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Paperback. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393681
- ISBN
- 9780141393681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Paperback. Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. It focuses on two families that of Hoskuld, a prominent farmer with several sons, and that of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman ever born in Iceland. Translator(s): Kunz, Keneva. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447750
- ISBN
- 9780140447750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292776234
- ISBN
- 9780292776234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447736
- ISBN
- 9780140447736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abacus, London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KIN0031851
- ISBN
- 9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
![Dora [Mrs Clement Shorter] Sigerson - The Sad Years - - KMK0014687](https://www.kennys.ie//images/unavailable.jpg "Dora [Mrs Clement Shorter] Sigerson - The Sad Years - - KMK0014687")
Hardcover. One of a limited edition of 50 copies, with nine illustrations printed for private circulation. In cloth covers showing some age and shelf wear. RFEP has been removed and some foxing to endpapers and title page. Very rare. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1918
- Publisher
- Constable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0014687
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 450.00
€ 450.00
![Dora [Mrs Clement Shorter] Sigerson - The Sad Years - - KHS1003733](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/KHS1003733.jpg "Dora [Mrs Clement Shorter] Sigerson - The Sad Years - - KHS1003733")
Hardcover. 87pp. ( Illustrations. One of a limited edition of 50 copies, printed for private circulation. T e g. Fore and bottom edges uncut. Damp- stained. very rare
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Constable
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1918
- Edition
- First American Edition
- SKU
- KHS1003733
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 695.00
€ 695.00
Paperback. First published in 1920, this is T.S. Eliot's first collection of literary criticism. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, including "Tradition and the Individual Talent", "Hamlet and His Problems", and Eliot's thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger and Dante. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190898
- ISBN
- 9780571190898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119757
- ISBN
- 9781405119757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
Hardcover. The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AG; DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405119740
- ISBN
- 9781405119740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.42
€ 125.42
Hardback. An autobiographical journey through disparate written texts (in literature, philosophy, theology and religion), art, and cinema. It pursues the body of the Christian tradition of 'the Word made flesh' - a body torn and crucified, resurrected, and divinised, embracing both deep suffering and profound joy. Num Pages: 260 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HRLM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602581418
- ISBN
- 9781602581418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. Presents a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099433576
- ISBN
- 9780099433576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.71
€ 13.99
€ 11.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Hobgood-Oster, Laura. Series: AAR Religions in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HRCC99; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788505386
- ISBN
- 9780788505386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75
€ 53.75
Paperback. A collection of three classic incisive books that instruct how to survive and thrive in a business world of suspicion and envy, strategic alliances and brutal misinformation. Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Alistair McAlpine's The Servant, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War comprise the three main texts. Editor(s): McAlpine, Alistair. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471372479
- ISBN
- 9780471372479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.90
€ 36.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Set in a surreal, post-industrial wasteland, this fable is a striking addition to the Marie Alexander Series. Series: Marie Alexander Poetry Series. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935210528
- ISBN
- 9781935210528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.25
€ 17.99
€ 16.25
Hardback. Having returned to Russia in 1990 after two decades, the writer known as Abram Tertz creates a vivid picture of today's Russian intelligentsia and its role as conscience and critic since the fall of communism, as well as a chilling portrait of economic and political stagnation under Yeltsin. Translator(s): Visson, Lynn. Series: Harriman Lectures S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPR; DSA; JFC; JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107266
- ISBN
- 9780231107266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388599
- ISBN
- 9781137388599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPQ; HR; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349482085
- ISBN
- 9781349482085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.54
€ 65.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469727
- ISBN
- 9781349469727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.76
€ 115.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. . Clean copy with some shelfwear. Good to very good. Signed by the author
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- A.& A.Farmar
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KST0032076
- ISBN
- 9781899047659
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99