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Hardcover. This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007557219
ISBN
9780007557219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry over the years with his mischievous, satirical fables. This book plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "Origin of Species". Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104. 72 pages. John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry over the years with his mischievous, satirical fables. This book plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on the occasion of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his "Origin of Species". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 7. Weight: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248222
ISBN
9781852248222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.04

Paperback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159739
ISBN
9781405159739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218726
ISBN
9780811218726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.87

Paperback. Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's experimental third novel, set in England during the halcyon days before World War I. The text reprinted here is the first British edition, which Woolf approved, and which retains her original layout, including paragraph spacing. Editor(s): Raitt, Suzanne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926323
ISBN
9780393926323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. Offers a genesis and genealogy for medieval romance and the King Arthur legend through the history of Europe's encounters with the East in crusades, travel, missionizing, and empire formation. This book provides definitions of "race" and "nation" for the medieval period. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
521
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125277
ISBN
9780231125277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014558
ISBN
9781841954042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Bantam USA
Condition
New
SKU
9780553212426
ISBN
9780553212426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 7.68

Paperback. To make a testament is to attempt to pass on what matters most. This book opens with a sequence of love poems, and closes with 'Testament', a startlingly fresh gathering of deftly rhymed paraphrases based on the New Testament. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
9780224098076
ISBN
9780224098076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. Cover slightly stained. Keywords: "20th Century, Folklore, History & Criticism, Classic, The Classics, Scottish, Criticism, English" This study examines how various conventions from Irish folklore have been subsumed in 12 Irish novels published between 1912 and 1948, including works by James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Mervyn Wall, Darrell Figgis, Eimar O'Duffy and James Stephens. black & white illustrations. Series: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
176
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS0069877
ISBN
9780313304903
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 30.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a delightful comic love story. The play begins with a shipwreck, during which Viola, a young aristocratic woman, is separated from her identical twin brother, Sebastian, and is swept onto the shores of the kingdom of Illyria. Thus begins this entertaining tale of mistaken identities and thwarted love. Series: Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete 20 Books Boxed Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; YB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sweet Cherry Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Condition
New
Number of pages
64
SKU
V9781782262282
ISBN
9781782262282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 5S; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789888083718
ISBN
9789888083718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.85

Hardback. William Shakespeare's Timon of Athens is the tale of a rich Athenian who lived a lavish life, spending his wealth on his friends. Eventually, when his wealth ceases and he asks his friends for help, Timon is shocked to find that none of them are prepared to do so. This fills him with hatred for humanity, and he decides to live the life of a hermit. Series: Twenty Shakespeare Children's Stories: The Complete 20 Books Boxed Collection. Num Pages: 64 pages, 64 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; YB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sweet Cherry Publishing
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782262275
ISBN
9781782262275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Paperback. Presents the Irish tradition as a unity: verse in Irish and English, usually regarded separately, are shown as elements in a shared and often painful history. This selection begins in pre-Christian times and closes with nineteenth- and twentieth-century verse. Poets featured include Swift, Goldsmith, WB Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and Seamus Heaney. Editor(s): Kinsella, Thomas. Series: Oxford Books of Verse. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192801920
ISBN
9780192801920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909932005
ISBN
9781909932005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.38

Hardback. A study devoted to exploring the use of a Russian version of the Jewish stereotype (the ridiculous Jew) in the works of three of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. It examines how stereotypes are used to further the very different artistic, cultural, and ideological agendas of each writer. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759526
ISBN
9780804759526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.88

Paperback. A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's most exciting new writers: 'The Harmony Silk Factory' is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth-century Malaysia. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. A landmark work of fiction from one of Britain's most exciting new writers: 'The Harmony Silk Factory' is a devastating love story set against the turmoil of mid-twentieth-century Malaysia. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. Fine copy with light shelf wear
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KCW0014051
ISBN
9780007232284
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 116 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 206 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160. Num Pages: 116 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 206 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks. Lightly sunned, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
136
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014037
ISBN
9780868199672
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. First published as a World's classics paperback in 1997. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199554706
ISBN
9780199554706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537556
ISBN
9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.25

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