Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. A collection of essays that looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. It also includes an essay on the delights of English Cooking and an account of killing an elephant in Burma. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191270
- ISBN
- 9780141191270
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Contains essays that explore the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and lament the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning). This book also unfolds the author's views on things from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191263
- ISBN
- 9780141191263
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. This title brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019000
- ISBN
- 9780141019000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.50
€ 9.50
Paperback. Explores everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036618
- ISBN
- 9780141036618
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Includes all issues such as political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. This title offers an essay on style. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 2. Weight in Grams: 22.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 32
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393063
- ISBN
- 9780141393063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904246077
- ISBN
- 9781904246077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.49
€ 9.99
€ 9.49
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904246251
- ISBN
- 9781904246251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
paperback. Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437379
- ISBN
- 9780140437379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.74
€ 13.99
€ 9.74
Paperback. Offers a general introduction to George Eliot's work as an essayist, translator and poet. Divided into four sections, the book includes book reviews, major long essays written for a magazine, shorter pieces containing many of her ideas and some later essays from her last published book. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780140431483
- ISBN
- 9780140431483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Series: On. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781843916116
- ISBN
- 9781843916116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 7.23
€ 10.99
€ 7.23
Paperback. "Three Dialogues Between Hylas & Philonous". Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 8th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915144617
- ISBN
- 9780915144617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.60
€ 14.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Maloney, George A. Translator(s): Maloney, George A. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809138104
- ISBN
- 9780809138104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.27
€ 21.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. Christianity had compromised the immediacy of man's relationship with reality, and ironic detachment had alienated him from his deepest feelings. Hegel's "Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics" were delivered in Berlin in the 1820s, and stand as a passionately argued work that challenged the ability of art to respond to the modern world. Editor(s): Inwood, Michael. Translator(s): Bosanquet, Bernard. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433357
- ISBN
- 9780140433357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Hardcover. These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150742
- ISBN
- 9781857150742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that offers a guide around the cultural maze, mapping a route through the worlds of literature, art, photography and music. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: DNF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782115113
- ISBN
- 9781782115113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.29
€ 19.99
€ 11.29
Hardback. This posthumous work brings together articles, interviews, statements, prefaces, manifestos, and speeches dating from 1964 to 1985 (just before Genet's death in 1986). These texts bear witness to the many political causes and groups with which Genet felt an affinity. Editor(s): Dichy, Albert. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729444
- ISBN
- 9780804729444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.79
€ 182.79
Paperback. A seminal text from one of the leading cultural and literary theorists. This selection of interviews and discussions articulates some of the most compelling politico-theoretical issues of the present day. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; DNF; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415901703
- ISBN
- 9780415901703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.33
€ 60.33
Paperback. A selection of writings including a description of a meeting between two legends, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali; a dissection of the offices of Vogue magazine; an account of travelling to Ireland with hellraiser Peter O'Toole; and, a profile of fading baseball star Joe DiMaggio, which turns into a immaculately-crafted meditation on celebrity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194158
- ISBN
- 9780141194158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
paperback. The author went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. This title chronicles his life with these playful animals in this natural paradise and the story of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24pp b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; DNF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140290493
- ISBN
- 9780140290493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the public eye, Snyder has produced a wide-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture and his commitment to the environment. Num Pages: 640 pages, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582430799
- ISBN
- 9781582430799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.42
€ 32.99
€ 32.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484261
- ISBN
- 9780801484261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. Ten years of poet and critic Garrett Caples's writing on neglected figures of art and poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; AVC; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wave Books United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933517988
- ISBN
- 9781933517988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition". Translator(s): Drake, Stillman. Num Pages: 495 pages, 3 black-and-white illustrations and 31 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 495
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520004504
- ISBN
- 9780520004504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132. Keywords: "Special Features - History - Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts - 20th Century,Special Features - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KHS0061381
- ISBN
- 9781897648544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99