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Paperback. Once upon a time, opium was easily available over chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in waistcoat pocket. Paradise! So thought, the author, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528593
ISBN
9780099528593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Offers an account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. This autobiography of addiction hauntingly describes the author's surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings through London, along with the nightmares, despair and paranoia to which he became prey. Editor(s): Milligan, Barry. Num Pages: 352 pages, chronology, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439014
ISBN
9780140439014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. With lyrical evocations of nature and the wild, this book features essays that have charted the change in Kingsnorth's thinking. It articulates a vision that he calls 'dark ecology,' which stands firmly in opposition to the belief that technology can save us, and he argues for a renewed balance between the human and nonhuman worlds. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571329694
ISBN
9780571329694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.72

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 154. Weight in Grams: 444. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTJ0049745
ISBN
9780340953150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 154. Weight in Grams: 444. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRS0010937
ISBN
9780340953150
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KDK0011796
ISBN
9780340953167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 203 x 137. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220675
ISBN
9780811220675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Scholar, Angela. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGLA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540037
ISBN
9780199540037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Cautions that medieval selfhood should not be understood merely in terms of confessional practice. The author points to the controversy over confession and, more generally, lay instruction that was generated in late medieval England around the heresy known as Wycliffism (or Lollardy). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033767
ISBN
9780268033767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. A selection of some of the most enjoyable passages from John Gower's Confessio Amantis. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521136747
ISBN
9780521136747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984957
ISBN
9780141984957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. In these three lectures, Cavell situates Emerson at an intersection of three crossroads: a place where both philosophy and literature pass; where the two traditions of English and German philosophy shun one another; where the cultures of America and Europe unsettle one another. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226098210
ISBN
9780226098210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. A chilling novel that pays twisted homage to Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007287048
ISBN
9780007287048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Hardback. Series: American Philological Association Philological Monographs. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Scholars Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780891307150
ISBN
9780891307150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.95

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Tiger Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
SKU
KNW0010383
ISBN
9781855013254
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of postcolonial literature and culture. Editor(s): Chew, Shirley; Richards, David. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118652350
ISBN
9781118652350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.47

An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early twentieth-century American fiction. Editor(s): Weinstein, Cindy; Stoneley, Peter. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133678
ISBN
9781405133678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389205975
ISBN
9780389205975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.94

Paperback. Combines poetry, fiction, drama, and essays in an anthology of world literature in English. This second edition includes: new material (the last edition was published in 1995); material from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; more nonfiction (essays, interviews, memoir); and, indexes that sort texts by titles, genres, and regions. Editor(s): Ramraj, Victor J. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119779
ISBN
9781551119779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.35
€ 58.37

hardcover. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, sunned to spine. Light spotting on page edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031374
ISBN
9780241128725
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

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