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Paperback. First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings. Editor(s): Elmer, David F. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975736
ISBN
9780674975736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Malcolm Guite's eagerly awaited second poetry collection offers poems that seek beauty and transfiguration in contemporary life; sonnets inspired by Francis and other outstanding saints; poems centred on love, parting and mortality; and poems searching for the life of the spirit in the midst of the modern era. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Canterbury Press Norwich United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848255418
ISBN
9781848255418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138701274
ISBN
9781138701274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.08

Paperback. Sequestered on a street in a dry Calgary suburb, our heroine, the House, finds herself embroiled in a stalled love affair with an elusive and alluring Oxfordshire riverbank. In a series of self-contained poems both prosy and lyrical, this work follows this curious and engaging affair, which mysteriously coincides with a slow and gradual flood. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552451465
ISBN
9781552451465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.32

Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth, . Irish Literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0279662
ISBN
9780002239097
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Ten times, an elderly grey-haired man gets up on the stage. Ten times puffing and sighing. Ten times slowly tracing out strange multi-coloured arabesques that interweave, curling with the meanders of his speech, by turns fluid and uneasy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509510009
ISBN
9781509510009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature S. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013527
ISBN
9780691013527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Eddie returns home for a peaceful family Christmas for the first time in many years. Neither he nor his parents can forget or forgive themselves for the death of their other son, Richard. Was it an accident or did he intend to kill himself? Hurtful recriminations begin to surface and raise the ghosts of Christmases past. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854595577
ISBN
9781854595577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ACD; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks and creases, remains a good readable copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0017533
ISBN
9780140447040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. The sixth omnibus edition of Ellis Peters' compulsive and bestselling medieval whodunnits, now a major ITV series starring Derek Jacobi. Num Pages: 600 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751515893
ISBN
9780751515893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
New World Library United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608681662
ISBN
9781608681662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.23

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611907
ISBN
9780691611907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. In The Sketch-Book Washington Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. He sketches a series of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parent nation, and in two brilliant experiments with tales transplanted from Europe creates the first classic American short stories, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow'. Editor(s): Manning, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555819
ISBN
9780199555819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592750
ISBN
9781854592750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard S. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497488
ISBN
9780929497488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.24

Paperback. The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP is the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be the most read book of 2011. 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0097644
ISBN
9781848873568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The must-read novel of the summer.' Guardian Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, THE SLAP is the most talked-about novel of 2010, and looks set to be the most read book of 2011. 'Honestly, one of the three or four truly great novels of the new millennium.' John Boyne Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 356. Good, clean reading copy. Half title page torn
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KSG0005313
ISBN
9781848873568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly 3-year-old boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but this one slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 536. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
SKU
KCG0003208
ISBN
9781848873551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly 3-year-old boy. The boy is not his son. It is a single act of violence, but this one slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 36. Weight in Grams: 536. Good, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Edition
Main
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0005359
ISBN
9781848873551
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The Book of "Esther" in Slavonic translation is known from East Slavic manuscripts of the late-14th to the late-16th centuries. Working from the Masoretic Hebrew texts and Greek translations, this work examines textological clues to the circumstances of its translation, sources and redactions. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1040.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458805
ISBN
9780916458805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 79 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440396
ISBN
9780932440396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856762208
ISBN
9780856762208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.46

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cassell
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New
SKU
KEX0248363
ISBN
9780304356942
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Hoffman intimately examines the myriad ways in which connections to the natural world can be deepened through an equality of perception. The narrative spans the common and often contested ground that supports human and natural communities alike, seeking the unsung stories that sustain us." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347578
ISBN
9780820347578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.15

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