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Hardcover. Sarah M. Allen explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how written tales of the Tang canon we know today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay in elite society. The book focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417205
ISBN
9780674417205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the response to change as it evolved. The result is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the student and the general public. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050582
ISBN
9781782050582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. Portrays the Battle of the Sexes. This title, set in a press camp on the Italian front in 1944, presents two women war correspondents - smart, sexy, and famous for scooping their male competitors - struggling to balance their professional lives with their love lives. Editor(s): Spanier, Sandra. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 1. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226777
ISBN
9780803226777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.77

Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224862
ISBN
9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. A literary debut about a very modern American family. Intelligent, funny and wildly inventive, Shine, Shine, Shine is a captivating love story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 220 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9781849837811
ISBN
9781849837811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Hardback. A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470482
ISBN
9781611470482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.79

Hardcover. 223pp. Keywords: Irish literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Eyre & Spottiswode
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1011337
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover. 255pp. Keywords: "Clark, Mary Higgins, Mystery, Thrillers, By Period, General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First edition
SKU
KHS0067453
ISBN
9780684810386
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers three novels by Iain Banks. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877483
ISBN
9780948877483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

Paperback. Christopher, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100. Series: Modern Plays. 112 pages. Christopher, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DD. Dimension: 196 x 136 x 10. Weight: 118.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408173350
ISBN
9781408173350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Hardcover. This book examines how the interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669486
ISBN
9780748669486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. In good condition. A well read copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Omnibus Edition
SKU
KRS0010941
ISBN
9780751533057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Selby, Martha Ann. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150651
ISBN
9780231150651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. Literary history meets economic policy in this entertaining polemic on the ethical and potentially destructive power of terrible literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 376 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501313110
ISBN
9781501313110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. Num Pages: 386 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644. Representation, Power and Culture. 386 pages, b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Bryson, Scott; Kruger, Barbara; Tillman, Lynne; Weinstock, Jane. A guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture. It explores the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DNF. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight: 678.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
386
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077409
ISBN
9780520077409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. A fresh new edition of two of Shakespeare's most unusual and provocative histories, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran, Josie Rourke and Gregory Thompson, looks at specific productions in each of the plays' histories, and includes introductions by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361928
ISBN
9780230361928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199203475
ISBN
9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507598
ISBN
9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.84

Paperback. Adaptation of a classic British farce written in 1887 by Arthur Wing Pinero, an actor and important British dramatist and stage director. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849434232
ISBN
9781849434232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

paperback. The third New Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, updated by Penny Gay for the contemporary student reader. Editor(s): Donno, Elizabeth Story. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107565463
ISBN
9781107565463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.96

Hardback. This book places Woolf's writing in the context of sartorial practice from the Victorian period to the 1930s, and theories of dress and fashion from Thomas Carlyle to Walter Benjamin, Wyndham Lewis and J.C. Flugel. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638727
ISBN
9780748638727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. This allegory of Christian life describes the pilgrimage of the hero, Christian, from the Shadow of Destruction via the Slough of Despond, the Hill of Difficulty, the Valley of the Shadow of Death and Vanity Fair, over the River of the Water of Life and into the Celestial City. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264689
ISBN
9781853264689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardback. This is the first book to consistently read English Modernist literature as testimony to trauma of the First and Second World Wars. Focusing upon T.S. Eliot and D.H. Lawrence, it examines the impact of war upon their lives and their strategies to resist it through literary innovation. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230291577
ISBN
9780230291577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. Helps the reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. This book includes scene-by-scene summary of the play "Macbeth". Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576209
ISBN
9780230576209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

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