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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 27 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152815
- ISBN
- 9780231152815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this guide to Roy's novel offers an introduction to the text and contexts of "The God of Small Things". It also presents a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text. It is aimed at those beginning detailed study of "The God of Small Things". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415358439
- ISBN
- 9780415358439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285347
- ISBN
- 9780520285347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209817
- ISBN
- 9780872209817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.80
€ 25.99
€ 19.80
Hardback. Explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. This title discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147154
- ISBN
- 9780691147154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Since the global turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s, movements in literary studies have been diagnostic rather than interventionist: scholars have developed techniques for analyzing culture but have retreated from attempts to transform it. For Joseph North, a genuinely interventionist criticism is a central task facing scholars on the Left today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967731
- ISBN
- 9780674967731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 44.73
€ 50.99
€ 44.73
Paperback. One of a series of thematic collections of texts. Each includes general notes on the texts, as well as discussion of themes, issues and context. Editor(s): Geddes, Julia; Ince, Helen. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198328803
- ISBN
- 9780198328803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.79
€ 19.79
Hardback. George Campbell Hay has been hailed as an important voice in Scottish literature and as a crucial figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Byrne, Michel. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2086.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Slipcase
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748610631
- ISBN
- 9780748610631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.41€ 171.48
€ 172.41
€ 171.48
Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333721
- ISBN
- 9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921511790
- ISBN
- 9781921511790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.93
€ 34.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. Offers a translation of one of our prime sources for archaic Greek mythology, ritual, cosmology, and psychology. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First PB Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207257
- ISBN
- 9780872207257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.42
€ 18.99
€ 15.42
Hardback. Poetry's relevancy as a tool for social and political change continues to be overlooked in a global context. Looking to writers as diverse as Derek Walcott, Paul Muldoon, and Daljit Nagra, Hena shows that poets throughout the world have reinvigorated older poetic traditions to address political realities and the sweeping pressures of modernity. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502872
- ISBN
- 9781137502872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. This book examines how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices in an EFL classroom. It takes a multi-faceted approach to how English language teaching and learning can best be developed through presentation and exploration of literary texts. Editor(s): Teranishi, Masayuki; Saito, Yoshifumi; Wales, Katie. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 figures, 42 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443656
- ISBN
- 9781137443656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.86
€ 205.86
Hardcover. Theocritus (early third century BCE) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as pastoral. The present edition of his work, along with that of his successors Moschus (fl. mid-second century BCE) and Bion (fl. around 100 BCE), replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library volume of Greek Bucolic Poets by J. M. Edmonds (1912). Translator(s): Hopkinson, Fellow in Classics Neil (Loughborough University University of Cambridge Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996441
- ISBN
- 9780674996441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448218
- ISBN
- 9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. This book presents conversations in which Jean-Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of digital information is available. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552451
- ISBN
- 9780099552451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415519106
- ISBN
- 9780415519106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441157287
- ISBN
- 9781441157287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.41
€ 51.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 407 x 208 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170595
- ISBN
- 9781590170595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.22
€ 27.99
€ 21.22
Paperback. Aims to establish a provenance for the Holy Grail and, through the figure of Merlin, links Joseph of Arimathea with mythical British history and with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADF; 3H; DQ; DSBB; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859917797
- ISBN
- 9780859917797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. Christian Jacob presents a completely fresh and unique reading of Athenaeus's Sophists at Dinner (ca. 200 ce), a text long mined merely for its testimonies to lost classical poets. Connecting the world of Hellenistic erudition with its legacy among Hellenized Romans, Jacob helps the reader navigate the many intersecting paths in this enormous work. Editor(s): Johnson, Dr. Scott Fitzgerald. Translator(s): Papaconstantinou, Dr. Arietta. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073289
- ISBN
- 9780674073289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.71
€ 23.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence readers have come to expect from Italy's leading Latinist, Gian Biagio Conte. Translator(s): Fowler, Don P.; Most, Glenn W.; Solodow, Joseph B. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801862533
- ISBN
- 9780801862533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 49.75
€ 53.51
€ 49.75
Paperback. What is literary noir? How do British and American noir thrillers relate to their historical contexts? Lee Horsley's updated study of the genre, now available in paperback, ranges over hundreds of novels from the hard-boiled fiction of Hammett, Chandler and Cain to the game-players, voyeurs and consumers of contemporary thrillers and future noir. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218864
- ISBN
- 9780230218864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Paperback. A modern insight into the legendary Christian mystic St John of the Cross. Num Pages: 192 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HRCC7; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340612576
- ISBN
- 9780340612576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61