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paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140290493
ISBN
9780140290493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Auden's dedication as a writer was matched only by his commitment to challenging the received view of political and personal life. This biography offers a commentary on Auden's work, ideas and life within the context of the wars, ideologies, spiritual quests and sexual attitudes of this century. Series: Vintage Lives. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099442561
ISBN
9780099442561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 15.29

Hardcover. Stated first edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and mylar. DW showing a little age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Faber and Faber Limited London
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031363
ISBN
9780571106219
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 150.00

paperback. Exposes the links between the ideas of the past and the social and political cataclysms of our own time: between the Platonic belief in absolute truth and the lure of authoritarianism; and between the eighteenth-century reactionary ideologue Joseph de Maistre and twentieth-century Fascism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781845952082
ISBN
9781845952082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.36

paperback. How to get on well with people, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought. This biography of Montaigne relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099485155
ISBN
9780099485155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. This collection of essays, originally published over the last forty years in the journal Modern Drama, explores the drama of four of the most influential European proponents of modernism in the European Drama: Ibsen, Strandberg, Pirandello and Beckett. Editor(s): Innes, Christopher; Marker, Frederick J. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082060
ISBN
9780802082060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

paperback. Offers a perspective on J R R Tolkien's Medievalism. This book explores how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. Editor(s): Chance, Jane. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415473484
ISBN
9780415473484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.84

paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140435825
ISBN
9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Sceptre
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0235009
ISBN
9780340680599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illus. Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Peter E. Randall Publisher United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914339472
ISBN
9780914339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

hardcover. This book-lover's Baedeker to more than 500 literary locales across the United States and Europe invites readers to meaningful travel experiences. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 209. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
National Geographic
Condition
New
SKU
9781426217807
ISBN
9781426217807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.21

paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961766
ISBN
9780241961766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. This selection of the Byron's poetical works includes such masterpieces as Childe Harold, The Corsair, Manfred, Bebbo, and Don Juan. There are many other less familiar works and shorter lyrics, and Jerome J. McGann's introduction and notes give fascinating insight into Byron's world. Editor(s): McGann, Jerome J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780199538782
ISBN
9780199538782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.06

paperback. A collection of poems. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106081
ISBN
9780143106081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; UMB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141982489
ISBN
9780141982489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Editor(s): Dutta, Shomit; Goldhill, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439365
ISBN
9780141439365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

mass_market. Presents the true horror of the trenches. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141397603
ISBN
9780141397603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 5.71

paperback. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, must solve a riddle in order to marry the daughter of the King of Antioch, or be put to death. But when the answer reveals a horrific secret, the young man faces his greatest dilemma. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396637
ISBN
9780141396637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress. Antonio agrees, but is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who forces him into a chilling contract, which stipulates he must honour the debt with a pound of his own flesh. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396545
ISBN
9780141396545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. After squandering his wealth with prodigal generosity, a rich Athenian gentleman finds himself deep in debt. Unshaken by the prospect of bankruptcy, he is certain that the friends he has helped so often will come to his aid. But when they learn his wealth is gone, he quickly finds that their promises fall away to nothing.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396491
ISBN
9780141396491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. A storm rages. Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, and bewitching love follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396309
ISBN
9780141396309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Includes poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar that explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, family, dreams, war, music and nature, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, D H Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope and John Clare, among many others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141389547
ISBN
9780141389547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193748
ISBN
9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

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