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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802132208
- ISBN
- 9780802132208
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Paperback. Features poems that emerge from places where political upheaval has recently occurred and records the aftershock of moral and spiritual earthquakes, often in intimate contexts. This book records the author's final detachment, in every sense of the word, from his country of origin. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549690
- ISBN
- 9781857549690
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Paperback. Written with a keen awareness of both climate change and the situation in the Middle East, this work features poems that draws upon the poet's travels in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Argentina, and his 25 years in the environmental movement. It also includes politically-charged poems such as "An Opera in Baghdad" and "An Isotope, Dreaming". Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549652
- ISBN
- 9781857549652
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Paperback. Features the earliest surviving English poem, "Caedmon's Hymn", as well as one of the last poems to be written in the classical Old English alliterative style; some of the great elegies and epics, and a generous selection from "Beowulf". This title also includes a bibliography and reading list, with a note on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. Translator(s): McCully, Chris. Num Pages: 100 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549256
- ISBN
- 9781857549256
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Paperback. Includes poems about birds and animals, the ancient rhythms of weather, landscape and season. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549140
- ISBN
- 9781857549140
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paperback. Includes poems which inhabit the invented, rootless places that modern society creates: supermarkets, airports and parking garages; the illusory communities of celebrity and the digital universe. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- UK First Edition
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549096
- ISBN
- 9781857549096
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€ 20.99€ 17.94
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Paperback. Who are the invisible kings? Why do two bears follow them round Britain? And what happens when a gypsy's curse comes miraculously to life? This book reveals extraordinary worlds where the real and imagined converge in stories and charms, just this side of science and magic. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549058
- ISBN
- 9781857549058
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.35
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Paperback. A poetry collection that travels through emotions and places, unfolding to the rhythms of discovery and memory. Divided into parts, it glimpses an elusive pattern in fragments: a plane climbs into a clear evening sky, the year turns to spring, a father's voice is remembered after his death. The second part is marked by meticulous observation. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 93
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548778
- ISBN
- 9781857548778
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.62
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Paperback. Beginning with his departure from New York to Istanbul, the author discusses a journey, not so much between contrasting cities as 'between different versions of the same city', to a place that is exotic and familiar, spanning West and East, past and present, where cultures and histories intersect. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548723
- ISBN
- 9781857548723
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€ 19.99€ 17.96
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Paperback. Taking as its subject the natural world and the arbitrary nature of things, this collection includes poems, rhymed lyrics and epigrams, discursive philosophical discourse and free verse. It demonstrates an Augustan preference for substantial content. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548389
- ISBN
- 9781857548389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.97
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Hardback. Collection of poetry of well known poets including Harold Pinter, Dylan Thomas and Lawrence Durrell, selected by their family members. Editor(s): Astbury, Anthony. Num Pages: 180 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548365
- ISBN
- 9781857548365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.40
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Paperback. Presents a collection that meditates on personal and natural history, nation states and mental states, violence, religion and poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548280
- ISBN
- 9781857548280
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A collection of poems exploring the interdependence of earthly things and heavenly mystery. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548242
- ISBN
- 9781857548242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.42
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Paperback. The first metropolis to be depicted in Australian literature was Hell: before cities existed in Australia, Francis McNamara, the convict poet, described the infernal one populated by those who tormented him and his fellow prisoners. This book contains extended selections from the work of four writers from the convict era. Editor(s): Murray, Les. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547856
- ISBN
- 9781857547856
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A Place in the World, Iain Bamforth's fourth collection, is his most lyrical, challenging and considered work to date. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547603
- ISBN
- 9781857547603
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.81
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Paperback. Ballads are memorable. This book was finished when the poet was 50, with too much to remember: bulldozers down the street tearing through a Victorian school. Ballads are bare and brief; tried by time. They salvage but they sing, stubbornly. Their stories are sure. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547511
- ISBN
- 9781857547511
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
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Paperback. From the author of 'Practical Anarchy' and 'Resistance is Futile', this latest collection of poetry is two books in one. 'The Coalville Divan' builds on Gallas' fascination with Eastern literature, and 'Excellent Men' puts Beckett before Oort and Fellini next to the Unknown Soldier. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547436
- ISBN
- 9781857547436
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.14
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Paperback. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's "Epigrams" and "The Forest". Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547054
- ISBN
- 9781857547054
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.28
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Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546590
- ISBN
- 9781857546590
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.74
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Paperback. The surface of many poems in this work draw on life in the Middle East and Middle Europe, but their interior is a tension between the allurements of the strange and a repulsion against its brutalities. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546415
- ISBN
- 9781857546415
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.22
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