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Hardcover.
Edition
First edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510710
ISBN
9781843510710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.73

Paperback. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260162
ISBN
9781853260162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270989
ISBN
9780823270989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224080873
ISBN
9780224080873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. After its sold-right-out, award-winning British premiere at the Edinburgh Festival, Bombshells transferred to the West End of London, where it opened on 6 September to further critical acclaim. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598509
ISBN
9781854598509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. In a new English translation by Christopher Rowe, this great classic of moral philosophy by Aristotle is accompanied here by an extended introduction and detailed line-by-line commentary by Sarah Broadie. Assuming no knowledge of Greek, her approach should prove useful for students reading the text for the first time. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 480 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
478
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198752714
ISBN
9780198752714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.34

Paperback. Series: Playscripts S. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714506913
ISBN
9780714506913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.26

Paperback. Features seventy poems that are among the largest and most representative offering of Wislawa Szymborska's work with particular emphasis on the period since 1967. Describing Szymborka's poetry, this book shows that her verse is marked by high seriousness, delightful inventiveness, a prodigal imagination, and enormous technical skill. Editor(s): Kruyski, Magnus J.; Maguire, Robert A. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Edition
Bilingual
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013800
ISBN
9780691013800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Deals with the subject of human cloning - how might a son feel to discover that he is only one of a number of identical copies? And how would the father feel confronted by these reproachful clones? Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597434
ISBN
9781854597434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Editor(s): Watson, George. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537556
ISBN
9780199537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.30

Hardcover. Num Pages: 684 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
684
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865970557
ISBN
9780865970557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841958217
ISBN
9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. What awaits us beyond the grave is perhaps the fundamental human mystery. Visionary accounts of the afterlife are attested long before the Common Era, and loomed large in the imaginative universe of early Christianity. The medieval Irish inherited and further transformed this tradition, producing vivid eschatological narratives which had a profound Editor(s): Carey, John; Nic Carthaigh, Emma; O'Dochartaigh, Caitriona. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2732.
Publisher
Celtic Studies Publications,U.S. United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891271205
ISBN
9781891271205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.06

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085550
ISBN
9780719085550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.28

Paperback. What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287587
ISBN
9780520287587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Alan Bennett sealed his reputation as the master of observation with this series of 12 monologues, originally filmed for BBC Television. "Talking Heads" is regarded as a modern classic. This edition, which contains the collection of "Talking Heads", as well as his earlier monologue, "A Woman of No Importance", is a celebration of his work. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
BBC Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846072598
ISBN
9781846072598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A controversial 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424418
ISBN
9781848424418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. Updated guide and answer-book for those using the second edition of Reading Greek. Series: Reading Greek. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCR; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496. Series: Reading Greek. 280 pages. Updated guide and answer-book for those using the second edition of Reading Greek. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; CJCR; DSBB. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 14. Weight: 562.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521698504
ISBN
9780521698504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Hardcover. Anthology of short excerpts from the writings of more than 50 famous literary and historical figures on the subject of cycling and journeys by bicycle from around the world - Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ernest Hemingway, Jerome K Jerome, DH Lawrence, Dervla Murphy, Eric Newby, Dorothy Sayers, Mark Twain and HG Wells among many others. Editor(s): Slade, Nicky. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WSQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 186 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Trailblazer Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905864690
ISBN
9781905864690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486411194
ISBN
9780486411194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

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