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Paperback. Yi Sha is a controversial Chinese poet, a member of the extreme avant-garde whose work has changed the face of Chinese poetry. His anti-lyrical poetry is minimal, unadorned - dramatising with facts. His poems present pared-down descriptions of seemingly banal incidents, or dramatic incidents described in an ironically banal manner. Translator(s): Patton, Simon; Naikan, Tao. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781852248154
- ISBN
- 9781852248154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.64
€ 11.99
€ 10.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141984179
- ISBN
- 9780141984179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
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€ 11.14
Paperback. Presents an account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC). This title develops the Socratic belief in responsibility for one's self and shows Socrates living and dying under his philosophy. It focuses on the themes of identity and confrontation. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455496
- ISBN
- 9780140455496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
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€ 10.33
Paperback. Presents a tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure. This book shows how Gilgamesh, King of Uruk and his companion Enkidu journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. Translator(s): Sandars, N. K. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 b&w map, glossary. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140441000
- ISBN
- 9780140441000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Christopher Wood, a young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. Richard Hilary, confident, handsome and unprincipled, flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain before being shot down and horribly burned. Jeremy Wolfenden was born in 1936, the son of Jack, later Lord Wolfenden. This work talks about these three people. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099518013
- ISBN
- 9780099518013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 12.45
€ 18.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811201063
- ISBN
- 9780811201063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.46
€ 18.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852246037
- ISBN
- 9781852246037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Hardcover. Explores the complexities of a Jerusalem city that represents so much to so many. This title examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; DNJ; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224096690
- ISBN
- 9780224096690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.74
€ 26.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. This volume features a collection of letters by John B. Keane. These include: "Letters of a Successful TD", "Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer", "Letters of a Matchmaker", "Letters of an Irish Priest" and "Letters of an Irish Minister of State". Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. 390pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781856351560
- ISBN
- 9781856351560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.04
€ 20.99
€ 19.04
Paperback. A provocative reappraisal of the legacy of a major American writer Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558499225
- ISBN
- 9781558499225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
Hardcover. Includes three novels that display author's characteristic wit, intellectual breadth and narrative brilliance, applied to the different traditional forms into which she breathed new life. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857152470
- ISBN
- 9781857152470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.94
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€ 15.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Particular Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846149160
- ISBN
- 9781846149160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Hardcover. Features beautifully worded pieces of work-poems of author that illuminate grand gestures and small glimpses, poems that celebrate the beauty of a life spent chasing the light. Num Pages: 144 pages, 136. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Particular Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846148934
- ISBN
- 9781846148934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. 226pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749395995
- ISBN
- 9780749395995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241972700
- ISBN
- 9780241972700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages, no illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141981116
- ISBN
- 9780141981116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
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€ 13.91
Paperback. Presents an introduction to Latin literature, with translations of the best passages from Virgil, Livy, Ovid, Seneca and others. This book traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus, to the writers of the Empire such as Lucan and Petronius, to the later writings of St Augustine. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141398112
- ISBN
- 9780141398112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.95
€ 16.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. When Rosalind is banished by her uncle Duke Frederick, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - Orlando, similarly forced into exile - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings for her. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141396279
- ISBN
- 9780141396279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.37
€ 10.99
€ 9.37
Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141395937
- ISBN
- 9780141395937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of Turkey. Little remains of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. This title covers this surviving texts that consists of fragmented body of lyric poetry. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455571
- ISBN
- 9780140455571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.32
€ 11.99
€ 10.32