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Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325620
ISBN
9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.48

Paperback. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476723426
ISBN
9781476723426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.71

Hardcover. Uncorrected proof copy. 429 p. Inscription from author to previous owner. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KOC0002359
ISBN
9780593011386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 20.00

Hardcover. 429pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine in gilt. Binding and D.J. are in fine condition. Signed by the author
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KST0006389
ISBN
9780593011386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 45.00

Paperback. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
SKU
KHS0048096
ISBN
9780701139162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
CB Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909585188
ISBN
9781909585188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Staudohar, Paul D. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524745
ISBN
9781556524745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Hardback. The anthology shares the poetic voices of many who were touched by the suffering experienced by the people of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. This anthology is the first in a Hurricane Katrina Commemoration series. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857358
ISBN
9780761857358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages, viii, 70 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096155
ISBN
9780226096155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.66

paperback. New poetry by the author of Realm Sixty Four Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981859132
ISBN
9780981859132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.05

paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
SKU
KST0020641
ISBN
9780340586228
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The author examines the role of comedy in the novels of four key postmodern Spanish-American writers: Gustavo Sainz, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Jaime Bayly and Fernando Vallejo. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662971
ISBN
9781855662971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.55

Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474145
ISBN
9781611474145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.25

Hardback. In 2001 the Medici Quartet commissioned the composer George Fenton to write them a piece commemorating their thirtieth anniversary. George Fenton appeared in my play "Forty Years On" and has written music for many of my plays since, and he asked me to collaborate on the commission. Hymn was the result. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571299249
ISBN
9780571299249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
58
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840025484
ISBN
9781840025484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Sieburth, Richard. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DC; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691014128
ISBN
9780691014128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Higgins, Dick. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
McPherson
Edition
3 Sub
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914232902
ISBN
9780914232902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.26

Paperback. Hyperbole and A Half is a blog written by a 20-something American girl called Allie Brosh. She tells stories about the mishaps of her everyday life, with titles like 'Why Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving' and 'The God of Cake'. This book chronicles the "learning experiences" Brosh has endured as a result of her own character flaws. Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: DQ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Square Peg
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224095372
ISBN
9780224095372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Offers a comparatist defense of hyperbole in the Baroque period. Focusing on Spanish and Mexican lyric, English drama, and French philosophy, this title reads Baroque hyperbole as a sophisticated, often sublime, frequently satiric means of making sense of worlds and selves in crisis and transformation. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 695 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Department of Comparative Literature United States
Number of pages
695
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053335
ISBN
9780674053335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

This book examines exaggerated masculinities in select novels by James Baldwin, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison. Through this analysis Josef Benson connects the masculinities of frontier figures with black male protagonists in postwar American novels, and how these novels present alternative ideal masculinities. Series: Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442237605
ISBN
9781442237605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.55

Paperback. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work continues to be the "ur-textof hypertext studies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, 35, 8 black & white halftones, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; UMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 190 x 31. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801882579
ISBN
9780801882579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.84

hardcover. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSR; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491241
ISBN
9781611491241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.86

Paperback. Hysterical Laughter: Four Ancient Comedies about Women is the first text that uses a literary genre-comedy-as a vehicle to explore another field (women/gender/sexuality). The results are immensely creative and open up new learning avenues for instructors and students. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199797448
ISBN
9780199797448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.55

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