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Paperback. Much ink has been spilled lamenting or championing the decline of printed books. The author shows that the rich history of reading itself offers unexpected clues to what lies in store for books. From medieval manuscript books to today's interactive urban fictions, he explores the manifold ways that physical media have shaped how we read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103488
ISBN
9780226103488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.29

paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
David Paul Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954054236
ISBN
9780954054236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206458
ISBN
9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.77
€ 49.08

Hardback. This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new 'bookish' literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping technologies of writing and shifting generic boundaries. Editor(s): Ferris, Ina; Keen, Paul. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222311
ISBN
9780230222311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Paperback. Examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. This work includes essays that draw on an array of documentary evidence - such as library catalogs and prefaces - to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious dissent, political instability, and cultural transformation. Editor(s): Andersen, Jennifer; Sauer, Elizabeth. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217940
ISBN
9780812217940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; DQ; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271064055
ISBN
9780271064055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. Series: MIP Richard Rawlinson Center Series. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; 2ADL; 2AF; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 252 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441827
ISBN
9781580441827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.40

Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Quercus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069423
ISBN
9781782069423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033231
ISBN
9780268033231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. Explores everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036618
ISBN
9780141036618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. JD's father has been burnt alive by the Silver Men. His mother has run away. Lost in the desert without water, JD meets a strange old man whose mouth has been sewn shut. That man's secret will save his life. The search for his mother leads JD to the City, where he must face the true horrors of life under the Silver Men. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; YFC; YFG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 123 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hot Key Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781471400254
ISBN
9781471400254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Retrospective with new work from northern poet shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249939
ISBN
9781852249939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Hardback. Editor(s): Burry, Alexander (Ohio State University); White, Frederick H (Utah Valley University). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DQ; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411424
ISBN
9781474411424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 102.41

paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Katabasis United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780904872415
ISBN
9780904872415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. Locates the study of Chicano culture in a social context. This title examines issues of representation and expression in a diverse, exciting assortment of texts - corridos, novels, poems, short stories, punk and hip-hop music, ethnography, paintings, performance, art, and essays. It provides a model for a kind of US cultural studies. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 298 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206823
ISBN
9780520206823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639588
ISBN
9780816639588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. A poetic record of a seventeenth century Korean who lived through war. Translator(s): Haight, Ian; T'Ae-Young, Ho. Series: Korean Voices. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935210085
ISBN
9781935210085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Kruk, Laurie. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Demeter Press Canada
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772580242
ISBN
9781772580242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Shows how senses of gender shape and get shaped by sign systems that prove arbitrary, fluid, and susceptible of lively transformation. Num Pages: 456 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761055
ISBN
9780804761055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. This text, using examples ranging from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, examines the influence that the concept of "boredom" exerts on the literary imagination. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768540
ISBN
9780226768540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Esplin argues that Borges, through a sustained and complex literary relationship with Poe s works, served as the primary catalyst that changed Poe s image throughout Spanish America from a poet-prophet to a timeless fiction writer." Series Editor(s): Smith, Jon; Richardson, Riche. Series: The New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820349053
ISBN
9780820349053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez argues that the writing of the Peurto Rican diaspora should be considered an integral field of study. The story of an American community of colour, "Boricua Literature" is also about contemporary critical race and gender studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814731475
ISBN
9780814731475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A tale of intrigue, deception, murder and retribution, 'Boris Godunov'; charts the rise and fall of an ambitious prince who cannot avoid facing the consequences of his dark past. Translator(s): Clarke, Roger. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496911
ISBN
9781847496911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Slater, Maya. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st English edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817910259
ISBN
9780817910259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.20

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