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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 246 x 37. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440348235
ISBN
9781440348235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.16

Hardback. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2GJ; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674796744
ISBN
9780674796744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages of B&W photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pegasus
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605986173
ISBN
9781605986173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.10

Paperback. * Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet * Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet Num Pages: 320 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 1KBB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349111421
ISBN
9780349111421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594. 288 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight: 594.
Publisher
Creighton & Read
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955375309
ISBN
9780955375309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.31

Hardback. Few literary genres can expand the boundaries of our imagination as much as science fiction. The Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive historical survey of literary works of science fiction and its most popular sub-genres. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162050
ISBN
9781405162050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. Few literary genres can expand the boundaries of our imagination as much as science fiction. The Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive historical survey of literary works of science fiction and its most popular sub-genres. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162067
ISBN
9781405162067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Paperback. Building on the formula of "York Notes", this Advanced series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. The notes enable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop their own critical thinking. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414730
ISBN
9780582414730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-ranging critical introduction. Editor(s): Harding, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537808
ISBN
9780199537808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Ching, Barbara; Wagner-Lawlor, Jennifer A. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149174
ISBN
9780231149174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801435348
ISBN
9780801435348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.95

Paperback. The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author's own words Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819593
ISBN
9780753819593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardcover. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137388599
ISBN
9781137388599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Hardback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 431 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 747.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725682
ISBN
9780804725682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew M.; Roberts, Adam; Vint, Sherryl. Series: Routledge Literature Companions. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415453790
ISBN
9780415453790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.65

paperback. Series: Studies in Twentieth-century Literature. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
1988th Edition
SKU
V9780333444825
ISBN
9780333444825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Hardcover. Gambling permeated the daily lives of eighteenth-century Britons of all classes. This book explicates the relationship between the rampant gambling in eighteenth-century England, the new forms of gambling-inspired capitalism that transformed British society, and novels that interrogate the new socio-economy of long odds and lucky breaks. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278875
ISBN
9780230278875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. This volume covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the "golden age" of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars", and "E.T.") would soon dominate box offices. Editor(s): Gunn, James E. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842458
ISBN
9780810842458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.14

Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813538068
ISBN
9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403945266
ISBN
9781403945266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. In the space of a single generation, three eighteenth-century writers - Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding - invented an entirely new genre of writing: the novel. This book explains why these authors wrote in the way that they did, and how the complex changes in society - the emergence of the middle-class and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923851
ISBN
9781847923851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. An impressive and highly original study, The Rise of the Gothic Novel is an invaluable contribution to the continuing literary debates surrounding this influential genre. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Routledge London
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415081825
ISBN
9780415081825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.33

Hardback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403941084
ISBN
9781403941084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568369
ISBN
9780199568369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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