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Hardcover. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310. 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243099
- ISBN
- 9781851243099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Facts on File Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780816048984
- ISBN
- 9780816048984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offers a book of descents: into the earth beneath the garden, into the dark substrata of a life. This book includes poems that seek repair, finally, through the possibilities that sustain the speaker above ground: gardens and animals; the pleasure of seeing; the world tuned by the word. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224099837
- ISBN
- 9780224099837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Previous owner's signature on first page. 256pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Granta Middlesex
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- SKU
- KON0817442
- ISBN
- 9780140138610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. 130pp. First US edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- SKU
- KHS1003629
- ISBN
- 9780670630776
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Marks the arrival of a major talent in Scottish poetry. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 116. 8vo.First paperback edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0291704
- ISBN
- 9780862418120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Caws, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590176795
- ISBN
- 9781590176795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth .Russia Studies/Literature
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Alfred Knopf New York
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- SKU
- KEX0233692
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Paperback. A collection of Irish short stories. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should continue to be celebrated and encouraged. Editor(s): O'Connor, Joseph. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571255276
- ISBN
- 9780571255276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.79
€ 17.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat movement icon and visionary poet, the author broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechnic verse. This book brings together the famous poems that made his name as a defining figure of the counterculture. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190167
- ISBN
- 9780141190167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023977
- ISBN
- 9780141023977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269518
- ISBN
- 9780823269518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.22
€ 24.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554959
- ISBN
- 9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DB; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press England
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540280
- ISBN
- 9780199540280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Starting from the basic premise that Vincent Van Gogh stayed in a Brixton rooming house in the 1870s, from which he returned to Holland a changed man, this play imagines how a love affair developed between the young painter and a woman twice his age. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854596659
- ISBN
- 9781854596659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.54
€ 15.99
€ 12.54
Paperback. Multilingual anthology celebrating ten years' work by Britain's Poetry Translation Centre, with original poems and translations from 27 languages. Editor(s): Maguire, Sarah. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Multilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780371078
- ISBN
- 9781780371078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; JHBF; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 93 61pp. The Oxford Poets Series. Keywords: Irish poetry
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- OxfordPoets
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KHS1010555
- ISBN
- 9781903039632
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23
Hardcover. 160p. First US Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
- SKU
- KHS1003708
- ISBN
- 9780571105151
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 65.00
€ 65.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120370
- ISBN
- 9781772120370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.25€ 51.09
€ 51.25
€ 51.09
paperback. Cult bestseller The Invitation is more than just a poem. It is a profound invitation to a life that is more fulfilling and passionate, with greater integrity. This book is a word-of-mouth sensation, whose truths have resonated with people all over the world, and is now reissued with a beautiful new cover design. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; HRLK; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- Element
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780722540459
- ISBN
- 9780722540459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535071
- ISBN
- 9780199535071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064234
- ISBN
- 9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.26
€ 16.26
Paperback. Brings together many favourite poems from the author's four collections - "The Adoption Papers", "Other Lovers", "Off Colour" and "Life Mask" - as well as some previously uncollected poems, and some lively poetry for younger readers. The poems draw on her own life and the lives of others to make a tapestry of voice and communal understanding. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852247775
- ISBN
- 9781852247775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. From the troubadours of the Middle Ages to the titans of modern poetry, from Rabelais and Ronsard to Jacques Reda and Yves Bonnefoy, French Poetry offers English-speaking, this is an introduction varied tradition. Editor(s): McGuinness, Patrick. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; 3J; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841598055
- ISBN
- 9781841598055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48