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Paperback. Looks at works such as Ghitany's Kitab Al-Tajalliyat [The Book of Theophanies], where the title and style imitate Ibn 'Arabi; Ouettar's Al-Waliyy Al-Taher [The Holy Saint], where the protagonist allegorizes Algerian history, and multiple works by Ibrahim Al-Koni. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSK; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695850
ISBN
9780748695850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.67

Hardback. Arabic novelists are increasingly finding a source of literary innovation and political transgression in the language and ideas of mediaeval Sufi thinkers and writers. This book presents close readings of the work of the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghitany, the Algerian Taher Ouettar and the Touareg Libyan Ibrahim Al-Koni, all of whom have turned to Sufism. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641406
ISBN
9780748641406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.56

Paperback. 'Sufi Poems' is a selection of poems from the golden period of Sufism especially chosen and translated from the Arabic by the distinguished scholar Dr Martin Lings. Bilingual Arabic-English edition. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCQ; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
116
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903682173
ISBN
9781903682173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Poems reflecting the rich panoply of personal and public life in modern America, from the Poet Laureate of Illinois Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076008
ISBN
9780252076008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.45

Hardcover. This compelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African American children's literature Series: North American Religions Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722992
ISBN
9780814722992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.37

Hardcover. Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, "Lives of the Caesars "by Suetonius (born c. 70 CE) is a valuable and colourful source of information about the first twelve Roman emperors, Roman imperial politics, and Roman imperial socity. Part of Suetonius "Lives of Illustrious Men" (of letters) also survives. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 547 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 118 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1914
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995659
ISBN
9780674995659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.13

Paperback. John Hodgart's SCOTNOTE study guide examines two of Sue Glover's plays: Bondagers and The Straw Chair. Issues of set and staging are explored as well as the historical backgrounds and themes of the plays. This guide is suitable for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 4K; 4KLR; 4KST; 4KSV; DSG; YQZ. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841126
ISBN
9781906841126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.26

Hardback. The book explores the drama of the Hebrew poetry coping with the violence of the Holocaust and the Israel-Arab war. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784108
ISBN
9780804784108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887486159
ISBN
9780887486159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Includes three plays - "Suddenly Last Summer", "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", and "Small Craft Warnings". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191096
ISBN
9780141191096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. . 8vo.Good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0298144
ISBN
9781843510413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. 93pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KHS1011146
ISBN
9781843510413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. 93pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1010601
ISBN
9781843510413
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472574350
ISBN
9781472574350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. Such Stuff as Dreams explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. In this ground-breaking work, Oatley richly illustrates how fiction represents, at its core, a model that readers construct in collaboration with the writer. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470974575
ISBN
9780470974575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472400
ISBN
9781611472400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.12

Paperback. Offers an original way of thinking literary history and a new approach to the question of the relations between literature and politics in modernity Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823232819
ISBN
9780823232819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. In this major reconsideration of Herman Melville's life and work, Michael Rogin shows that Melville's novels are connected both to the important issues of his time and to the exploits of his patrician and politically prominent family. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520051782
ISBN
9780520051782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardback. Focuses on the ways in which a number of French literary narratives written in the realist tradition show a dynamic balance between the desire of the author/narrator to present a verisimilar world and the need for aesthetic balance. This book discusses some of the subversive paths taken in realism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231355
ISBN
9780823231355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559363426
ISBN
9781559363426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.43

Hardback. From his forays into science fiction to his psychological novels and films, Abe Kobo weaves together a range of 'voices': the styles of science and the language of literary forms. This book argues that the crisis of identity and postwar anomie in Abe's works is inseparable from the need to marshal these different scientific and literary voices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032781
ISBN
9780674032781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803239845
ISBN
9780803239845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.34

Hardback. This book will be of interest to scholars of Anglophone literary modernism and to musicologists interested in how music was given new literary and cultural meaning during that complex interdisciplinary period. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12, 3 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415239
ISBN
9781421415239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.86
€ 50.69

Paperback. A translation of Pablo Neruda's early collections of odes, this book features poems that are addressed to hope and to gloom, to numbers and to the atom, to blue flowers and to artichokes. Reflecting the lucent, candid vitality driving Neruda's charming accounts, these poems celebrate things big and the small. Translator(s): Root, William Pitt. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wings Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727871
ISBN
9780916727871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

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