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Paperback. Durcan brings his tender lyricism and incisive wit to bear on the themes of love and loss, life and death. He touches upon themes including near-death experiences; Ireland, its people and places; and marriage. Durcan also describes his own 20th-century romance, replete with agonies and ecstasies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190. Signed and inscribed by the author. Scarce. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvill Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027259
ISBN
9781860469107
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Through four distinct sections, the author brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love and loss, life and death. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910701133
ISBN
9781910701133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Hardcover. 160pp. Inscription copy. Keywords: Irish poetry
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KHS1011810
ISBN
9781860469091
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 375.00

Paperback. John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the seedy, glamorous backstage world of 1630s London theatre. Women are still not allowed on stage, their roles taken by precocious boys. Shank was one of the best, but is now reduced to teaching others the tricks of the trade. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854594549
ISBN
9781854594549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Creolization describes the cultural adaptations that occur when a community moves to a new geographic setting. Exploring the consciousness of peoples defined as 'creoles' who moved from the Old World to the New World, this work investigates the creolization of literary forms and genres in the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. Editor(s): Bauer, Ralph; Mazzotti, Jose Antonio. Num Pages: 520 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KL; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807859681
ISBN
9780807859681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665266
ISBN
9780816665266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845233006
ISBN
9781845233006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. 29 pp. Stiff card covers, almost as new. This is the lecture given by the poet in Stockholm as part of his award of the Nobel Prize for literature. Keywords: Poetry -Seamus Heaney
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Gallery Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS0040053
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 175.00

Paperback. A collection of short stories. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237852
ISBN
9780571237852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Hardback. First new hardback edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and with plastic book wrap. DW faded and showing light shelf wear. Page edges browned, otherwise a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KSG0015926
ISBN
9780571225668
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147873
ISBN
9780231147873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023932
ISBN
9780674023932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Paperback. This book seeks quite simply to share the many experiences of Shakespeare's Globe Education team of their active approach to teaching students of all ages. The book mixes some theory with lots of examples and practical ideas teachers can take and use for their own lessons. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b/w in-text photos. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408156841
ISBN
9781408156841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.85

Hardcover. The book focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21th centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic experiment and expression in particular. Series: Journal of Beckett Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697328
ISBN
9780748697328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540612
ISBN
9788763540612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.86
€ 40.48

Paperback. A guide to the creative possibilities of critical writing. It offers an introduction to the theory and practice of creative-critical writing. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CBW; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748674336
ISBN
9780748674336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CJB; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867897
ISBN
9781921867897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Paperback.
Publisher
The Liffey Press Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905785575
ISBN
9781905785575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.28

Hardcover. Examining Albert's reading of "The Book of Causes", this text asks: how does he view the relation between faith and reason to identify creation with emanation from God; and how does he understand Platonism and Aristotelianism to find in a 5th-century Neoplatonist the key to Aristotle's meaning. Series: Publications in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCB; HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268023515
ISBN
9780268023515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.57

paperback. Originally delivered as the 1980 Larkin-Stuart Lectures, this book provides an intriguing and provocative insight into the notion of creation and of the relationship in creativity between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 76 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802064226
ISBN
9780802064226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

hardcover. The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device--or rather, complex of devices--to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732154
ISBN
9780804732154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816621897
ISBN
9780816621897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Focuses on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. This title tells the stories of artists, including the author, who create despite, or because of, the horrors that drove them from their homelands and that continue to haunt them. Series: Toni Morrison Lecture Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140186
ISBN
9780691140186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. A study of young people and their attitudes towards sex, sexuality and trans-sexuality, by the author of "Blasted". Set in an unnamed city from which voices and images spring, "Crave" charts the disintegration of a human mind under the pressures of love, loss and desire. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413728807
ISBN
9780413728807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.52

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