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Paperback. Combining the private and the public in a way Harrison has made distinctly his own, and drawing on his working-class upbringing in Leeds, these are powerful poems for modern times. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974353
ISBN
9780241974353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. In gathering four decades of work, Hugo Williams' "Collected Poems" brings back into print a vast body of material long since unavailable - from his 1965 debut "Symptoms of Loss", to "Self-portrait with a Slide" (1990). This edition also includes "Dock Leaves". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
9780571216918
ISBN
9780571216918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Reprint edition. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. In this volume the plays are all concerned with the spiritual and the social; with belief and ritual as integrating forces for social cohesion. Whether considering the corruption of urban life or the power of superstition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Oxford U Press London
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192811363
ISBN
9780192811363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.50

Hardback. Presenting the collected papers of mathematician Stephen Smale, this volume also features articles by other mathematical scholars, commenting on Smale's influence in certain areas of mathematics. Editor(s): Cucker, Felipe; Wong, Roderick S. C. Num Pages: 1740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 108. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
1740
Condition
New
SKU
V9789810243074
ISBN
9789810243074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 394.96

Hardcover. Twain's playful exuberance and remarkable storytelling gifts are on full display as he regales readers with his real-life adventures, some of them so outrageous they cannot be true - or can they? He brought to literature a new, distinctly American voice. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 776 pages, 4 original frontispieces (b/w). BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 212 x 44. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593760
ISBN
9781841593760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Hardcover. Politics, religion, culture, travel, science and technology, family life: nothing escaped the eye and pen of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, nineteenth-century America's most famous writer and a legend in his own lifetime. In this book, he tells his story. Num Pages: 984 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 212 x 45. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593753
ISBN
9781841593753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Includes such poetic works as: "Paid on Both Sides", "Letter to Lord Byron", "For the Time Being", "The Sea and the Mirror", and "The Age of Anxiety". Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283491
ISBN
9780571283491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. R.S. Thomas (1913-2000) is one of the major poets of our time, as well as one of the finest religious poets in the English language and possibly Wales's greatest poet. This gathering of his late poems shows us the final flowering of a truly great poet still writing at the height of his powers in his 70s and 80s. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246488
ISBN
9781852246488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225518
ISBN
9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.20

Paperback. M. R. James's classic ghost stories are some of the finest in English, creating menace and terror in lonely country houses and remote inns. This is the only one-volume edition to include all James's published stories, an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story, and a critical introduction and notes. Editor(s): Jones, Darryl. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199674893
ISBN
9780199674893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

paperback. Colin Macleod died in December 1981. Many regarded him as one of the most profound interpreters in our times of Greek and Latin literature and ideas. This is a collection of his essays which particularly focus on the work of Thucydides, Horace, and Gregory of Nyssa. Num Pages: 370 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 619.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Clarendon Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198150848
ISBN
9780198150848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 158.24

Paperback. Contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. This title covers subjects ranging from Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282679
ISBN
9780099282679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571221448
ISBN
9780571221448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w illus. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
IBEX PUBLISHERS United States
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347738
ISBN
9780936347738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. It's Moscow, 1938. It's a dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he's offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283996
ISBN
9780571283996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477904
ISBN
9780801477904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. The third book in Kristeva's trilogy on female genius,Colette interlaces commentary on the life and work of this notorious French novelist who made it possible for women to write erotic literature. The result is an elegant and sophisticated critique filled with psychoanalytic insight. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231128964
ISBN
9780231128964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.68
€ 83.75

Paperback. Timely reissue of the second volume of Holmes's classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204564
ISBN
9780007204564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615356
ISBN
9780691615356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. We were not the first to live here. Two teenagers living in medieval Ireland, one a descendant of a race that shares their planet, discover a truth that was only told in fairy tales or myths. Why must the lighthouse fire never be extinguished? Who is Cailleach? Where is Tir na Leasa? What do the invaders want?" Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New Generation Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001717
ISBN
9781906558291
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sceptre
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0235009
ISBN
9780340680599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Clean copy with shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Sceptre
Edition
First Printing
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOC0016694
ISBN
9780340680582
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Paperback in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0020864
ISBN
9781400077823
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press,Canada Canada
Number of pages
106
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887547867
ISBN
9780887547867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.96

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