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Paperback. Wilfred Owen is perhaps the most remembered of the First World War poets, writing some of the most powerful denouncements of the horrors and hypocricies of war. Here, Jon Stallworthy selects his favourite poems. Editor(s): Stallworthy, Jon. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571207251
ISBN
9780571207251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A physician with a particular interest in psychological disorders and satirist, the author published versions of his notorious "Fable of the Bees" from 1714 to 1732. Each was a defence and elaboration of his short satirical poem "The Angry Hive, 1705". Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445411
ISBN
9780140445411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaye, F. B. Num Pages: 1074 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 77. Weight in Grams: 1624.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1074
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970755
ISBN
9780865970755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Hardcover. Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Translator(s): Dubin, Nathaniel E. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
982
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871403575
ISBN
9780871403575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.99

Hardback. This work examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture, in the light of biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory. Series: Women's Studies at York/Macmillan S. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333556122
ISBN
9780333556122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.41

Hardback. Michel de Montaigne's (1533-1592) Essais, was a profound study of human subjectivity. More than three hundred years before the advent of psychoanalysis, Montaigne embarked on a remarkable quest to see and imagine the self from a variety of vantage points. This title traces Montaigne's development of the Western concept of the self. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119924
ISBN
9780231119924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.56
€ 80.25

Hardcover. Irish/ Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1949
Edition
Third Impression.
SKU
KDK0006974
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Third impression from 1950. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1949
Publisher
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1950.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0008189
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. First edition, Original green cloth slightly worn, some light foxing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Ward Lock & Co., Limited.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1927
SKU
KTK0094187
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Brosius, Peter. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673131
ISBN
9780816673131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. Features poems that explore perception, taking their bearings from forms as diverse as Renaissance hermeticism, a Greek vase, Rauschenberg's painting, Bottom's dream, and a green beetle. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 82. 64 pages. Features poems that explore perception, taking their bearings from forms as diverse as Renaissance hermeticism, a Greek vase, Rauschenberg's painting, Bottom's dream, and a green beetle. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 5. Weight: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549003
ISBN
9781857549003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. A collection of the author's war journalism, covering her reports on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and World War II, with later reports on Vietnam, Israel and Central America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JW; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862071506
ISBN
9781862071506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Find yourself plunged straight back into Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, feel the frozen ground of the Finno Russian war, the continent-wide Japanese invasion of China, the massacres in Java, the murderously naive intervention in Vietnam and the USA's dirty little wars in Central America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DNJ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780601052
ISBN
9781780601052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Series: Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 143 x 5. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887483561
ISBN
9780887483561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. This collection of essays surveys anonymous publication in England for the Elizabethan age to the 21st century. Scholars analyse a range of literary phenomena including: Shakespeare in 17th century commonplace books; essays by Equiano (?); the novel, 1750-1830; and Frankenstein's unnamed monster. Editor(s): Griffin, Robert J. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295301
ISBN
9780312295301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. A work of candour and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. It concentrates on five episodes from Philip Roth's life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520962
ISBN
9780099520962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Excellent copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dedalus Press Dublin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTJ0051082
ISBN
9781906614577
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

paperback. Combines medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. This title recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Editor(s): O'Donnell, C.; Roche, Thomas P. Num Pages: 1248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140422078
ISBN
9780140422078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 18.66

Hardback. The Fair Maid of Perth centres on the merchant classes of Perth in the fourteenth century, and their commitment to the pacific values of trade, in a bloody and brutal era in which no right to life is recognised. Editor(s): Hook, Andrew; Mackenzie, D. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 532 pages, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
532
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605859
ISBN
9780748605859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.88
€ 109.40

Hardcover. This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional structure behind the plots of classical fairy tales. By understanding how plot genotypes are used, the reader or creative writer will obtain a much better understanding of many other types of fiction, including short stories, dramatic texts and Hollywood screenplays. Num Pages: 224 pages, 64 black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137547071
ISBN
9781137547071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349049318
ISBN
9781349049318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Paperback. James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849) was one of the most original thinkers of the Young Ireland movement, and one of the most frequently appropriated by later Irish activists. This edition offers a fresh transcription of Lalor's articles in their original newspaper form. Series: Classics of Irish History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DNJ; HBJD1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9781906359263
ISBN
9781906359263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; HRC; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349525270
ISBN
9781349525270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSG; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403948946
ISBN
9781403948946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

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