Prose: non-fiction
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Prose: non-fiction
Paperback. Includes studied meditations on photographers (Robert Capa, William Gedney, Cartier-Bresson), painters (Bonnard, Gauguin), musicians (Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), and close critical engagements with writers including Camus, Michael Ondaatje and Martin Amis. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 261. 384 pages. Includes studied meditations on photographers (Robert Capa, William Gedney, Cartier-Bresson), painters (Bonnard, Gauguin), musicians (Coltrane, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), and close critical engagements with writers including Camus, Michael Ondaatje and Martin Amis. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DN. Dimension: 174 x 199 x 24. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864031
- ISBN
- 9780857864031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. In November 2011, the author fulfilled a childhood dream of spending time on an aircraft carrier. His stay on the USS George Bush, on active service in the Arabian Gulf, proved even more intense, memorable, and frequently hilarious, than he could ever have hoped. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour inset. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113362
- ISBN
- 9781782113362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. In the spirit of Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It, his bestselling book about travel, Geoff Dyer is back on the road. Num Pages: 256 pages, Colour plate section and black and white photos. BIC Classification: DN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782117421
- ISBN
- 9781782117421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. Written by a British author, this book unlocks the film that has obsessed him all his adult life. Like the film "Stalker" itself, it confronts the most mysterious and enduring questions of life and how to live. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166. A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room. 240 pages. Written by a British author, this book unlocks the film that has obsessed him all his adult life. Like the film "Stalker" itself, it confronts the most mysterious and enduring questions of life and how to live. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DN. Dimension: 172 x 200 x 15. Weight: 168.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857861672
- ISBN
- 9780857861672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
Paperback. 'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever .. Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous integrated black & white illustrations and 8 page colour inset. BIC Classification: AJC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. 400 pages. 'One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever . Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible.' Sunday Telegraph. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AJC; DN. Dimension: 162 x 199 x 26. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864017
- ISBN
- 9780857864017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
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
€ 172.79
€ 172.79
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
€ 59.98
€ 59.98
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141194158
- ISBN
- 9780141194158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
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. The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In this book, the author takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It brings Cornwall and its seas to life, mixing drinking and drugs and sea spray, moonlit beaches and shattering storms, myth and urban myth. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784700997
- ISBN
- 9781784700997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
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
€ 31.99€ 30.70
€ 31.99
€ 30.70
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€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
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
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
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€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- DALK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784797
- ISBN
- 9781564784797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
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
Hardcover. Muhammad b. Hatim's chronicle is the fullest historical source on Yemen for the period it covers, from the conquest of Yemen by Saladin's brother Turanshah to when the Rasulids, who had come to the country as followers of the Ayyubids, had replaced their old masters as its rulers. Editor(s): Smith, G.R. Series: New. Num Pages: 786 pages, and 188pp. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 3H; DNF; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 174 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094297
- ISBN
- 9780906094297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.21€ 145.91
€ 148.21
€ 145.91
Paperback. Scholarly edition of Aelfric's Colloquy with supporting introduction and glossary. Editor(s): Garmonsway, G. N. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 74 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780859890984
- ISBN
- 9780859890984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Helps in understanding the nature and intensity of personal effort that is required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This book presents a series of talks which the author gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and an incomplete essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNF; HPC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140195859
- ISBN
- 9780140195859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A collection of texts on prayer and the spiritual life, written between the fourth and fifteenth centuries by masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. It contains some of the most important writings in the entire collection. Editor(s): Sherrard, Philip; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Palmer, G. E. H. Translator(s): Palmer, G. E. H.; Ware, Kallistos, of Diokleia; Sherrard, Philip. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571193820
- ISBN
- 9780571193820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.95
€ 26.99
€ 19.95
hardcover. These are the notebooks that Northrop Frye kept while writing his two final books, "Words with Power" and "The Double Vision", essentially workshops out of which the books were constructed. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802047519
- ISBN
- 9780802047519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.21
€ 105.21
paperback. A collection of Robert Frost's prose that allows readers and scholars to appreciate the great American author's forays beyond poetry, and to discover in the prose that he did make public - in newspapers, magazines, journals, speeches, and books - the wit, force, and grace that made his poetry famous. Editor(s): Richardson, Mark. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034679
- ISBN
- 9780674034679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.75
€ 35.99
€ 30.75
mass_market. Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual's 'will to power'. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141036687
- ISBN
- 9780141036687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.06
€ 10.99
€ 9.06
Paperback. One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This title includes translation of selected letters and essays that traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer. Editor(s): Adler, Jeremy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447088
- ISBN
- 9780140447088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96