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Paperback. An attempt to understand the complexity of the vision and contributions of the African-American writer, James Baldwin, without needing to name him as exclusively homosexual, expatriate, black or activist. A group of scholars discuss Baldwin's life, his presence and his political thought and work. Editor(s): McBride, Dwight A. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814756188
ISBN
9780814756188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 626.10

Paperback. First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings. Editor(s): Elmer, David F. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975736
ISBN
9780674975736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.70

Paperback. Series: Literature and Culture Handbooks. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Kline, Daniel T. A resource for courses in medieval literature. It provides students with a comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context; major texts and movements; reading primary and critical texts; key critics, concepts and topics; major critical approaches and directions of new research. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826494092
ISBN
9780826494092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856762314
ISBN
9780856762314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.50

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856762376
ISBN
9780856762376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.50

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230299597
ISBN
9780230299597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Editor(s): Scranton, Roy; Gallagher, Matt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260. Short Stories from the Long War. 256 pages. Editor(s): Gallagher, Matt; Scranton, Roy.
An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306821769
ISBN
9780306821769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. This book explores the intersections of Gothic, cultural, gender, queer, socio-economic and postcolonial theories in nineteenth-century British representations of sexuality, gender, class and race. Series: Gothic Literary Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708324653
ISBN
9780708324653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

paperback. The end of an Indian summer and the beginning of the Troubles; the perfect setting for a family tragedy Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780747259374
ISBN
9780747259374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817872
ISBN
9780753817872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Features a range of poems: from odes of kinship with nature to realistic evocations of urban life, from religious quest to political statement, from brief imagistic lyrics to extended, complex meditations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245412
ISBN
9781852245412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Oedipa Maas discovers that she has been made executrix of a former lover's estate. The performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oepida in isolation. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099532613
ISBN
9780099532613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. In the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the Northwest of Ireland Recent school-leaver, occasional worker, full-time companion and Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe and his friend, The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood, undone by a recent traumatic event. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 592. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0009647
ISBN
9780571210749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780006388890
ISBN
9780006388890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil marabou stork before it drives away the flamingo from picturesque Lake Torto. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099435112
ISBN
9780099435112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter. This collection of his poetry was written in Montreal, Mumbai and during his retirement in Mt Baldy. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141027562
ISBN
9780141027562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Poems of famous men -- and the women who married them -- by the Poet Laureate. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128 76pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Edition
Reprints
SKU
9780330372220
ISBN
9780330372220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
SKU
9780330510790
ISBN
9780330510790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. * A definitive collection of 101 short pieces from 1900 to 2000 this is an invaluable volume of women's writing this century Editor(s): Smith, Ali; Boddy, Kasia; Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 528 pages, Integrated: 10, Int. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860498428
ISBN
9781860498428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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