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Paperback. 'The White Cities collects fifteen years of incomparable reportage.. What Roth sees is always arresting, often atrocious, usually absurd.. A "journalism" which is equal parts Baudelaire, Dickens and Kafka' Scotland on Sunday Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; DNJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086204
- ISBN
- 9781847086204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165150
- ISBN
- 9780231165150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.76
€ 37.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. Takes us around County Mayo in the author's "filthy, two-door, bottle-green Opel Astra", stopping off at Westport and Achill Island, where he declares himself to be "globally sad", but "locally glad". This book reveals one of Ireland's most successful and popular poets at the height of his powers and continuing to challenge, amuse and delight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 199 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846557521
- ISBN
- 9781846557521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Sarah Wardle is poet-in-residence with Tottenham Hotspur FC. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852247065
- ISBN
- 9781852247065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.81
€ 10.99
€ 9.81
Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627455
- ISBN
- 9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. A collection of poems that offer a fresh perspective on the heights we scale and the distances we run, the routes we follow and the paths we make for ourselves. It also includes odes to the women who dared to break new ground - from Miss Jemima Morrell to the modern British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, who died descending from the summit of K2. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784740641
- ISBN
- 9781784740641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. This series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It takes stock of an ever-expanding field of knowledge and opens up possible new modes of inquiry within it, identifying new theoretical pathways, innovative thinking and productive motifs. Series Editor(s): McQuillan, Martin; Kingston University. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748655090
- ISBN
- 9780748655090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.00
€ 32.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868198170
- ISBN
- 9780868198170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908980151
- ISBN
- 9781908980151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. This lively new translation is both accurate and idiomatic, and the introduction highlights Lucian's importance in his own and later times. Translator(s): Costa, C. D. N. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555932
- ISBN
- 9780199555932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281787
- ISBN
- 9780199281787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910974230
- ISBN
- 9781910974230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. A collection of five plays (one of them, "The Coat", published for the first time in the UK) drawing on black urban experience, conceived by the author in active collaboration with people from the townships of South Africa. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192829252
- ISBN
- 9780192829252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Translator(s): Monges, L.D.; Moore, V. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880101547
- ISBN
- 9780880101547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763503860
- ISBN
- 9788763503860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 53.24
€ 67.72
€ 53.24
Paperback. The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910695159
- ISBN
- 9781910695159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.60
€ 15.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Gardner, Brian. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 222
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413595706
- ISBN
- 9780413595706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. A piano prodigy reeling from the death of his younger sister flees to New York City. Taking uneasy refuge in books, he reinvents himself as a writer. Across the following fifteen years he tries to cope with the ramifications of the tragic accident that tore his family apart and shattered their small American dream. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571244713
- ISBN
- 9780571244713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 4.99
€ 9.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bruhn, Jorgen; Lundquist, Jan. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896014
- ISBN
- 9788772896014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450081
- ISBN
- 9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. A bold and urgent collection of contemporary plays by writers from England, exploring the various identities of a nation that is at once traditional, nationalistic and multicultural. Editor(s): Sierz, Aleks. Series: Play Anthologies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472587985
- ISBN
- 9781472587985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. This book investigates the development of crime fiction in the 1880s and 1890s, challenging studies of late-Victorian crime fiction which have given undue prominence to a handful of key figures and have offered an over-simplified analytical framework, thereby overlooking the generic, moral, and formal complexities of the nascent genre. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351305
- ISBN
- 9781349351305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Editor(s): Cornils, Ingo. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135810
- ISBN
- 9781571135810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.59
€ 37.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Clean copy In good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- SKU
- KTJ0006069
- ISBN
- 9780140430424
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95