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Paperback. Pliny's letters provide a fascinating insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. They document politics, social life, religion, the educational system, the treatment of slaves and include a vivid description of the eruption of Vesuvius. This is a lively and sympathetic new translation. Translator(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, one map; one house plan. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538942
- ISBN
- 9780199538942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Latin Americans have written some of the world's finest poetry in the twentieth century, as the Nobel Prizes awarded to Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz attest. This title attempts to represent the most important Latin American poets. Series: Texas Pan American Series. Num Pages: 444 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 217 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292781405
- ISBN
- 9780292781405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151809
- ISBN
- 9780691151809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Wilfred Owen is perhaps the most remembered of the First World War poets, writing some of the most powerful denouncements of the horrors and hypocricies of war. Here, Jon Stallworthy selects his favourite poems. Editor(s): Stallworthy, Jon. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571207251
- ISBN
- 9780571207251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld' Includes interviews with Iain Sinclair, Paul Fournel and Richard Long Lyrical essay in the great tradition of psychogeographers Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BM; DNF; HBTB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749272
- ISBN
- 9781910749272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. This first collection of plays by Charlotte Jones includes her multi-award winning 'Humble Boy'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Play
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225965
- ISBN
- 9780571225965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351689
- ISBN
- 9781584351689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.78
€ 23.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472513571
- ISBN
- 9781472513571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.50
€ 16.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. A shattering new play about an unspeakable decision. hang premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in June 2015. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848424890
- ISBN
- 9781848424890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.56
€ 15.99
€ 12.56
Paperback. A title that ranges far and wide: from cookery and family to Barack Obama, from preaching and Shakespeare to Victorian sages, from Charlotte Rampling and Hurricane Katrina to 'The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of The Osbournes'. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099546658
- ISBN
- 9780099546658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.61
€ 23.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Opens in Mongolia with a poem called "Yoghurt". In Ulan Bator Hoo Gerjan is seeking legal advice. This is the first of 12 narratives in this book interspersed with lyric moments such as the one involving Samuel Beckett's telephone, and a metaphysical narrative bringing a message from the Vatican. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd. Manchester
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857544046
- ISBN
- 9781857544046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41
paperback. Caroline Bird pretends to lay down her celebrated satiric weaponry, venturing into the badlands of the human psyche to seek out 'simple truth'. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784104788
- ISBN
- 9781784104788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. V. S. Naipaul's Booker Prize-winning novel set in an African state. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330524803
- ISBN
- 9780330524803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840023213
- ISBN
- 9781840023213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Hardback. This edition for the first time collects Hogg's 'Maga' publications, as well as provides a comprehensive introduction to Hogg's connection with Blackwood's and full explanatory and textual notes to the works. The volume also includes works Hogg intended for Blackwood's and which have now been edited from extant manuscripts. Editor(s): Richardson, Thomas C. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624898
- ISBN
- 9780748624898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35€ 119.43
€ 124.35
€ 119.43
Paperback. This book considers journalism in all its diversity, examining writing in journals across the cultural spectrum including literary journals, magazines and daily newspapers. Editor(s): Campbell, Kate. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First edition. Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621026
- ISBN
- 9780748621026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.54
€ 41.99
€ 37.54
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Orion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- KOC0015995
- ISBN
- 9781407235196
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Orion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- 9781407235196
- ISBN
- 9781407235196
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Used Copy But Remains Readable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet Book
- Publication date
- 1981
- SKU
- KDK0015069
- ISBN
- 9780451135988
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Shakespeare and Character brings together leading scholars in theory, literary criticism, and performance studies in order to redress a serious gap in Shakespeare studies and to put character back at the centre of our understanding of Shakespeare's achievement as an artist and thinker. Editor(s): Yachnin, Paul; Slights, Jessica. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572621
- ISBN
- 9780230572621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02