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Paperback. In January 2014 the author was informed that he had cancer. This book is not about death, but about what it means to be human. It is about love and jealousy, courage and fear, about what it is like to live with a fatal illness. It is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. Translator(s): Thompson, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701567
- ISBN
- 9781784701567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 11.72
€ 17.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sybylla Co-operative Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780908205042
- ISBN
- 9780908205042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 206 color photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; DNJ; HBT; WFBQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764325953
- ISBN
- 9780764325953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 21.99
€ 32.99
€ 21.99
Hardcover. Essays in English by French, Irish and German academics, which explore the relevance and interest of the tragic theatre today of the French dramatist, Jean Racine (1639-99). Editor(s): Caldicott, Edric; Conroy, Derval. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621564
- ISBN
- 9781900621564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.52€ 46.52
€ 50.52
€ 46.52
Paperback. Describes how the author's mother, as the dean of girls at a high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, "constructed a nostalgic past out of nothing." Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330396
- ISBN
- 9780820330396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.66
€ 24.99
€ 21.66
Paperback. A lovely tribute to one of the most inspirational voices of our time. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20-25 photos b/w integrated. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006147
- ISBN
- 9780349006147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204867
- ISBN
- 9780872204867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.22
€ 19.99
€ 16.22
This anthology features unabridged translations of Diderot's best work as a literary artist, including those writings that embody his most original and influential ideas. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204874
- ISBN
- 9780872204874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.94
€ 51.99
€ 36.94
Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Selected Essays of Scott O'Hara (Haworth...
Dececco, John, Phd; Streit, Samuel A.; O'Hara...
hardcover. The author, who died of AIDS in 1998, describes his adventures as a porn star, writer, playwright, and editor of the journal STEAM. He discusses safe sex, male beauty, fantasies, and childhood experiences with humor and insight, in essays, poems, and stories. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789005731
- ISBN
- 9780789005731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.30
€ 173.30
Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520208353
- ISBN
- 9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
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€ 24.81
Paperback. This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFA; DNF; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219588
- ISBN
- 9780230219588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Paperback. Umberto Eco is, quite simply, a genius. He is a renowned medievalist, philosopher, novelist, a popular journalist, and linguist. This anthology intends to examine his ideas of literary semiotics and interpretation as evidenced both in his scholarly work and in his fiction. Editor(s): Capozzi, Rocco; Eco, Umberto. Series: Advances in Semiotics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253211163
- ISBN
- 9780253211163
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus; map. BIC Classification: DNF; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867309
- ISBN
- 9781921867309
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.02
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Paperback. A jouney into the Vermont hills, where in the 19th century humans tried their hand, and where bear and moose now find shelter. Robert Frost's poem "Directive" accompanies the text, and sees the reader through a landscape in which nature and literature, loss and recovery, are inextricably joined. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 fine line illustrations, 2 maps, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBBEV; DN; WND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674748897
- ISBN
- 9780674748897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.69
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€ 32.69
paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300223606
- ISBN
- 9780300223606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.49
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€ 6.49
Paperback. THE MOST TALKED ABOUT MEMOIR OF 2015 - NOW IN PAPERBACK Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782116820
- ISBN
- 9781782116820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Hardcover. Warm, witty, honest and human, this book is a manifesto for staying alive, whatever your demons Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 187 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115083
- ISBN
- 9781782115083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; DNF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 0. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- REPRINT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181812
- ISBN
- 9781859181812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. "ReCalling Early Canada" is the first substantial collection of essays to focus on the production of Canadian literary and cultural works prior to WWI. Editor(s): Blair, Jennifer; Coleman, Daniel; Higginson, Kate; York, Lorraine M. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644435
- ISBN
- 9780888644435
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847085979
- ISBN
- 9781847085979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.09
€ 23.99
€ 16.09