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Paperback. We inhabit a textually super-saturated and increasingly literate world. This volume encourages readers to consider the diverse methodologies used by historians of reading globally, and indicates how future research might take up the challenge of recording and interpreting the practices of readers in an increasingly digitized society. Editor(s): Crone, Rosalind; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320134
ISBN
9781349320134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2006th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230546912
ISBN
9780230546912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 546 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137569592
ISBN
9781137569592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.65

Hardback. The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333970225
ISBN
9780333970225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.64

Hardcover. Thorough revision and expansion of the first edition, tracing the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century, with a new chapter discussing 21st-century science fiction and new material in every chapter. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 524 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 36. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137569561
ISBN
9781137569561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.85

Hardback. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119380
ISBN
9780813119380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.91

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Histories of Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2006th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403912121
ISBN
9781403912121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.44

Paperback. Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours. Translator(s): Thorpe, Lewis. Num Pages: 720 pages, map, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442953
ISBN
9780140442953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Hardcover. 8vo . Good clean copy in slipcase.An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy’s Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy’s other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Heritage Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
Edition
Heritage Press Edition
SKU
KEX0273204
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover. 8vo. Good clean copy in slipcase. An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy’s Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy’s other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1952
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KLJ0014223
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.75

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint, Study Guide
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469778
ISBN
9781411469778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.40

Hardcover. 539pp. Previous owner's signature on ffep
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
McMurrin - Henriksen Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KHS1004231
ISBN
9780914740339
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 95.00

Paperback. New retrospective by one of Ireland's leading poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249717
ISBN
9781852249717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.20

Hardback. Fine copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear. Hardcover, decorated cloth cover, slipcase in good condition. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The Folio Society
Publication date
1978
SKU
KRF0005172
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. The Holocaust is both a point of reference in the past and a point of moral interdiction and imperative in the present. Yet how is the modern reader to relate it to the present? The essays in this book examine the problems of representation in literature of these poignant and horrific events. Editor(s): Leak, Andrew N.; Piazis, George. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333738870
ISBN
9780333738870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.27

Hardcover. 192 pages. The vulnerability of material objects as Holocaust texts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSBH; HBTZ1. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 20. Weight: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355645
ISBN
9780253355645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614601
ISBN
9780691614601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.17
€ 53.84

Hardcover. Very good copy with bright dustwrapper. First UK edition signed by the Author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KEX0303183
ISBN
9780747597568
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 60.00

Paperback. A compilation of Robin Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258259
ISBN
9780520258259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Presents a sequence of eighteen dramatic idylls set in rural Cork in the 1950s, in which the subdued microcosm of farm and smallholding - of boundary, townland and parish - is defined through the individual voices of the poet's father and assorted friends, farmhands and neighbours. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234646
ISBN
9780571234646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Wenderoth moves from outrageous premises to piercing insights in his first book since Letters to Wendy's. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DQ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974635378
ISBN
9780974635378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.31

Paperback. Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Editor(s): Radice, William. Translator(s): Tagore, Surendranath. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449860
ISBN
9780140449860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227945
ISBN
9780571227945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Dazzling, playful, and intellectually complex examination of personal recollections and archival materials about Kroetsch's poetry. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121193
ISBN
9781772121193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.14
€ 40.81

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