he had witnessed, while 'My Faithful Mother Tongue' reflects the loyalty he felt to his native Polish language. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392301
ISBN
9780141392301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.90

Hardcover. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971684
ISBN
9780865971684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Canavan, Francis. Num Pages: 308 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865971691
ISBN
9780865971691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.75

Paperback. Clean copy with covers sunned to spine. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Irish Books & Media
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0012927
ISBN
9780888350022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 187pp. An Irish Studies Handbook
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Irish Books & Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
First edition in this form.
SKU
KHS1004087
ISBN
9780888350022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 10.00

Hardcover. Under the patronage of two south German nobles, Johann Lorenz Schmidt published an annotated translation of the Bible opening books in 1735. This work focuses on the controversy it aroused and of its eventual suppression, and sheds light on aspects of the 18th century and issues of censorship. Num Pages: 312 pages, photographs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531162
ISBN
9781557531162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.16

Paperback. George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis gave Modern Greek language a substantial corpus of translations from poets working in French, Italian, Russian, English and Ancient Greek. This title offers study of translation that is shown to be a powerful tool for study of Modern Greek literature and its relation to other literatures and movements of time. Series: Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, tables and graphs. BIC Classification: CB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783039119189
ISBN
9783039119189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, ILL. BIC Classification: DNF; HRJ; HRLK2; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice. 624 pages, ILL. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; HRJ; HRLK2; JFSR1. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 26. Weight: 676.
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Rev Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877288558
ISBN
9780877288558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.97

Hardcover. Revisits the question of Shakespeare and religion by focusing on the conjunction of faith and scepticism in his writing. This title argues that the relationship between faith and scepticism is not an invented conjunction. Series: Studies in Christianity and Literature. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932792959
ISBN
9781932792959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Reinsch, Richard, II. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813228617
ISBN
9780813228617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405324
ISBN
9781474405324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships--their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725910
ISBN
9780804725910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

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