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Paperback. Miroslav Holub was the Czech Republic's foremost modern poet, and one of her leading immunologists. His fantastical and witty poems give a scientist's bemused view of human folly and other life on the planet. This work covers over 40 years of his poetry. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247478
ISBN
9781852247478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. First published in 1931, it includes Flower's own work as well as translations of medieval Irish poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AF; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874675327
ISBN
9781874675327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. This collection brings together all the poems published by James Joyce in his lifetime, most notably "Chamber Music" and "Pomes Penyeach". It also includes a large body of his satiric or humorous occasional verse, much of which is fugitive and little known to the general reader. Editor(s): Ellman, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382. 300pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210985
ISBN
9780571210985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.73

Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259871
ISBN
9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Paperback. As reports suggest, many fewer weddings are taking place in church. For those that are not having the traditional wedding service, it can be a problem finding suitable material to be read at a civil ceremony. This book offers 70 poems and readings which celebrate love and union - and offer the prospect of a lifetime's shared happiness. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014951
ISBN
9780141014951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems and prose extracts suitable for reading at funerals and celebrations of a life. It includes selections that range from Shakespeare to Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, and from Christina Rossetti to St Francis of Assissi. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014968
ISBN
9780141014968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. Throughout history we have sought to welcome our children into the world. Whether you choose a religious service, a naming ceremony or simply a gathering of friends or relatives, choosing a reading can be difficult. This book presents a collection of readings on birth, new life and the joys of children and parenthood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Edition
1st ed.
Number of pages
192
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0233334
ISBN
9781847734037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Throughout history we have sought to welcome our children into the world. Whether you choose a religious service, a naming ceremony or simply a gathering of friends or relatives, choosing a reading can be difficult. This book presents a collection of readings on birth, new life and the joys of children and parenthood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
SKU
KEX0233333
ISBN
9781847734037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Coleridge is the most complex and brilliant, yet the most elusive and intense of the great Romantic writers. This book includes a selection of verse and prose which tells about his work. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
David Campbell Publishers Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150278
ISBN
9781857150278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Closer to Dylan Thomas than Matthew Arnold in his creative violence and insistence on the sound of poetry, the author was no staid, conventional Victorian. On entering the Jesuit order the age of twenty-four, he burnt all his poetry and 'resolved to write no more, as not belonging to my profession, unless by the wishes of my superiors'. Editor(s): Gardner, William Henry. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140420159
ISBN
9780140420159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157215
ISBN
9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. This edition brings together the fullest range of Rossetti's poetry and prose in one volume, including 'Goblin Market', stories (the complete text of Maude), devotional prose, and personal letters. The poetry is arranged in a single chronological sequence to show Rossetti's poetic development. Editor(s): Humphries, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages, facsimile frontispiece and title-page to 'Goblin Market'. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192807151
ISBN
9780192807151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. The major seventeenth-century English poet between Shakespeare and Milton, Donne is chiefly celebrated as a love poet. But he was also the author of satires and epistles, and a series of religious poems including the Holy Sonnets. This volume presents a complete portrait of this poet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157222
ISBN
9781857157222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Hardcover. Features the poems and selected prose extracts by Kubla Khan, Christabel and The Ancient Mariner. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157352
ISBN
9781857157352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. Offers a selection of the poet's work, including all the lyrics and the important prophetic books. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 666.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150346
ISBN
9781857150346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Shortly before his death in 1995, Donald Davie sent his publisher the poem, "Our Father". This ten-part meditation broke a seven-year poetic silence. This book contains a body of poems which extend the concerns of his late years, concerns with the "sacred", with England and with our age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 134. Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Poetry - By Period - 20th Century,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Poetry - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Carcanet Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS0038573
ISBN
9781857542905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.99
€ 15.02

Presents a Sappho by a master poet and translator that treats the fragments as aesthetic wholes, complete in their fragmentariness, and which is also, as the translator puts it: 'ever mindful of performative qualities, quality of voice, changes of voice.. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
68
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205925
ISBN
9780872205925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Presents a Sappho by a poet and translator that treats the fragments as aesthetic wholes, complete in their fragmentariness, and which is also, as the translator puts it: 'ever mindful of performative qualities, quality of voice, changes of voice..' Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
68
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205918
ISBN
9780872205918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. It is only James Joyce's towering genius as a novelist that has led to the comparative neglect of his poetry and sole surviving play. This work presents a portrait of the artist as a young man. It confronts painfully personal issues of adultery, jealousy and betrayal. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, music. BIC Classification: DCF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185553
ISBN
9780140185553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. An intensely philosophical and religious poet, Olga Sedakova writes of nature, music, and the inner, spiritual life. This volume introduces to an English-speaking audience a selection of her poems. Translator(s): Kelly, Catriona. Num Pages: 117 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838755587
ISBN
9780838755587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.22

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