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Paperback. Presents a story of desire and virtue set in the pleasure quarters of nineteenth-century Shanghai. This novel reveals a world populated by lonely souls who seek consolation amid the pleasures and decadence of Shanghai's demimonde. Translator(s): Chang, Eileen; Hung, Eva. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 592 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122696
- ISBN
- 9780231122696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
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€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
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
€ 14.99€ 14.33
€ 14.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138701274
- ISBN
- 9781138701274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.84
€ 21.99
€ 21.84
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€ 6.29
€ 10.99
€ 6.29
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
€ 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
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader. From Sherlock Holmes to Spiritualis...
Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Ed(S): Meye...
Hardback. Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815412021
- ISBN
- 9780815412021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
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€ 28.62
€ 40.99
€ 28.62
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
€ 12.22
€ 12.22
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
€ 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
€ 21.99€ 16.30
€ 21.99
€ 16.30
Paperback. Some minor shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KST0020605
- ISBN
- 9780099980902
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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€ 18.46
€ 26.99
€ 18.46
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€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
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€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
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€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
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
€ 29.99€ 21.96
€ 29.99
€ 21.96
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 354. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0037825
- ISBN
- 9781848873568
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50
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€ 14.29
€ 16.99
€ 14.29