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Hardcover. The last words of politicians, kings, queens, actors, philosophers, scientists and writers are sometimes profound, sometimes prescient, often strange, funny and usually poignant. The most interesting, controversial and insightful of these exit lines are collected here, from deathbed desperation to the fondest of farewells. Editor(s): Cock-Starkey, Claire. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 120. .
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242511
ISBN
9781851242511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571314437
ISBN
9781571314437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

hardcover. This study places Djuna Barnes's early work in the context of symbolist ideas and practices. It presents Barnes not only as a woman writer, but also as an American writer, especially in her attention to the search for identity and to the conflict between individual values and those of society. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664172
ISBN
9780941664172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Hardcover. A close analysis of the notions of authorship in fanfiction related to Sherlock, Supernatural, and Game of Thrones and the fictions' sites, receptions, and fan rejections. Series: Transmedia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0 black and white; 17 full color. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 20.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089649959
ISBN
9789089649959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349214990
ISBN
9781349214990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

Paperback. As the author of "Evelina" and "Cecilia", both of which created new dimensions for the novel, Fanny Burney is as well remembered for her memoirs of Johnson, her mastectomy and her account of the Battle of Waterloo. This portrait of Burney paints a picture of this forward-looking woman. Num Pages: 112 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0020983
ISBN
9781904095187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252069468
ISBN
9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Reconnecting Cleland's writing to its literary and social milieu, this study offers new insights into the history of authorship and the literary marketplace and contributes to contemporary debates on pornography, censorship, the history of sexuality, and the contested role of literature in eighteenth-century culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404905
ISBN
9781421404905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77
€ 54.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157568
ISBN
9780231157568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.43
€ 80.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157575
ISBN
9780231157575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. This book analyzes the complex relationship between the fantasmal experience and the material text, reading a wide range of works that treat explicitly what is implicit in reading. Also, drawing on artists' books, drawings by authors, and films such as Prospero's Books , the author illuminates the process of textual visualization. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734721
ISBN
9780804734721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. This text offers teachers and fans of fantasy literature an historical and critical review of this genre. Readers are introduced to the various subgenres and categories of fantasy literature for children and young adults and provided with criteria with which to evaluate the texts available. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliog , footnotes, index. BIC Classification: DSY; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810846371
ISBN
9780810846371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.70

Num Pages: 195 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119397
ISBN
9780813119397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.74

Hardback. This book shows how the fantasy tradition culminating in Pullman's His Dark Materials inherits the Romantic quest to transpose spiritual and moral values, once the prerogrative of organized religion, into new myths. Wary both of escapist fantasy and 'grand narratives', it explores how stories can generate a new vision. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230005051
ISBN
9780230005051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Paperback. This book, now in paperback, shows how the fantasy tradition culminating in Pullman's His Dark Materials inherits the Romantic quest to transpose spiritual and moral values, once the prerogrative of organized religion, into new myths. Wary of escapist fantasy, it explores how stories can generate a new vision. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272859
ISBN
9780230272859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226107066
ISBN
9780226107066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.69

Hardcover. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106908
ISBN
9780226106908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.76
€ 105.41

Paperback. Newest work by one of Britain's most influential playwrights. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597441
ISBN
9781854597441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. A collection of haiku by Japanese women, this volume includes translations of 400 haiku written by 20 poets from the 17th century (Basho's school) to the second half of the 20th. For each poet there is a brief biographical and critical headnote, followed by 20 haiku. Editor(s): Ueda, Makoto. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128636
ISBN
9780231128636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
True Crime Library/Forum Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KTK0092103
ISBN
9781874358190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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