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Paperback. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, this title uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a supporting cast including Pliny the Younger, Ted Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen). Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857868619
ISBN
9780857868619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see the Titanic slide beneath the waves? This title offers an account from memoirs, travel books and newspapers. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 784.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571141630
ISBN
9780571141630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.98

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
€ 14.20

Hardcover. Redefines Katherine Mansfield as a critic, translator and poet. Bringing together all of Mansfield's poetry (some 179 poems and several songs), her literary translations, her witty, sometimes scorching, parodies and pastiches, her imaginative aphorisms, her many incisive and heartfelt reviews of the novels of the day, and her essays. Editor(s): Kimber, Gerri; Smith, Angela; Plumridge, Anna. Series: Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685011
ISBN
9780748685011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 249.33
€ 215.64

Paperback. This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Commemorative
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195146905
ISBN
9780195146905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, this study shows cancer for what it is. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187129
ISBN
9780141187129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Hardcover. Deals with the Lucian's "Philopseudes or Lover of Lies". This book comprises a discussion, with translation, on this engaging and satirical Greek text with its ten tales of magic and ghosts. One of these is the famous story of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", and this conveys the flavour of the rest. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125166
ISBN
9781905125166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.93

Hardcover. A monumental project which brings the English-speaking work key selections from the remarkable literature of early Christianity -- vertiable trasures of Christian faith and theology in superb translations. Translator(s): Meyer, R.T. Series: Ancient Christian Writers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Paulist Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809102501
ISBN
9780809102501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855579
ISBN
9781611855579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Auden, W. H.; Mayer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ACG; BG; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442335
ISBN
9780140442335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. In 1964, renowned reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski was appointed by the Polish Press Agency as its only foreign correspondent. He befriended Che Guevara in Bolivia, Salvador Allende in Chile and Patrice Lumumba in the Congo. This title is Kapuscinski's story, his eyewitness account of the emergence of the Third World. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFG; BGBA; DNJ; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862079595
ISBN
9781862079595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Focuses on Marilyn Monroe, culture, ideology, boxing, Hemingway, politics, sex, celebrity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394985
ISBN
9780141394985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. From William Faulkner's famous reply, 'The writer's only responsibility is to his art,' to James Salter's confession 'What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish', the Paris Review has elicited many of the most arresting, illuminating, and revealing discussions of life and craft from the greatest writers of our age. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562. 448 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. For more than half a century, the "Paris Review" magazine has spoken with most of the leading novelists, poets and playwrights, and the interviews themselves have come to be recognised as an essential record of the writing life. This book contains an original selection of sixteen of these most celebrated interviews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight: 562.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
524
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959252
ISBN
9781841959252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
394
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990074
ISBN
9780674990074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.83

Paperback. The only official sequel, penned by Lewis himself, to the ever-popular 'Screwtape Letters' - published alongside other short essays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008192532
ISBN
9780008192532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. New edition of Morrison's insightful and brilliant account of the Bulger trial. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; DNF; JFSP1; JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084170
ISBN
9781847084170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.73

Paperback. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Book Runner recounts the trials, joys and tribulations of selling second hand books. Full of quirky anecdotes and literary odds and ends, these unique insider's tales of the trade are sure to spark the imagination of every book- lover who picks it up. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DN; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998929
ISBN
9781906998929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. From the celebrated author of The Journalist and the Murderer and Reading Chekhov comes a brilliant, compelling collection of essays on art, artists and the troubled nature of biography Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847088567
ISBN
9781847088567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.55

Paperback. Includes interlocking essays that uncover art as an active force in the world - neither elitist or remote, present to those who want it, affecting even those who don't. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590019
ISBN
9780099590019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Hardback. Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI in the fifteenth century. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H.; Wood, G.A.M. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 595 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 35. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
595
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605798
ISBN
9780748605798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.97
€ 109.56

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