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Hardback. Designed to provide writers with insights into the way a master thinks about and practices his craft, this collection includes discussions of the novel, the short story, subject matter, work in progress, revision, and the Jewish experience. Malamud also discusses the responsibilities of the writer. Editor(s): Cheuse, Alan; Delbanco, Nicholas. Num Pages: 220 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; CBW; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101844
ISBN
9780231101844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.41

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846973505
ISBN
9781846973505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. First collection of authoritative essays to address the intersection of contemporary literary theory and Irish literature. Editor(s): Ni Annrachain, Maire; Nic Dhiarmada,Briona. Series: Irish Language. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781859180518
ISBN
9781859180518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. 200 pages. African delights is a unique literary journey through some critical moments in South African history. The journey begins in Sophiatown of the 1950s, one of the most definitive periods in South African urban culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DN; HBJH. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 18. Weight: 272.
Format
Paperback
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431402519
ISBN
9781431402519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. The world-famous Icelandic sagas related to the spectacular living landscapes of today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752433424
ISBN
9780752433424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Discover what inspired Maeve Binchy's novels and short stories in this hugely enjoyable collection of her writing from the Irish Times. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409149903
ISBN
9781409149903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Open Gate Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900001505
ISBN
9780900001505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Considered the foremost woman intellectual of the Romantic period, Germain de Stael achieved an influence on European culture through the force of her fiction and critical writings. This volume makes a representative sample of her work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055871
ISBN
9780231055871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Collects letters, novellas, essays, criticism, and a play by a leading intellectual of the Romantic period. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
411
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231055864
ISBN
9780231055864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226502427
ISBN
9780226502427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 152. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867200
ISBN
9781921867200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Hardback. This volume contains the shorter books and monographs of Hugh MacDiarmid, as part of Carcanet's "MacDiarmid 2000" programme. Other titles in the series include "Complete Poems", "Lucky Poet", "Contemporary Scottish Studies" and "Scottish Eccentrics". Editor(s): Riach, Alan. Series: Lives & letters: MacDiarmid 2000. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857542332
ISBN
9781857542332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 38.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Doyle-Du Breuil, Brian. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Four Winds Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940423067
ISBN
9781940423067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DNF; HBJM; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408107
ISBN
9781869408107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN; WB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970993
ISBN
9781907970993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995378
ISBN
9781853995378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.18

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Commentary. Num Pages: 110 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; HBG; HBLA; HPCA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100293
ISBN
9781585100293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Hardcover. Reports Nightingale's work to take trained nursing from its base at St Thomas' Hospital in London to other hospitals in London, elsewhere in England, and into Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. This title features material on how Nightingale methods were taken up in Japan and China. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 950 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DN; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
946
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889205208
ISBN
9780889205208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.97

Hardcover. Relates the founding of Florence Nightingale's school at St Thomas' Hospital and her guidance of its teaching for the rest of her life. This title reveals her evolving views on nursing, and on germ theory. It presents material on the early years of the school. It covers the crisis of its near breakdown in the early 1870s. Editor(s): McDonald, Lynn. Num Pages: 944 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
935
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204676
ISBN
9780889204676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.59

Hardcover. Florence Nightingale is famous as the 'lady with the lamp' in the Crimean War, 1854-56. This title reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did post-war to ensure that the appalling death rate from disease (higher than that from bullets) did not recur. Num Pages: 1096 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; DN; HBTB; JW; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1630.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
785
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889204690
ISBN
9780889204690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.94

Paperback. Between 2010 and 2014 Lynn Jenner made several related emotional and intellectual investigations. Lost and Gone Away is the record of these: a fascinating hybrid text of nonfiction, prose poems and poetry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408404
ISBN
9781869408404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper . First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KEX0303122
ISBN
9781408837191
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408837214
ISBN
9781408837214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

paperback. A collection of essays with the themes of time and knowledge, consciousness and perception. Num Pages: 447 pages, 3 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520217003
ISBN
9780520217003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

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