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Paperback. Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684289
- ISBN
- 9781846684289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.72
€ 15.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321170
- ISBN
- 9780822321170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Richly illustrated with often antic images from alphabet books and primers, The Story of A relates the history of the alphabet as a genre of text for children and of alphabetization as a social practice in America, from early modern reading primers to the literature of the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 line diagrams 52 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4852 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731744
- ISBN
- 9780804731744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.98
€ 178.98
Paperback. This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015934
- ISBN
- 9780141015934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555973063
- ISBN
- 9781555973063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.82
€ 18.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. A collection of author's comic monologues, performed between 1929 and 1941. It features the much-loved characters such as Albert Ramsbottom, Sam Small, and King Arold. Editor(s): Marshall, Michael. Num Pages: 112 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241103067
- ISBN
- 9780241103067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. The first edition of The Spy since its original publication in 1810-11 includes early versions of some of Hogg's best-known poetry and prose besides a wealth of fascinating and lesser-known material. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 712 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614172
- ISBN
- 9780748614172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.15€ 159.25
€ 166.15
€ 159.25
Paperback. Fiction has always been in a state of transformation and circulation: how does this history of mobility inform the emergence of the novel? This title explores the active movements of English and French fiction in the eighteenth century and argues that the new literary form of the novel was the result of a shift in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 3JF; CFP; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141534
- ISBN
- 9780691141534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. What her life, literature and letters tell us about Jane Austen's faith Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGX; DSK; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968605
- ISBN
- 9780745968605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.57
€ 15.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Focuses and distills the diverse Emerson and puts his central teachings within the scope of the modern reader. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lindisfarne Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKD0013026
- ISBN
- 9780970109736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405835640
- ISBN
- 9781405835640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.40
€ 11.40
Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007148110
- ISBN
- 9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardcover. Lojek provides extensive analysis of space in plays by living Irish playwrights, applying practical understandings of staging and the insights of geographers and spatial theorists to drama in an era increasingly aware of space. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115231
- ISBN
- 9780230115231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70€ 46.61
€ 52.70
€ 46.61
Paperback. Through essays and practical tasks, this book aims to stimulate creativity so that the reader becomes familiar with their own strengths. Including the author's journey from writer's block back to productive work, this book takes the reader across America from New York to New Mexico. It is for those on the path to creativity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018690
- ISBN
- 9780141018690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Hardback. This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm, pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent when the book is read aloud. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; CFH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333553398
- ISBN
- 9780333553398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621848
- ISBN
- 9781909621848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Updated edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with an introduction by Stephen Orgel. Editor(s): Evans, G. Blakemore. Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 292 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare. 292 pages, 3 b/w illus. Editor(s): Evans, G.Blakemore. Updated edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with an introduction by Stephen Orgel. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight: 474.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521678377
- ISBN
- 9780521678377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.10
€ 15.10
Paperback. Examines how the sonnets are intertwined, the ways in which these works have been interpreted and the themes running through them. This edition includes further reading, commentaries on each poem, a textual history, variant and further sonnets and an index of first lines. Editor(s): Kerrigan, John. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436846
- ISBN
- 9780140436846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153390
- ISBN
- 9781903153390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
paperback. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. This is an account which recalls the authors' travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; FA; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099769910
- ISBN
- 9780099769910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20