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Hardback. Offers an account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214458
ISBN
9780631214458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.54

Paperback. In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631203230
ISBN
9780631203230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.57

Paperback. Terry Eagleton's work has had a powerful influence in debates about the politics of literature and culture. This book reflects the breadth of his interests. It offers a view of his career to date, raising a number of central issues in literature, culture and politics. Num Pages: 112 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631172710
ISBN
9780631172710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618637
ISBN
9780816618637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. Without doubt the most important work on literary criticism that has emerged out of the tradition of Marxist philosophy and social theory since the 19th century. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415285841
ISBN
9780415285841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Paperback. Providing a comprehensive study of tragedy, this book deals with both theory and practice. It explores the idea of the tragic in the novel, examining such writers as Melville, Hawthorne, Stendhal, Tolstoy, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Manzoni, Goethe and Mann, as well as English novelists. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233602
ISBN
9780631233602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.26

Paperback. Launches a surprising defence of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artefact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171259
ISBN
9780300171259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who "cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells" (Washington Post). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393349405
ISBN
9780393349405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. Describes that cultural theory must start thinking ambitiously - not so that it can hand the West its legitimation, but so that it can seek to make sense of the grand narratives in which it is embroiled. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015071
ISBN
9780141015071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219668
ISBN
9780631219668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.84

Paperback. On average a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent would be dead within three months of being parachuted into action. This work features the story of these agents, some of whom were women as young as 22, following them through their experiences beginning with their recruitment and their unorthodox training methods. Illustrator(s): Noon, Steve. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 187 x 6. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846032769
ISBN
9781846032769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. The SOE (Special Operations Executive) was one of the most innovative British creations of the Second World War. This book looks at the men and women who made up the SOE, the rigorous training to which they were subjected, and their lives during and after the war. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 b/w; 5 col. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784420406
ISBN
9781784420406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076531
ISBN
9780231076531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JNM; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412206
ISBN
9780821412206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.39

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rhodes, Terry C. Num Pages: 285 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600216978
ISBN
9781600216978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 277.63
€ 189.05

Paperback. On 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018317
ISBN
9780141018317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. A fascinating cornucopia of monsters and fabulous creatures from all corners of the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 b and w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857383372
ISBN
9780857383372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Hardback. A fascinating history of Tudor food and drink, from swan-neck soup to roasted-alive goose. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445648743
ISBN
9781445648743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.21

Paperback. With over 200 photographs taken from the regimental archives in the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, this title illustrates the regiment's service around the world in war and peace, showing the gallant action of both regular, volunteer and territorial forces. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752418476
ISBN
9780752418476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Aimed at professionals working with men who are challenging the boundaries of society or any man who feels frustrated by his life, the book offers detailed illustrative case studies, structured exercises and topics for discussion, which can be used by the individual or in a group context. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843106166
ISBN
9781843106166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.76

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