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Paperback. Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. This book features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141980263
ISBN
9780141980263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.74

Paperback. Things You Find in a Poet's Beard is a collection of poems that have been shouted at children at schools, bookshops and festivals across the country by Mr A.F. Harrold and illustrated by Chris Ridell. Things You Find in a Poet's Beard is printed using Dyslexie font - the typeface for readers with dyslexia. Illustrator(s): Riddell, Chris. Num Pages: 108 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Burning Eye Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909136618
ISBN
9781909136618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Lion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0281237
ISBN
9780745918044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.00

Paperback. Dealing with the densities of the poets expression, and the forces in his syntax and rhythms, this poetry aims to achieve a strength, memorability and precision beyond the abilities of any other poet writing in English. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141025001
ISBN
9780141025001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106296
ISBN
9780143106296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. A collection of poems that have delighted and inspired generations of readers. It also contains a selection of prose, including the Gettysburg Address, the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, and the text of Patrick Henry's "give me liberty or give me death" speech. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 b&w photographs and illustrations, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780071419307
ISBN
9780071419307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Bervin, Jen; Werner, Marta L. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811225823
ISBN
9780811225823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. A series highlighting the works commended annually for the prestigious Forward Prizes. It brings together the best poems published over a quarter century in twenty-five editions of the Forward books of poetry. It includes both familiar names - Simon Armitage, Jackie Kay, Derek Walcott - and fresh voices - Kate Tempest, Kei Miller and Emily Berry. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333172
ISBN
9780571333172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. This poetry collection humorously and faithfully depicts the inner thoughts of dogs. Num Pages: 112 pages, Cute dog photos throughout. BIC Classification: DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
8.2.2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452119038
ISBN
9781452119038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.20

Paperback. Presented here in an edition that makes them accessible to twentieth-century readers, these poems are worth returning to again and again. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496089
ISBN
9781847496089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Hardback. World War I poetry collection arranged chronologically from 1914-1918 from a range of prominent poets, many killed in battle. Editor(s): Running Press; Navratil, Christopher. Num Pages: 240 pages, Two-color art throughout. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 83 x 71 x 26. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Running Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762450886
ISBN
9780762450886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.88

Paperback. Tells the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brought misfortune on the ship and all its crew. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561538
ISBN
9780099561538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book features 778 poems. Editor(s): McCaig, Ewen. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 56. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third Edition, Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846971365
ISBN
9781846971365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943). Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225163
ISBN
9780571225163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. A book of poetry steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language. It is about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911214519
ISBN
9781911214519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510. 320 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight: 502.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246785
ISBN
9781852246785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. * A popular collection of poems from the award-winning writer and poet * 'The feisty Fat Black Woman takes on politicians, the slimming industry, fatness, blackness, and womanhood' Guardian Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860686354
ISBN
9780860686354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation. Chapman's translations are argued to be two of the liveliest and readable. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221176
ISBN
9781840221176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. Auden, Lewis, MacNeice and other key poets of the 'Thirties' were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism and by the class-struggle. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, a varied body of poetry emerged. This book arranges the poetry to make a 'critical essay' of the period. Editor(s): Skelton, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184579
ISBN
9780141184579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Evokes the essence of the seasons with this cycle of haiku. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950525
ISBN
9781841950525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Suitable for students as well as the general reader who is coming to the great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time, this title examines the questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197494
ISBN
9780141197494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. 'Book Nine' is the turning point in the plot of the 'Iliad' and the tragedy of 'Achilles'. In this book, Jasper Griffin provides an informative introduction, text, and commentary for students, discussing the problems and the achievements of this particularly rich and rewarding part of the poem. All quotations in the commentary are translated. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198141303
ISBN
9780198141303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.44

Paperback. Latin America's great poet rendered into English by the world's most celebrated translator of Spanish-language literature. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351880
ISBN
9780393351880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Centennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401786
ISBN
9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

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