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Vathek and Other Stories: A William Beckford Reader (Penguin Classics)
Beckford, William; Jack, Malcolm
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€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
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
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
Tales of the Old Indian Territory and Essays on the Indian Condition (...
Oskison, John Milton. Ed(S): Larre, Lionel
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
€ 68.21€ 66.57
€ 68.21
€ 66.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811209540
- ISBN
- 9780811209540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.17
€ 17.99
€ 16.17
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509815760
- ISBN
- 9781509815760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.54
€ 12.99
€ 11.54
hardcover. Addressed to children, friends and enemies, the living and the dead, musicians, poets and dogs, this title features poems that display an ambition in their scope and tonal range matched by the breadth of their concerns. It has as its central themes - contradiction and strangeness, tension and transformation, the dream world, and the divided self. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 225 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031156
- ISBN
- 9780571310890
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
hardcover. Depicting the ravages of modern warfare through reported speech, redacted documents, and vivid evocations of place, this book includes poems that are moving and measured, delicate and clear-eyed, and bear witness to the futility of war and the suffering of those left behind. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap. As new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031157
- ISBN
- 9780571325474
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
paperback. The author is well-known for his Homeric versions, and the Iliad is a presiding presence - both in poems about the Great War and in the range of imagery that gives his twin's death a mythic dimension. In this book, the poems encompass birth as well as death, childhood and age, nature and art, the animal and human worlds, tenderness and violence. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031159
- ISBN
- 9780224101684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
paperback. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, the author acknowledged the importance of the poem to his writing, noting that 'there's one Virgilian journey that has indeed been a constant presence, and that is Aeneas' venture into the underworld. In this book, he brings the ancient poem back to life. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031160
- ISBN
- 9780571327317
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
hardcover. Presents poetry that is concerned with permeability: voices, places, the real and the dreamed, the present and the past, colliding and intersecting and spilling over into each other. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031161
- ISBN
- 9780571305599
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
hardcover. Offers the essential meaning of the term 'lyric' - a short poem sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. This title includes the classic themes of song: lost love, lost wars. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031163
- ISBN
- 9780571299065
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. A poet who 'began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso' (Michael Hofmann) and hailed by Seamus Heaney as 'one of the era's true originals', Paul Muldoon seems almost to defy definition in his work. This selection, chosen by the poet himself, will serve new readers as an introduction to his work. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031164
- ISBN
- 9780571327959
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
hardcover. Focuses on an outlandish meditation on a failed poem that draws on the vocabulary of entomological forensics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031165
- ISBN
- 9780571269259
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
hardcover. A major literary event: the first Collected Poems of Carol Ann Duffy (1985-2015) Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1070. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, v. light shelfwear to dw, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031167
- ISBN
- 9781447231431
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 28.00
€ 28.00
hardcover. Presents a collection of poems about early life and marriage beside minutely registered perceptions of post-settlement Ireland. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031168
- ISBN
- 9780571271535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 78.00
€ 78.00
hardcover. The first instalment of Tom Paulin's poem about World War II. Affirming the struggle and memory of a generation upon whom the doors of living memory are now closing, it looks at the relation of art to war and to questions of national identity, the search for peace and for a shared civic culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 341. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 'First edition' label on front dw, showing light shelf wear. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031169
- ISBN
- 9780571209156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 24.00
€ 24.00
hardcover. Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, the author has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene. This title draws on nearly four decades of poetry and translation, updating and expanding upon the Selected Poems 1972-1990. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Price sticker inside front flap, otherwise as new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031172
- ISBN
- 9780571307982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
paperback. Tom Paulin's latest poetry collection is his first offering in five years. The "wind dog" is a broken rainbow; here it serves as a bridge into childhood where the primacy of the ear - "the only true reader" - and the music of words is both demonstrated and celebrated. Series: Faber Poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120. Very good clean copy. Price sticker back cover, otherwise as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031173
- ISBN
- 9780571201686
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
hardcover. Bilingual edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and with mylar sleeve
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0031292
- ISBN
- 9780374111199
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 65.00
€ 65.00
Paperback. Surveys the Golden Age of English popular theatre: the 1590s, the age of Marlowe and the young Shakespeare. This book describes the staging practices, performance conditions and acting techniques of the period, focusing on five popular dramas that include The Spanish Tragedy", "Mucedorus", "Edward II", "Doctor Faustus" and "Titus Andronicus". Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415489010
- ISBN
- 9780415489010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.04
€ 79.04
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
€ 196.77
€ 196.77
hardcover. The third volume of "Letters.." covers years in which Christina Rossetti lost several important family members, including her mother, her brother Dante, and a young nephew, Michael. In the face of her loss, she turned increasingly to religion and wrote works of devotional prose. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGH; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919294
- ISBN
- 9780813919294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.57
€ 105.57
Paperback. Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630371
- ISBN
- 9780815630371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.95
€ 26.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Atefat-Peckham, Susan. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633471
- ISBN
- 9780815633471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45