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Hardback. This stimulating and comprehensive study of A. S. Byatt's work spans virtually her entire career and offers insightful readings of all of Byatt's fictions up to and including The Children's Book (2009). The authors also consider her role as a critic, cultural commentator and public intellectual. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719066528
ISBN
9780719066528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.34
€ 91.15

paperback. Moving away from crime fiction, Pauline McLynn has crafted a mesmerising novel about human relationships. 'This is Pauline McLynn's fourth novel, and the author is going from strength to strength with every outing. Fizzing with vividly sketched characters, The Woman on the Bus is a skilfully written story' Sunday Tribune Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302. Good Clean copy with minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Review
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMF0000289
ISBN
9780747267829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.58

hardcover. 306pp. First US edition. Keywords: Irish literature
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperCollins London
Edition
First Edition First Printing
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KHS1011518
ISBN
9780060196783
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 16.00

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. Italy 1 - Ireland 0 . . . The score that marked Ireland's demoralising exit from Italia 1990 took its toll. No more so than on Janet and Joe Brady of Parnell Street, who lost far more than the match that night. Some years on, they reveal the intimacies of their love and the rupture of their marriage through interconnecting monologues. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.. Signed by the author.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571243662
ISBN
9780571243662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A work that was produced in London at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244577
ISBN
9780571244577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', "En attendant Godot" was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and opened at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955. Num Pages: 128 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244591
ISBN
9780571244591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A second collection containing: The Freedom of the City (1973); Volunteers (1975); Living Quarters (1977); Aristocrats (1979) (March); Faith Healer (1979) (April); and, Translations (1980). Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 46. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571331840
ISBN
9780571331840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Contains the fifteen lectures delivered by Paul Muldoon as Oxford Professor of Poetry, from 1999 to 2004. This title focuses on the theme 'the end of the poem'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571240814
ISBN
9780571240814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.65

Paperback. Part of the five volumes collecting together the complete work of Brian Friel, this first title includes: The Enemy Within (1962); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964); The Loves of Cass McGuire (1966); Lovers (Winners and Losers) (1967); Crystal and Fox (1968); and, The Gentle Island (1971). Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571331741
ISBN
9780571331741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. This analysis of the performance history of "Hamlet" recreates many productions from three centuries. The final chapters extend the analysis to a number of film versions, and to important European stage productions. It is intended both for students of Shakespearean theatre and for playgoers. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719046254
ISBN
9780719046254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447241041
ISBN
9781447241041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Baroque in its extravagance of language, in its delight in the bizarre and the prodigious, this collection presents a cabinet of curiosities, a world of ruined palaces, ghostly gardens and the fragile marvels of a secret past. It ends with a group of elegies and epistles concerned with place and history in northern Scotland. Num Pages: 59 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 94.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
59
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857549263
ISBN
9781857549263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Laskaya, Anna; Salisbury, Eve. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879288621
ISBN
9781879288621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.46

Hardcover. Ex-libris. Good copy with some shelf wear. Library paper and stamp on front end page. Locator code on the spine. Remains a good reading copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
L.H. Walker Galway
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAK0005689
ISBN
9780950364100
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. A third collection containing: Three Sisters (Chekhov) (1981); The Communication Cord (1982); Fathers and Sons (Turgenev) (1987); Making History (1988); and, Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 49. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571331789
ISBN
9780571331789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.38

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897556
ISBN
9780859897556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781443847742
ISBN
9781443847742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543162
ISBN
9781857543162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. A collection of poems that are inspired by an autumn sojourn in America where the author would sit by the edge of a reservoir, trying to cope with loneliness by contemplating black swans, blue waves, seagulls, trees and rocks. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852248369
ISBN
9781852248369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Distills the essential emotions from people's encounters with each other, with nature, and with themselves. This book lets us see ourselves and the world that surrounds us through the author's compassionate but unblinking eyes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068034
ISBN
9780252068034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Addresses the question: What is 'now'? This book takes us on a journey through a dark night of the soul, through the thoughts and feelings of various kinds of people struggling to survive and find meaning in their lives. It focuses on women whose lives are torn apart by war, family conflict and despotic regimes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781852247492
ISBN
9781852247492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. In this volume, Eamon Kelly's stories are collected together: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Goban Saor; the heartbreak of emigration; the stations; the priests; the courting and the dancing; and the war between the sexes. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380 351pp.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781860230806
ISBN
9781860230806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SparkNotes
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469655
ISBN
9781411469655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

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