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Paperback. Presents the classical tale with all the flare, wit and engagement that we have come to expect from the most distinctive of contemporary authors, and in so doing brought Odysseus' return from the Trojan War memorably to life. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315109
ISBN
9780571315109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This play was published to coincide with its British premiere, directed by Harold Pinter, at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Methuen
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413626202
ISBN
9780413626202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.04

Paperback. From Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' to Joseph Conrad's 'fascination of the abomination', humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. This book explores the social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223498
ISBN
9780631223498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 48.47

Hardback. This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627653
ISBN
9780748627653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.61
€ 109.07

Paperback. In The School for Scandal, Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them with moments of human pain and happiness, before delivering them back to its comedy. Editor(s): Blake, Prof. Ann. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages, approx 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713662900
ISBN
9780713662900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
50
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421059
ISBN
9781848421059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movement. This collection also includes improvisational verses of Beat legends as Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and Michael McClure and the work of such women writers as Diane di Prima and Denise Levertov. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597492
ISBN
9781841597492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226901619
ISBN
9780226901619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Presents the author's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End. This book focuses not on persons or events but on places and things, all seen from the perspective of a child, a collector, flaneur, and allegorist in one. It tells about the parks, streets, schoolrooms, and interiors of the metropolis. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJC; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022225
ISBN
9780674022225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.38

Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939056
ISBN
9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Iron Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906228975
ISBN
9780906228975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire. This title includes prominent figures who achieved fame for their pivotal roles in Roman history. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441581
ISBN
9780140441581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Described by Brecht as "a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all", Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Editor(s): Worrall, Non. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713685114
ISBN
9780713685114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

Paperback. Jamie's poetry is intelligent and subtle, her language inventive and refreshing. This is a wide-ranging selection. It reveals the generous range of her concerns, from life in the wilder parts of Pakistan and Tibet, to the difficult questions of identity posed in the celebrated Queen of Sheba. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245863
ISBN
9781852245863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Hardcover. Features witty illustrations and inspirational quotes. This title covers every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, and lost plays and less well-known works of poetry. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241182611
ISBN
9780241182611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. Translator(s): McDuff, D. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852240257
ISBN
9781852240257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Hardback. 5pp. A fine copy. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Includes slightly dust soiled and torn envelope. Keywords: Subjects
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Faber
Publication date
1954
SKU
KHS0070845
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Paperback. 'Oxford Student Texts' provide an accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Up-to-date to meet today's curriculum requirements for post-16 study, this series is designed to motivate and encourage students working on these challenging writers for the first time. Editor(s): Moore, Jackie. Series Editor(s): Croft, Steven. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, facsim., photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
FIRST EDITION
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198325741
ISBN
9780198325741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.79

Paperback. Examines the anglophone literatures of the archipelago from 1890 to 1970 for what they tell us about changing identities, geographies, and ecologies. This book questions established terms such as 'Modernism' or 'the Angry Young Men' and explores new terms such as 'critical realism' and literary developments such as 'the Scottish New Wave'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643356
ISBN
9780748643356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Brock, Geoffrey. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241275955
ISBN
9780241275955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890161
ISBN
9781471890161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.79

Paperback. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521530
ISBN
9781487521530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308. . Clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2., Aktualisier ed.
SKU
KEX0236598
ISBN
9780195128673
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041506
ISBN
9780226041506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.67
€ 79.61

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