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paperback. Presents a collection of columns by Sean Kirst that spans almost a quarter-century. During his long career as a writer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Kirst won some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ernie Pyle Award, given annually to one American writer who best captures the hopes and dreams of everyday Americans. Num Pages: 352 pages, 45 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780815610830
ISBN
9780815610830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.49

Hardcover. How did they accomplish their goals? Why did they choose the writing life? What influence did the history, lore, and culture of Texas play in their creative process? This collection of fourteen essays by some of the prominent Texas writers explores questions such as these. Editor(s): Jameson, W. C. Num Pages: 250 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653587
ISBN
9780875653587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.23

Hardcover. Features a lyrical writing style and insights into the traumas and triumphs of the human spirit that can make you feel. Published in the "Star-Telegram" from 1991 through 2007, this title contains stories that look at a variety of Texans and include a half-dozen essays from the author about her own colorful life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w photos, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DN; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653839
ISBN
9780875653839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.15

Paperback. Presents a collection of the author's column in Sunday morning papers that are characterized by open conversational charm which invites the reader to linger over coffee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653907
ISBN
9780875653907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. An anthology that collects classic and lesser-known writings on Victorian fiction. This title presents important Victorian statements on the form and the function of fiction. It addresses questions of genre, such as realism and sensationalism; questions of gender and authorship; and, questions about the morality of fiction. Editor(s): Maitzen, Rohan Amanda. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117690
ISBN
9781551117690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.57
€ 43.75

Since 1980, the Adirondack mountains in New York have inspired a resident population of writers and have gained regional and national prominence as these writers use the Adirondacks as their primary setting and subject matter. This anthology contains works by 43 writers from the region. Editor(s): Gould, Jim. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 835.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607014
ISBN
9780815607014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.50

Hardcover. Spanning a period of eighty years, this book depicts a nineteenth-century central New York family grappling with shifting mores, civil war, and vast changes in technology, transportation, culture, education, and even regional landscape. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations, 10 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608608
ISBN
9780815608608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.32

Hardcover. This work brings together in one volume the diverse and articulate voices of 17 Irish women writers from a variety of backgrounds and geographic locations. It examines the complicated maps of experience that these women's public, private, and literary lives represent. Editor(s): Moloney, Caitriona; Thompson, Helen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629719
ISBN
9780815629719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.44

Hardback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349624
ISBN
9780822349624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.55

paperback. Translator(s): Moody, Johanna E. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 693 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
693
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780896801608
ISBN
9780896801608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.45
€ 76.12

paperback. Mark Twain's Notebooks combines journal writings with rarely seen sketches and doodles creating a fascinating and often hilarious archive of the thoughts, ideas, and observations of the father of American literature. Editor(s): De Vito, Carlo. Num Pages: 336 pages, 150 colour & b&w Illus & photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DN; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9781579129972
ISBN
9781579129972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.76

paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435306
ISBN
9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

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

paperback. John Milton Oskison, born in the Indian Territory to a Cherokee mother and an immigrant English father, and was brought up engaging in his Cherokee heritage. Oskison left Indian Territory to attend college and went on to have a long career in New York City journalism. This is the first comprehensive collection of Oskison's writings. Editor(s): Larre, Lionel. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 680 pages, French flaps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803237926
ISBN
9780803237926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.94
€ 67.11

hardcover. This volume brings the history of the Zimmern family to English readers. The author not only offers a new solution to the problem of the text's authorship, but examines the chronicle in the context of broader current debates. Num Pages: 232 pages, Includes 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; DNF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754603429
ISBN
9780754603429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.99

paperback. Naison's odyssey begins as Brooklyn public schools respond to a new wave of Black migrants and Caribbean immigrants, and established residents flee to virtually all-white parts of the city or suburbs. This memoir offers a participant's account of the New Left's racial dynamics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BG; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399425
ISBN
9781566399425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.04

Hardcover. Aristotle Metaphysica Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Greek
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198145134
ISBN
9780198145134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.60

paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140081954
ISBN
9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. A collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. Editor(s): Bauer, Laurie; Trudgill, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 123 x 26. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140260236
ISBN
9780140260236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140432169
ISBN
9780140432169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446425
ISBN
9780140446425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193748
ISBN
9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years the author has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. This title brings together his writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; and many others. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241960981
ISBN
9780241960981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961766
ISBN
9780241961766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

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