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Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199238
ISBN
9780868199238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 383 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349999606
ISBN
9781349999606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.62

Paperback. Part of the Phoenix hardback poetry series Editor(s): Hewitt, Jan. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, Black and White 2. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Everyman Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460879415
ISBN
9780460879415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Hardcover. Provides an reading of Kipling's fiction using the feminist psychoanalytic methodology of Julia Kristeva and Helene Cixous, focusing particularly on ideas of the abjected maternal feminine. This book examines Kipling's ambivalent relationship to the India of his childhood and the 'loss' of his mother figures. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748698554
ISBN
9780748698554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

Paperback. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2003rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333557211
ISBN
9780333557211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Hardback. Yves Bonnefoy is considered as foremost French poet of his generation. This title features both epigrammatic concision and narratives that meander with the poet's thought as he struggles to understand and express some of the undercurrents of human life. It also includes Bonnefoy childhood cityscapes and explores the tricks memory plays on us. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverley Bie. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422279
ISBN
9780857422279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. A collection of poems inspired by the authors' own personal responses to the Five Pillars of Islam. The two poets form a dialogue with one another, exploring their different cultural backgrounds and how these mold our perceptions regarding religion, tradition and society. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908373243
ISBN
9781908373243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1989, this surveys the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In doing so, Bloom concludes that our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674780286
ISBN
9780674780286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. In her bar/brothel in the rainforest of the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the shrewd, larger-than-life madam both protects and profits from the women who come to her seeking refuge from rape and violence at the hands of government and rebel soldiers alike. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848420885
ISBN
9781848420885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.48

Hardcover. A collection of patriotic verse. It features old favourites such as henry VI's speech before Agincourt and the Charge of the Light Brigade. Series: Art and Creative Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, front and back cover only. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 90 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pitkin Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841652757
ISBN
9781841652757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226648330
ISBN
9780226648330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497674
ISBN
9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. A theatrically playful, dark comedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424692
ISBN
9781848424692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Hardcover. "Rulin waishi" (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is an 18th century landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. Through a close reading of this novel, the author seeks answers to such questions as: what accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010956
ISBN
9780674010956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Hardback. This book, the first of two volumes, is the first study of its kind devoted to an analysis of the debate concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France. The study draws on the existing work concerning queenship but innovates in its focus on the literary, feminist, and philosophical representations of female governance in France. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567970
ISBN
9781137567970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

Hardback. This book, the second of two volumes, explores and analyzes the dramatic representations of women in power in seventeenth-century France. Key to the analysis is an examination of the ways in which questions of virtue and sexual differentiation are negotiated and how they contribute to the construction of a nascent paradigm of equality. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568427
ISBN
9781137568427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.89

Paperback. Explores how queens functioned as imaginative figures in Anglo-Saxon texts. Focusing on pre-Conquest works, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon writers drew upon accounts of legendary royal wives to construct cultural ideals of queenship during a time when that institution was undergoing profound change. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033101
ISBN
9780268033101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Presents poems which are a bridge between the mystery of being human and the mystery of the divine. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8-10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
HarperOne
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061338168
ISBN
9780061338168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.26

Paperback. A breathtaking new collection of translations of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this is an ideal gift for every MBS reader. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; HRLK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Thorsons
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780722539811
ISBN
9780722539811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardcover. It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is the most popular poet in the United States. The main key to Rumi's success is the spiritual appeal of his work. It combines lyrical beauty with philosophical profundity, a sense of rapture and an acute awareness of human suffering in ways which speak directly to contemporary audiences. Editor(s): Washington, Peter. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597690
ISBN
9781841597690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

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