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Paperback. This work argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015170
- ISBN
- 9780226015170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
paperback. Poetry from the author of Tell Me, a finalist for the National Book Award. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- W W NORTON & CO
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393327090
- ISBN
- 9780393327090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.32
€ 16.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. "What is what was" combines Richard Stern's fiction and non-fiction work into one miscellany. His essays include philosophy, criticism, reportage and autobiography, all worked within the theme of actuality made and remade in description. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 115 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773261
- ISBN
- 9780226773261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049861
- ISBN
- 9780691049861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. A collection of poems that explores time and memory, past and present, death, loss, decay and legacy. Translator(s): Jones, Francis R. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852247805
- ISBN
- 9781852247805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.62
€ 11.99
€ 10.62
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection that includes early formal lyrics, fierce feminist and political poems, and meditations on the author's husband suicide, on love, loss, blindness and aging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First U. K. Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248413
- ISBN
- 9781852248413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538591
- ISBN
- 9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.72
€ 12.72
Paperback. A unique book, from the incomparable Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others, Jo Walton: What Makes This Book So Great: Re-Reading the Classics of Fantasy and SF is a collection of brilliant reassessments of the classics - and the forgotten gems - of modern fantasy and SF. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472111616
- ISBN
- 9781472111616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831694
- ISBN
- 9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.25
€ 17.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. This second posthumous collection from Charles Bukowski takes readers deep into the raw, wild vein of writing that extends from the early 70s to the 1990s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574231052
- ISBN
- 9781574231052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684820
- ISBN
- 9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.22
€ 19.99
€ 16.22
Paperback. Tony Hoagland's zany poems poke and provoke at the same time as they entertain and delight. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852246891
- ISBN
- 9781852246891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.15
€ 16.99
€ 13.15
Hardback. The art and craft of playwriting as explored in candid conversations with some of the most important contemporary dramatists Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211443
- ISBN
- 9780300211443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.82
€ 30.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Liquorice Fish Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993168284
- ISBN
- 9780993168284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Chris Hannan's powerful new play is a searing look at how a politically divided country moves forward in the wake of a crisis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848426276
- ISBN
- 9781848426276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. With topics ranging from food to sex education, and from the experiences of British mothers who have adopted Chinese daughters, to whether Chinese people do Christmas shopping or have swimming pools, this book offers a Chinese woman's perspective on the connections and differences between the lives of British and Chinese people. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 122 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Editiion First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099501527
- ISBN
- 9780099501527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Covering everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world. The author explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044804
- ISBN
- 9780141044804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. "A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."-Liz Rosenberg Boston Globe Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393318869
- ISBN
- 9780393318869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.71
€ 17.99
€ 15.71
hardcover. Shows how W H Auden can speak to us throughout life, suggesting how, despite difficulties and change, we can celebrate understanding, acceptance, and love for others. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press London
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144733
- ISBN
- 9780691144733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Tindal Street
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002015
- ISBN
- 9780955138416
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Lucy and Jo are preparing a meal together. Suddenly Jo disappears - Some time later, Lucy is giving a dinner party for three people who helped her cope with his death. Slowly, during the course of the evening, her grief and shock begin to melt away. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 75
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420922
- ISBN
- 9781848420922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
€ 17.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142295
- ISBN
- 9781897142295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. Gathers Sonia Gernes' three books of poetry and builds on their themes with three sections of poems that give lyric voice to the thoughts and questions that surface in the midnight hours: the value of the lives we've chosen, time and mortality, and the struggles with belief. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029685
- ISBN
- 9780268029685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Hardcover. Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. This book explores themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; and more. Editor(s): Booth, Joan; Maltby, Robert. Num Pages: 2 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; D. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 2
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125098
- ISBN
- 9781905125098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69