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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. She was only nine when her world fell apart. The struggle to understand took a lifetime. In 1960s Bristol, Susan's family was like any other with its joys and frustrations, and fierce loyalties. Then tragedy struck and left a legacy that was to last a lifetime. Susan was only nine when her mother died. A year later she was sent away to school. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560074
ISBN
9780099560074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. A significant and unique contribution to our understanding of reading, readers, and literacy development. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; DSA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 255 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120394
ISBN
9781772120394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 47.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198779858
ISBN
9780198779858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.22

Paperback. Survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres may be read. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253202031
ISBN
9780253202031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Presents thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, both human and animal. This book paints a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture, city life in ordinary households or at the royal court, and country life against a backdrop of mountain, desert, and jungle. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226782157
ISBN
9780226782157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A fascinating collection of six essays, written for the William Empson Lectures in Oxford, each exploring an aspect of writerly contemplation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006239
ISBN
9780349006239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176109
ISBN
9780691176109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.01

Hardcover. Learning to drive was no easy matter for the author: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, this title traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701187439
ISBN
9780701187439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe. Editor(s): Micallef, Roberta; Sharma, Sunil. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 185 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
185
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073340
ISBN
9780674073340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. The story of a fascinating, bohemian - and, at times outrageous - life that spanned the twentieth century - the perfect book for fans of the Mitfords. Num Pages: 464 pages, 25 b/w photos integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DN; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 333 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349005461
ISBN
9780349005461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. A collection of essays that first appeared in the Regency World magazine. It celebrates the quirkiest corners and cleverest contrivances of Jane Austen's art. It features twenty-one topics ranging from coiffure to crime, from gossip to grandmothers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Crowood Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719820588
ISBN
9780719820588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. This title explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Num Pages: 560 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057111
ISBN
9780674057111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.88

Paperback. This volume presents three essays by the French philosopher and theorist Jacques Derrida on the ethical, political and linguistic issues posed by the act of "naming" Translator(s): Dutoit, Thomas. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725552
ISBN
9780804725552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (Xinganjue Pai). Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696369
ISBN
9780748696369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Paperback. The Cold War that has so often been linked to Orwell's novel ended with more of a whimper than a bang, but most of the issues of concern to him remain alive in some form today: censorship, scientific surveillance, power worship, the autonomy of art, the meaning of democracy, relations between men and women, and many others. Editor(s): Gleason, Prof. Abbott; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Nussbaum, Martha C. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113616
ISBN
9780691113616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728660
ISBN
9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392. Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection. 232 pages, illustrations. An analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated to animate or realize certain versions of the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight: 390.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
10th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313663
ISBN
9780822313663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Gingko Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909942776
ISBN
9781909942776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.32

Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453949
ISBN
9780099453949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350016804
ISBN
9781350016804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

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