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Paperback. Contains essays that explore the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and lament the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning). This book also unfolds the author's views on things from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191263
- ISBN
- 9780141191263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. Jackie Kay brings her poetry to Picador with a brilliant new collection that crosses borders Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprints
- SKU
- KEX0281109
- ISBN
- 9780330513371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Offers teachings of Epicurus - about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship-attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. This volume includes all of his extant writings - his letters, doctrines, and Vatican sayings. Translator(s): Strodach, John K. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107217
- ISBN
- 9780143107217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340839829
- ISBN
- 9780340839829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
hardcover. This volume presents a complete text of all Milton's verse. Coleridge linked Milton and Shakespeare as the greatest of English poets, and even in our time Milton continues to exert a powerful influence, both on the writing of poetry and on critical debate. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 630
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150971
- ISBN
- 9781857150971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. This crisply written biography traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood, through her tumultuous relationship with Dylan Thomas, to her death as the widow of the novelist and popular intellectual C. P. Snow. Hers was a rich, courageous, and politically committed writing life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729617
- ISBN
- 9780198729617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.48
€ 75.48
paperback. Introduces international writing to the general and literary public - travelers, teachers, students, publishers, and a new generation of eclectic readers - by presenting international literature not as a static, elite phenomenon, but a portal through which to explore the world. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061583247
- ISBN
- 9780061583247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.87
€ 25.99
€ 22.87
Hardcover. The Iliad and the Odyssey are the cornerstones of Western literature. Over the years they have inspired artists, writers, philosophers, musicians, playwrights, and film-makers. Barbara Graziosi introduces Homer's key works and discusses the main literary, historical, and archaeological issues at the heart of Homeric studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 black and white images. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788300
- ISBN
- 9780198788300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Each year the Traverse Theatre produces two plays as its own contribution to the Edinburgh Festival. "Iron", by Rona Munro, has been chosen as one of the plays for 2002; the other is Linda McLean's "Shimmer". Munro's previous work includes "Bold Girls" and "The Maiden Stone". Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597038
- ISBN
- 9781854597038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Shakespeare's Henry VI plays dramatize contemporary as much as Elizabethan issues: the struggle for power, the manoeuvres of politicians, social unrest, civil war. This edition draws on experience of the play in rehearsal and performance to focus on both its theatricality and contemporary relevance in a wide-ranging introduction and detailed commentary. Editor(s): Warren, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537426
- ISBN
- 9780199537426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Clean copy.First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Raven Arts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KEX0207510
- ISBN
- 9781851860456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 78pp. Fine. 3 plays. The Nightingale and not the Lark, The Porch, and The Invisible Man
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Raven Arts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- SKU
- KHS1003555
- ISBN
- 9781851860456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Burns, Edward. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations facsimiles, genealogy tables, map, plan. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903436431
- ISBN
- 9781903436431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171708
- ISBN
- 9780691171708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 42.15
€ 53.40
€ 42.15
Paperback. A play set in the Dublin underworld of gambling, armed robbery - and taxi drivers. It explores the boundaries of loyalty, trust, betrayal and gambling. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854595256
- ISBN
- 9781854595256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.33
€ 12.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780573018831
- ISBN
- 9780573018831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.98
€ 17.98
Paperback. This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political contexts, along with newly edited and annotated texts from certain plays. Editor(s): Barker, Simon; Hinds, Hilary. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415187343
- ISBN
- 9780415187343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Tindal Street
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KRA0011480
- ISBN
- 9780954130329
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A play that explores the life of an Eastern European woman forced into the sex trade in London. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848420816
- ISBN
- 9781848420816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Paperback. The Toll combines the elegaic with the anarchic, placing uproarious satire cheek-by-jowl with wild experiments in form and touching poems of parenthood. In this mature follow-up to his best-selling debut, Mondeo Man, Luke Wright captures the strain of austerity Britain, speaking truth to power and registering the toll it takes on us all. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penned in the Margins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908058423
- ISBN
- 9781908058423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857157215
- ISBN
- 9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Carver, Raymond; Jenks, Tom. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 108 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780440204237
- ISBN
- 9780440204237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.22
€ 11.22
Paperback. Brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, comprising: Graham Greene, James Thurber, William Faulkner, Robert Lowell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, James Baldwin, William Gaddis, Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Peter Carey and Stephen King. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 528 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages, facsims. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Includes interviews from one of the world's best literary magazines. This volume is suitable for reading for those who cares about writers and writing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670335
- ISBN
- 9781847670335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474269377
- ISBN
- 9781474269377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.59
€ 18.99
€ 17.59