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Paperback. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2015 and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2015, this book examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141981772
ISBN
9780141981772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Hardcover. Antipodean Riffs is a collection of essays on Australian jazz and jazz in Australia. Chronologically they range from what could be called the 'prehistory' of the music - the tradition of US-sourced African-American music that predated the arrival of music billed as 'jazz' - to the present. Editor(s): Johnson, Bruce. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MB; AVGJ; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 131.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781781792803
ISBN
9781781792803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.92

Paperback. Translator(s): Wernham, Guy. Num Pages: 342 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200820
ISBN
9780811200820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Counterpoint
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619021143
ISBN
9781619021143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place. This is a guide to literature of nature, and a glossary containing thousands of remarkable words used in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241967874
ISBN
9780241967874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. John Keegan concentrates in this book on significant war themes: the impact of war on the 20th century and the forms it has taken; the origin of war in human nature and history; the adoption and use of war by states as an instrument of policy; and the experience of war by individuals. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000311
ISBN
9780712665667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Based upon "Distant Voices", this work gathers together essays on a range of subjects including Burma, Fleet Street, East Timor, Vietnam, the media and UK politics. Num Pages: 704 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0005122
ISBN
9780099741510
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. Editor(s): Scudder, Bernard; Lewis, Simon; Thorsson, Ornulfur. Num Pages: 288 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447705
ISBN
9780140447705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. "This is the Confucius translation for our time."-Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] Translator(s): Leys, Simon. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 127 x 192 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393316995
ISBN
9780393316995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.09

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352719
ISBN
9780393352719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JJPN; DNJ; HBJF; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241264119
ISBN
9780241264119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardcover. A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present. Editor(s): Gilbert, Sandra M.; Porter, Roger J. Num Pages: 512 pages, ---. BIC Classification: DNF; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 892.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393239843
ISBN
9780393239843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.70

Hardcover. A collection of essays from a "great poet-critic-intellectual" (Daily Beast). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243468
ISBN
9780393243468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Schott, Webster. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Edition
1st Edition ND Paperback
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811202299
ISBN
9780811202299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811214568
ISBN
9780811214568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; FC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224023
ISBN
9781840224023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Features Jonathan Swift's (1667-1745) devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141398181
ISBN
9780141398181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.78

Hardcover. In this revealing collection of personal essays, renowned essayist, Phillip Lopate, shares his unique views on the big subjects of parenthood, marriage, sex, friendship, and 'the nail parings of daily life'. At turns funny, tender, and searingly honest, he searches with a cool eye for that elusive truth about himself and the world. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903960
ISBN
9781907903960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0001671
ISBN
9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The third volume in Soyinka's series of memoirs, the sequel to "Ake and Isara". In a mixture of fact and fiction - to protect the innocent and nail the guilty and shape an often intolerable reality - it tells of the coming of age of a writer and political activist; and of a nation's betrayal. Num Pages: 397 pages, 1 b&w line. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002011
ISBN
9780413744203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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