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paperback. A novel by the author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". A moment of confusion sets in motion a complex chain of events which crosses and recrosses the divide between fantasy and reality. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571195671
- ISBN
- 9780571195671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.45€ 83.75
€ 109.45
€ 83.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Walker, Gina Luria. Num Pages: 343 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115597
- ISBN
- 9781551115597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.14
€ 43.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752428949
- ISBN
- 9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Translator(s): Wawn, Andrew. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 570 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; AGR; DSC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995169
- ISBN
- 9780935995169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.44
€ 72.44
Paperback. The world-famous Icelandic sagas related to the spectacular living landscapes of today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752433424
- ISBN
- 9780752433424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Hardback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DN; DSB; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990835
- ISBN
- 9780295990835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Paperback. Ibsen ascended to the first ranks of European writers in the late nineteenth century and has remained there ever since. Editor(s): Johnston, Brian. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ACSN; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 49418th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393924046
- ISBN
- 9780393924046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.69
€ 23.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138941496
- ISBN
- 9781138941496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. "Meyer's translations of Ibsen are a major fact in one's general sense of post-war drama. Their vital pace, their unforced insistence on the poetic centre of Ibsen's genius, have beaten academic versions from the field" (George Steiner) Illustrator(s): Meyer, Michael. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Series: World Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413463302
- ISBN
- 9780413463302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
Hardback. Schanke analyzes Ibsen's evolution from iconoclast to icon. With actresses' essays and interviews about the playwright, index, bibliography, and illustrations of Ibsen productions. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810820999
- ISBN
- 9780810820999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.02
€ 126.02
Hardback. This book examines IbsenOs plays as well as his letters, poems, and speeches for the possible influence of paradigms from Hellenic culture, taking into account his relationship with German culture and German scholarsO esteem for the culture of the ancient Greeks. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480801
- ISBN
- 9781611480801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Paperback. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this work details the many blessings of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of subjects such as the ego, the nature of the body, the ephemerality of the world, and the purification of the heart, this work is a great contribution to Muslim spirituality. Translator(s): Slitine, M. Youssef; Fitzgerald, M. Abdurrahman. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621781
- ISBN
- 9780946621781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Very few examples of medieval Arabic drama have survived, a fact which constitutes a serious loss to our knowledge of Arab literary history. However, we can form some idea of the kind of work of which we have been deprived by examining the three shadow plays preserved for us, those of Ibn Daniyal, the thirteenth century poet and wit. These three pl Editor(s): Kahle, Paule. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Edition
- Rep Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909724624
- ISBN
- 9781909724624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.59
€ 17.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to "Ake and Isara". In a mixture of fact and fiction - to protect the innocent and nail the guilty and shape an often intolerable reality - it tells of the coming of age of a writer and political activist; and of a nation's betrayal. Num Pages: 397 pages, 1 b&w line. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002011
- ISBN
- 9780413744203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The second Rebus omnibus comprising books 4,5 and 6 in the Rebus series - Strip Jack; The Black Book; Mortal Causes. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752846569
- ISBN
- 9780752846569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.33
€ 25.99
€ 18.33
Ian McEwan: The Essential Guide: "Child in Time", "Enduring Love", "At...
Noakes, Jonathan, Reynolds, Margaret
Paperback. A guide to the works of Ian McEwan. It offers an in-depth interview with Ian McEwan, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. It deals with McEwan's themes, genre and narrative technique, and provides a source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Series: Vintage Living Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001574
- ISBN
- 9780099437550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A critical examination of Ian McEwan and his novel, "Enduring Love", this title forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, acclaimed and influential novels of recent years. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. A Reader's Guide. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. 96 pages. A critical examination of Ian McEwan and his novel, "Enduring Love", this title forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, acclaimed and influential novels of recent years. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 191 x 133 x 7. Weight: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826414786
- ISBN
- 9780826414786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardback. Surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. Editor(s): Finlay, Alec. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270589
- ISBN
- 9780520270589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.05€ 49.59
€ 63.05
€ 49.59
Paperback. Surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. Editor(s): Finlay, Alec. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. Selections. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. 334 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Finlay, Alec. Surveys the life and work of the Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, who is best known for his extraordinary garden, Little Sparta, a unique 'poem of place' in which poetry, sculpture, and horticulture intersect. This book directs sustained attention to Finlay the verbal artist, revealing the full breadth and richness of his poetics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight: 376.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Y ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270596
- ISBN
- 9780520270596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.26
€ 31.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Contains all of the poetry that the author chose to publish, together with a small number of uncollected and unpublished poems. This book also supplies an illuminating introduction, and succinctly helpful apparatus. It tact are themselves a moving tribute, restoring to view one of the distinctive bodies of work in twentieth-century English poetry. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571295340
- ISBN
- 9780571295340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Telling the story of how Demetrios Tsafendas came to assassinate Hendrik Verwoerd, President of South Africa and the chief architect of Apartheid, this play mixes drama, politics and expressionism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597540
- ISBN
- 9781854597540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582313811
- ISBN
- 9780582313811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Hardback. This book demonstrates that Fitzgerald's narrative is riddled with chronological incoherences, improbabilities, and flat contractions -- almost none of which, surprisingly, have been previously noted. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945636380
- ISBN
- 9780945636380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95
€ 108.95