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Paperback. Presents a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099433576
ISBN
9780099433576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.71

Hardcover. The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AG; DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119740
ISBN
9781405119740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119757
ISBN
9781405119757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Paperback. First published in 1920, this is T.S. Eliot's first collection of literary criticism. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, including "Tradition and the Individual Talent", "Hamlet and His Problems", and Eliot's thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger and Dante. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190898
ISBN
9780571190898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. 87pp. ( Illustrations. One of a limited edition of 50 copies, printed for private circulation. T e g. Fore and bottom edges uncut. Damp- stained. very rare
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Constable
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1918
Edition
First American Edition
SKU
KHS1003733
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 695.00

Hardcover. One of a limited edition of 50 copies, with nine illustrations printed for private circulation. In cloth covers showing some age and shelf wear. RFEP has been removed and some foxing to endpapers and title page. Very rare. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1918
Publisher
Constable
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0014687
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 450.00

Paperback. * A passionate novel about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, set among an Anglo-Iranian family Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Abacus, London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0031851
ISBN
9780349119557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447736
ISBN
9780140447736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292776234
ISBN
9780292776234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. It focuses on two families that of Hoskuld, a prominent farmer with several sons, and that of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman ever born in Iceland. Translator(s): Kunz, Keneva. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447750
ISBN
9780140447750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393681
ISBN
9780141393681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447385
ISBN
9780140447385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

hardcover. The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). This volume focuses on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis). Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500740
ISBN
9781487500740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Good copy, some light shelf wear,
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTK0090766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's Dublin, June 1995, the hottest summer since records began. But Billy Sweeney, a middle-aged salesman with a failed marriage, a faltering career and a tumbledown house, has more than weather on his mind. His youngest daughter lies in a coma in hospital following a mysterious attack on the petrol station where she worked. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9780099268383
ISBN
9780099268383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Hardcover. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801408922
ISBN
9780801408922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.11

Paperback. This companion forms the best introduction to the work of one of Britain's leading experimental writers. Maggie O'Sullivan has an international reputation as a poet both on the page and as a mesmerising performer. Her work breaks through traditional boundaries of performance and writerly practice. Editor(s): Hamilton-Emery, Chris; Salt Publishing; Upton, Lawrence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876857738
ISBN
9781876857738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Asks the essential, answerless questions about human existence: What are we doing here? Is it really here? And why here? In this title, the author states that it is nearly always possible to take notes, even if these habitually contradict each other. Num Pages: 258 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 334. 258 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Asks the essential, answerless questions about human existence: What are we doing here? Is it really here? And why here? In this title, the author states that it is nearly always possible to take notes, even if these habitually contradict each other. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 9. Weight: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847771452
ISBN
9781847771452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819593
ISBN
9780753819593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend makes friendly daughterly overtures to Albert, whose response is less platonic. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283959
ISBN
9780099283959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801435348
ISBN
9780801435348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.95

Hardback. In "The Sappho History" Margaret Reynolds traces the story of the reception of Sappho's poetry and her afterlife in literature and art from the mid-18th century. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971703
ISBN
9780333971703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349665426
ISBN
9781349665426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. "This translation of The satires of Horace and Persius first published 1973; revised edition, with Horace's Epistles, published 1979; reprinted with revisions .. 2005"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint, Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455083
ISBN
9780140455083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

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