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Hardcover. Thomas Fennell provides an account, previously unpublished, of life in the Royal Irish Constabulary during the turbulent 30-year period, 1875-1905. His early accounts begin during the Land Wars, and continue up to the Irish War of Independence. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; DN; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. A History and Personal Memoir. Series: Classics of Irish History S. 208 pages, 1ill. Thomas Fennell provides an account, previously unpublished, of life in the Royal Irish Constabulary during the turbulent 30-year period, 1875-1905. His early accounts begin during the Land Wars, and continue up to the Irish War of Independence. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; DN; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JKSW1. Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight: 198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558002
ISBN
9781904558002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.60

Hardcover. Interviews, essays, short stories, memoirs--and a recipe by this contemporary poet Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 36 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472096916
ISBN
9780472096916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.48

Paperback. Gathers some of the author's best essays on the issues that have been closest to her throughout her storied career. Divided into sections on 'Taking Root', 'Poets and Poetry', and 'Country Living', this book reveals the author honing her views within a variety of forms, including speeches, critical essays, and introductions of other writers' work. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810126480
ISBN
9780810126480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.78

Hardcover. The first book of its kind to explore and unpack the Pulitzer winning poet's oeuvre. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633358
ISBN
9780815633358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.96

Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044569
ISBN
9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.45

Perfect Paperback. Editor(s): Hinshaw, Robert. Num Pages: 393 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DNF; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856305406
ISBN
9783856305406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.64

Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185293
ISBN
9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903267
ISBN
9781907903267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

paperback. Illustrates the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034158
ISBN
9780140441024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

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

Paperback. Editor(s): McCarthy, Dr Conor (University of Cambridge National University of Ireland, Maynooth National University of Ireland, Maynooth University of Cambridge University of Cambridge University of Cambridge National University of Ireland, Maynooth University of Cambridge). Series: Key Texts in Anti Colonial Thought. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DNF; DQ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474410687
ISBN
9781474410687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 25.38

Hardcover. Considered a pioneer in many literary forms, including drama, novels, and short stories, Tawfiq al-Hakim has influenced generations of Egyptian writers. The Revolt of the Young is a collection of essays, originally published in 1984, that shows al-Hakim as a public intellectual addressing the ongoing conflict between generations. Translator(s): Radwan, Mona. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633686
ISBN
9780815633686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.87

Paperback. Contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of their meaning, and the long text, completed some twenty years later, which moves from vision to a daringly speculative theology. Translator(s): Spearing, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446739
ISBN
9780140446739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Translator(s): Cornford, Francis MacDonald. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195003642
ISBN
9780195003642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.23

Hardcover. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Second Edition,2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201378
ISBN
9780872201378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228. 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 18. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486411217
ISBN
9780486411217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.74

Hardcover. Although Plato's celebrated work of philosophy describes a society which to some seems the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, it also raises enduring questions about politics, art, education and the general conduct of life. Translator(s): Lindsay, A.D. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
341
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150988
ISBN
9781857150988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. Delivered while Heaney was Professor of Poetry at Oxford, these lectures cover subjects as diverse as Wilde's "Ballad of Reading Gaol" and Marlowe's "Hero and Leander", as well as work by Yeats, Larkin and Dylan Thomas. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571175376
ISBN
9780571175376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. A collection, in which, the author traces the compulsion to make literature. In a selection of interviews, as well as in the essay 'The Red Notebook' itself, he reflects upon his own work, on the need to break down the boundary between living and writing, and on the use of certain genre conventions to penetrate matters of memory and identity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226412
ISBN
9780571226412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Translator(s): Bower, Anthony. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182018
ISBN
9780141182018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

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