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Brand New Ancients

Kae Tempest

Paperback. Winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for innovation in poetry. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Number of pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2013
Edition: Main Market Ed.
Condition: New
SKU: V9781447257684
ISBN: 9781447257684

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Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai

Paperback. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. Zen Talks on the Sandokai. 199 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 line illustration. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight: 242.

Publisher: University of California Press
Number of pages: 199
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2001
Condition: New
SKU: V9780520232129
ISBN: 9780520232129

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Branch-lines

Guy & N Cuthbertson

Hardcover. When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he was recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets. This work captures the range of Thomas' achievement, not least by combining poetry with prose. It also includes an introduction, and four critical essays. Editor(s): Newlyn, Lucy; Cuthbertson, Guy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.

Publisher: Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages: 264
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Condition: New
SKU: V9781904634355
ISBN: 9781904634355

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Bram Stoker - Dracula

William Hughes

Hardback. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages: 184
Condition: New
SKU: V9781403987785
ISBN: 9781403987785

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€ 88.20
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Brain Storms: Stories by Transition Year Students from CBC Monkstown P...

Kevin Barry (Intro)

Paperback. 8vo. Some light shelfwear.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Fighting Words
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KEX0272994
ISBN: 9780956832696

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€ 4.99

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Brain Fever: Poems

Kimiko Hahn

Paperback. Rooted in traditional Japanese aesthetics and meditations on contemporary neuroscience, a stunning new volume from an essential American poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .

Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2017
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780393354409
ISBN: 9780393354409

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Brahmanical Theories of the Gift: A Critical Edition and Annotated Tra...

David Brick

Hardback. Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a d nanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter." Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJF; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1474.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Harvard University Press United States
Edition: annotated edition
Number of pages: 470
Condition: New
SKU: V9780674088481
ISBN: 9780674088481

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BRADY:VICEROY'S VINDICATION PB (R)

Sir Henry Sidney

Paperback. Three times viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. This is Sidney's own account of his career in Ireland, last published in the mid-19th century. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JB; BGHA; DNF; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 161.

Publisher: Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2002
Condition: New
SKU: V9781859181805
ISBN: 9781859181805

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Bradley, Greg, Folger: Great Shakespeareans

Cary Dipietro

Hardcover. A comprehensive analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. It offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. Editor(s): DiPietro, Cary. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.

Publisher: Continuum
Number of pages: 224
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2011
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780826446114
ISBN: 9780826446114

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€ 211.69
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Boys Books, Boys Dreams, and the Mystique of Flight

Fred Erisman

Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive study of the more than forty "Boys'" aviation series, this work reveals the part played by the books and their writers in spurring the American nation's fascination with flying. It sheds light on how popular art can transform technological progress into cultural idealism and reform. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 b&w photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; TRP; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.

Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780875653303
ISBN: 9780875653303

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Boys Will be Boys

Melissa Bubnic

Paperback. Melissa Bubnic's new play premieres at Bush Hall in a co-production between The Bush Theatre and Headlong in June 2016. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 98.

Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2016
Condition: New
SKU: V9781848425682
ISBN: 9781848425682

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€ 16.99
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Svetlana Alexievich - Boys in Zinc - 9780241264119 - 9780241264119

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Boys in Zinc

Svetlana Alexievich

Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPN; DNJ; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Condition: New
SKU: 9780241264119
ISBN: 9780241264119

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Boys (NHB Modern Plays)

Ella Hickson

Paperback. Benny, Mack, Timp and Cam are due out of their five bedroom flat tomorrow morning; five bedrooms, five chairs, four boys - and one hell of a party. Stepping into a world that doesn't want them, these boys start to wonder whether there's any point in getting any older. How will they find the fight to make it as adults? Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.

Publisher: Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages: 129
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2012
Condition: New
SKU: V9781848422629
ISBN: 9781848422629

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Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life

J. M. Coetzee

Paperback. A first volume of memoirs, revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, of a boy growing up in a small country town with a father he could not respect and a mother he adored. Coetzee evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood, in a world of unexplained rules he knew he must obey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.

Publisher: Vintage
Number of pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1998
Edition: 01st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099268277
ISBN: 9780099268277