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Hardback. .
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910749517
ISBN
9781910749517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.37

Paperback. Taken from the columns of the "Irish Press", "Hibernia", "The Crane Bag" and "Irish University Review", this gathering of prose, essays and reviews focuses on Joyce, Kavanagh, O'Casey, Behan, Bowen, Gregory, Shaw and Wilde, as well as on Irish drama and Paul Valery. The author brings a continental sensibility to bear on his literary milieu. Editor(s): McFadden, Hugh. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017928
ISBN
9781843510666
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. With widespread consumer demand for digital devices, the book publishing industry is undergoing profound change. Book: A Futurist's Manifesto is your guide to what comes next, when all books are truly digital, connected, and ubiquitous. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; KNT. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 233 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9781449305604
ISBN
9781449305604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Wythoff, Grant. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900854
ISBN
9781517900854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. 'Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330510790
ISBN
9780330510790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. "A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text.. This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding."-Sixteenth Century Journal Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812233438
ISBN
9780812233438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.62

paperback. Hyperides was ranked in antiquity as second in greatness only to Demosthenes amongst the Ten Attic Orators. His execution in 322 BC for opposition to Macedonian rule left Dinarchus as the last of the Ten to survive. Editor(s): Worthington, Ian. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation and commentary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856683077
ISBN
9780856683077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.80

Paperback. A celebration of Granta's first quarter century with new writing from the writers who made its reputation, including Martin Amis, Paul Auster, William Boyd, Amit Chaudhul, Richard Ford, James Hamilton-Paterson, Jan Morris, Blake Morrison, Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Theroux and Edmund White. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145. Weight in Grams: 427. "Commissioning organisation: [editor Ian Jack]. 316 p. ill. (some col.), ports. 21 cm. Associated Names: Jack, Ian,. Associated Dates: 1945-. Paperback. As new." Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Essays, Journals & Letters - 20th Century"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Granta Books Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0166503
ISBN
9780903141710
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This collection of essays features the theme of what people wanted as children. The contributing writers include: Doris Lessing, Paul Auster, Brian MacKinnon and Nell Stroud. There are also pieces by George Steiner, J.M. Coetzee, Joyce Carol Oates, John Biguenet and Peter Walker. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: CFG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149. Weight in Grams: 319.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903141079
ISBN
9780903141079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. "Perfect Catch" is a bundle of poems, plays and collaborations between Ian McMillan and various musicians, theatre groups, radio producers and ordinary and extraordinary people. Poetry is a community art for this writer, not a craft pursued in a lonely room. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 187. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KEX0281282
ISBN
9781857544961
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. Sixteen short essays on places as varied as Glasgow and Norwich, Llanidloes and Sheffield, by the finest English Architectural writer of the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903816
ISBN
9781907903816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Akashic Books,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617754098
ISBN
9781617754098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this work details the many blessings of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of subjects such as the ego, the nature of the body, the ephemerality of the world, and the purification of the heart, this work is a great contribution to Muslim spirituality. Translator(s): Slitine, M. Youssef; Fitzgerald, M. Abdurrahman. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621781
ISBN
9780946621781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. In 'Medicine of the Prophet', Ibn Qayyim presents a concise summary of how the Prophet's guidance and teaching can be followed, as well as how health, sickness and cures were viewed by Muslims in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Translator(s): Johnstone, Penelope. Num Pages: 350 pages, glossaries, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HRH; JFSR2; M. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621224
ISBN
9780946621224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. In 1772/73, Immanuel Kant began lectures on anthropology, which he continued until 1776. His lecture notes and papers were first published in 1798. This present edition of the "Anthropology" is a translation of the text found in volume seven of the "Kants gesammelte Schriften". Editor(s): Rudnick, Hans H. (Professor of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA). Translator(s): Dowdell, Victor Lyle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809320608
ISBN
9780809320608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.26

Paperback. A new collection of work by accalimed poet Marjorie Agosin. Translator(s): Berg, Mary G. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877727665
ISBN
9781877727665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DNF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681371184
ISBN
9781681371184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. * 'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' Dervla Murphy, THE IRISH TIMES Series: Virago Classic Non-Fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860682677
ISBN
9780860682677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1929
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674992528
ISBN
9780674992528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. This volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we may ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189758
ISBN
9780141189758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

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