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Hardback. This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553286
- ISBN
- 9780230553286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
Paperback. When Sarah, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome, comes to visit her sister and brother-in-law, what starts as a fortnight of family holiday spirals into a nightmare of accusation and intrigue. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 363 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425941
- ISBN
- 9781848425941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame is poetry full of gambling, drinking and women. Charles Bukowski writes realistically about the seedy underbelly of life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876851913
- ISBN
- 9780876851913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472528391
- ISBN
- 9781472528391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 5.06
€ 16.99
€ 5.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530093
- ISBN
- 9780714530093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. An unforgettable book of passion, ambition, and what it means to become a writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447250708
- ISBN
- 9781447250708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; GBCQ; VXA; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Viva Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936740734
- ISBN
- 9781936740734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.50
€ 18.99
€ 17.50
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820742
- ISBN
- 9781842820742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349730469
- ISBN
- 9781349730469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paper. Original typescript for the novel 'Burning your Own' by Glenn Patterson. Author's inscription. 329pp. Keywords: Family life, Irish original mss
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KHS0032546
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 450.00
€ 450.00
Hardback. Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134408
- ISBN
- 9780231134408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.88€ 86.38
€ 111.88
€ 86.38
Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664887
- ISBN
- 9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.83
€ 33.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349070893
- ISBN
- 9781349070893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.20
€ 60.20
Paperback. 'Burnscripts' is a collection of scripts by John Cairney which focus on the creative life of Scotland's bard. The scripts range from dramatic works, to musical compositions, to plays for school children, as well as a comprehensive list of other dramatic interpretations of Burns' life since his death in 1796. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817725
- ISBN
- 9781906817725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.07
€ 19.99
€ 15.07
Hardcover. This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by 'weel-kent' Scots poet Rab Wilson. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKN; AJC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373915
- ISBN
- 9781908373915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by 'weel-kent' Scots poet Rab Wilson. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKN; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 171 x 7. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910021019
- ISBN
- 9781910021019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Colonel Kotov, decorated hero of the Russian Revolution, is spending an idyllic summer in the country with his beloved young wife and family. But on one glorious sunny morning in 1936, his wife's former lover returns from a long and unexplained absence. Amidst a tangle of sexual jealousy, Kotov feels the full, horrifying reach of Stalin's rule. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420441
- ISBN
- 9781848420441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Hardback. Beheaded for plotting against the Qing empire, poet Qiu Jin would later be celebrated as a Republican martyr and China's first feminist. Hu Ying studies Qiu's enduring bond with Wu Zhiying and Xu Zihua, who braved political persecution to keep her legacy alive. In doing so, their friendship fulfilled its ultimate socially transformative potential. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737204
- ISBN
- 9780674737204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardback. This book explores the history of prose fiction in Iran in the context of contemporary legal reforms and examines marriage as a metaphor that unites them. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775892
- ISBN
- 9780804775892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. A play with songs and dancing about grief, and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Part of the National Theatre Connections Festival. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848424166
- ISBN
- 9781848424166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552450796
- ISBN
- 9781552450796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 8.34
€ 17.99
€ 8.34
Hardcover. 278pp
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KHS1004236
- ISBN
- 9780060530365
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. Dj in mylar. Ex-libris with usual markings
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KCD0033973
- ISBN
- 9780060530365
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 6. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Playdead Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780957449114
- ISBN
- 9780957449114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
€ 10.99
€ 9.53