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Paperback. Gathers together poetry in Hebrew from "The Song of Deborah" to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424676
- ISBN
- 9780140424676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Paperback. The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course, generous selections from established giants - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme and Michaux - it also draws attention to interesting "minor" poets such as Claudel or Cendrars. Editor(s): Rees, William. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140423853
- ISBN
- 9780140423853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.24
€ 25.99
€ 18.24
paperback. Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This title reflects the diverse experience of those who lived through the war - bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict. Editor(s): Walter, Matthew George. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141181905
- ISBN
- 9780141181905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A collection of poems that lists them according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424546
- ISBN
- 9780140424546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVQ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141982540
- ISBN
- 9780141982540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952856
- ISBN
- 9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Even at its most literary, Caribbean poetry shares the vigour of the oral tradition. Many established writers and exciting new voices, are exploring ways of capturing the vitality of the spoken word on the page. These traditions are represented in this lively anthology, which traces Caribbean verse from its roots to the present. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424607
- ISBN
- 9780140424607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952849
- ISBN
- 9780241952849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then ruthlessly hangs Penelope's twelve maids. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571239498
- ISBN
- 9780571239498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KAK0000123
- ISBN
- 9781842234082
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Furman, Laura. Series: Pen / O. Henry Prize Stories. Num Pages: 403 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307472373
- ISBN
- 9780307472373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Good copy with light shelf wear. Cover has light shelf wear. Light foxing on cover and throughout, remains good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCW0006078
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843344
- ISBN
- 9781843843344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.58
€ 98.58
Hardback. A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture. It focuses on the Sunday lives of a number of prominent British and American writers - and what they have had to say about Sunday. It also examines such observant Christians as George Herbert, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Hannah More, and Jonathan Edwards. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031685
- ISBN
- 9780674031685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.36
€ 47.99
€ 40.36
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017604
- ISBN
- 9780253017604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRF0026860
- ISBN
- 9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141394688
- ISBN
- 9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Shih-Hsiang, Chen. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 18 x 133. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178768
- ISBN
- 9781590178768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899497
- ISBN
- 9780226899497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. In dialogue with a diverse group of thinkers, from Erich Auerbach and Aby Warburg to Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan, The Pathos of the Real advances an innovative new framework for rethinking the aesthetics of violence in the twentieth century. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897566
- ISBN
- 9780801897566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.39€ 58.57
€ 64.39
€ 58.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656765
- ISBN
- 9780674656765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.84€ 72.42
€ 79.84
€ 72.42
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW price clipped and showing a little age and wear. Spotting on page edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028190
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KSS0006617
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Clean copy with some yellowing. Otherwise fine in dustwrapper. DW has minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good in mylar
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KOC0027929
- ISBN
- 9780224018456
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00