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Paperback. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). This book examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316869
- ISBN
- 9781846316869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.19
€ 35.19
Hardcover. The most up-to-date and comprehensive critical study of Nobel Prize winning author Patrick Modiano. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382745
- ISBN
- 9781781382745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.64
€ 169.64
Paperback. Editor(s): McNulty, Eugene; Ni Ghairbhi, Roisin. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; AN; DD; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- GILL & MAC MILLAN
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531661
- ISBN
- 9780716531661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.84
€ 25.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914303
- ISBN
- 9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Pictoral wrapper with woodcuts reproduced from John Derrick's The Image of Irelande, 1581. 1,000 copies printed. Very light foxing to page edges. Excellent condition. In protective plastic wrapper. Keywords: Irish Poetry
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The Dolmen Press
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KHS0076431
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 85.00
€ 85.00
Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008618
- ISBN
- 9780674008618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Patterns in Language: An introduction to language and literary style: ...
Wareing, Shan; Thornborrow, Joanna
paperback. Investigates the use of language in literary and non-literary texts using the principles of linguistic analysis. This work shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts. Borrowing from stylistics, it focuses on recurring linguistic patterns used by writers. Series: Interface. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415140645
- ISBN
- 9780415140645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.96
€ 62.96
Paperback. Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826427922
- ISBN
- 9780826427922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.93
€ 13.99
€ 13.93
Paperback. Jesus did not die on the cross but was rescued by his brother James and by Peter. But they prefer to keep Paul in the dark because, although he is mistakenly preaching that Christ rose again, at least it gets the Christian message out there.. Now, Peter finally tells Paul the truth before they go to their deaths as the first Christian Martyrs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854598868
- ISBN
- 9781854598868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Hardback. Though known chiefly as a writer of novels and stories, Paul Bowles (1910-99) thought of himself first and foremost as a composer. This book collects the music criticism that Bowles published between 1935 and 1946 as well as an interview conducted by Irene Herrmann shortly before his death. Editor(s): Mangan, Timothy; Herrmann, Irene. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 music example. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236554
- ISBN
- 9780520236554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51
€ 112.51
Hardback. Explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger. This book centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and promoted his poetry. It describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883026
- ISBN
- 9780801883026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.23
€ 74.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Joris, Pierre. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 242 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241688
- ISBN
- 9780520241688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
paperback. Biography...Paul Durkan. 199pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781904301400
- ISBN
- 9781904301400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646831
- ISBN
- 9780691646831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.91
€ 121.91
Paperback. Karl Simms also offers a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's work as well as secondary texts. Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, Paul Ricoeur is the essential guide to an essential theorist. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415236379
- ISBN
- 9780415236379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.59
€ 37.59
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641454
- ISBN
- 9780691641454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501374
- ISBN
- 9780099501374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. The first book on one of America s most eminent contemporary playwrights" Series: Michigan Modern Dramatists. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ANF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052394
- ISBN
- 9780472052394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.48
€ 42.48
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217096
- ISBN
- 9780520217096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.57
€ 92.57
Paperback. This collection of poems constitute meditations on the times and on time itself. Num Pages: 88 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897231593
- ISBN
- 9781897231593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.85
€ 14.99
€ 4.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890650957
- ISBN
- 9781890650957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62
Paperback. Part of the sequence begun in Laurels and Donkeys, this title looks back to conflicts of the past: to the 'war to end all wars'; to Rupert Brooke on his final journey; to Wilfred Owen at Craiglockhart War Hospital; to Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the day of his fatal shooting. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571325481
- ISBN
- 9780571325481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25
hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571325474
- ISBN
- 9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031157
- ISBN
- 9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. From the giddy heights of Hackney Empire to a Zurich Freak Show and beyond, the author makes his way through backwaters of showbiz, first as band musician then as one-man wild-act and eventually in the company of a group of like-minded comedians called Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers. They decide to call themselves The Goons.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958155
- ISBN
- 9780241958155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Part guidebook and part exploration into literary history, this book explores how natural surroundings inspired works of literature set along the Appalachian Trail. The author examines how our modern estrangement from the natural world has affected our mental well-being. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921679
- ISBN
- 9780813921679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.08
€ 61.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1179.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610052
- ISBN
- 9780815610052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.70
€ 40.99
€ 38.70
Paperback. Clean copy, good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KST0016663
- ISBN
- 9780006513247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 8vo good copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KEX0261413
- ISBN
- 9780006513247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Stanbury, Sarah. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 117 pages, 0 black and white; 1 full color. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580440332
- ISBN
- 9781580440332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
hardcover. An English Medieval poem, a dream vision that is both a profoundly personal elegy for the dreamer's lost daughter and a subtle theological debate about the most difficult existential questions. Editor(s): Watts, Victor; Fuller, David; Saunders, Corinne; Raine, Kathleen. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 50
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904634201
- ISBN
- 9781904634201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.10
€ 17.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. Dimension: 211 x 140. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492549
- ISBN
- 9781631492549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.33
€ 15.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. Dimension: 218 x 141. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407184
- ISBN
- 9780871407184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.07
€ 24.99
€ 22.07
Hardcover. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641109
- ISBN
- 9780892641109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.96
€ 76.96
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars, this book brings together four works of the unknown fourteenth-century poet famous for the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in their original Middle English. Num Pages: 1040 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424140
- ISBN
- 9780140424140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.54
€ 26.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. This edition of the anonymously-authored, Middle English poem, "Pearl", is offered with a verse translation, Middle English text, and a commentary. On each page, the Middle English text is faced with a Modern English verse translation. The book is designed for classroom use, specialists and others. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 bibliographies, glossary. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038113
- ISBN
- 9780268038113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
Hardback. Written by authorities on Nasir-i Khusraw and Persian literature, and originally presented as papers at a conference at SOAS, University of London, the chapters here cover topics ranging from metaphysics, cosmology and ontology, to prophecy, rhythm and structure, the analysis of individual poems and the matter of authorship. Editor(s): Hunsberger, Alice C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780761305
- ISBN
- 9781780761305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.78€ 53.33
€ 57.78
€ 53.33
Paperback. From the sun-baked pebbles and plastic ice-cream spines that bedeck the 'The Jetsam Garden', to the swallows that nest under the eaves of a farmhouse in the Cilento Hills in 'Stop', this title takes us from inky, restless seascapes to the warmth of the Mediterranean, examining the connections between man and 'our material cousins' in nature. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st printing.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701184919
- ISBN
- 9780701184919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Black Heron Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930773991
- ISBN
- 9780930773991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.70
€ 16.99
€ 15.70