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Paperback. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his criticism of Britain's repressive colonial policies in Ireland. This book discusses Swift's life and turbulent times, his political views and his powers as a writer of complex irony and intricate word play. Editor(s): Fabricant, Carole. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140436426
- ISBN
- 9780140436426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.08
€ 11.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Like a chance encounter between Einstein and Breton, Trance Archive embraces philosophy, science, and surrealism. Series: City Lights Spotlight. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865303
- ISBN
- 9780872865303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.38
€ 17.99
€ 15.38
hardcover. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) was arguably the most famous playwright in Japanese history and wrote more than 100 plays for the kabuki and bunraku theaters. This volume includes five plays, four histories and one contemporary piece that complement other collections of Chikamatsu's work, revealing various dimensions to the work of this artist. Translator(s): Gerstle, C. Andrew. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780231121668
- ISBN
- 9780231121668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.47
€ 148.47
Hardback. Editor(s): Harker, Jaime; Farr, Cecilia Konchar. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252039805
- ISBN
- 9780252039805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
paperback. Inspired by the life and politics of Brazilian folk hero Chico Mendes. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840028959
- ISBN
- 9781840028959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.54
€ 16.54
Hardcover. The second volume in Torrance's collection of the greatest speeches by Scots or made in Scotland. Editor(s): Torrance, David. Series: Great Scottish Speeches. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DNS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373632
- ISBN
- 9781908373632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Editor(s): Dix, Andrew; Taylor, Jonathan. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190262
- ISBN
- 9781845190262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.16
€ 130.16
Hardback. This study explores the structure of psychological, social and political exchanges that were negotiated between audiences and plays in Elizabethan public theatres in a period ostensibly dominated by Shakespeare, but strongly rooted in Marlowe. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812231021
- ISBN
- 9780812231021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.70
€ 78.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 789 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 201 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114637
- ISBN
- 9781551114637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66€ 51.19
€ 65.66
€ 51.19
Paperback. Famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', "En attendant Godot" was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and opened at the Arts Theatre in London in 1955. Num Pages: 128 pages, facsim. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571244591
- ISBN
- 9780571244591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. This volume brings together James McMichael's poetry and includes works that have previously remained unpublished. James McMichael is the recipient of a Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship and a Whiting Foundation Writer's Award. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561059
- ISBN
- 9780226561059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre Book Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557831514
- ISBN
- 9781557831514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.36
€ 14.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day. It brings together a series of forty-seven original essays from some of the world's leading authorities. Editor(s): Rzepka, Charles J.; Horsley, Lee. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167659
- ISBN
- 9781405167659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. A facsimile of Giambattista Bodoni's first type specimen, "Fregi e Majuscole" of 1771, two copies of which were given to the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Houghton Library by William Bentinck-Smith, Class of 1937. Num Pages: 76 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 185. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976492511
- ISBN
- 9780976492511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Hardcover. 242pp. First US edition, bumped
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Cape
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS1003639
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback. Family Portrait doesn't just rewrite the history of the prose poem in America - it sets the record straight. Editor(s): Alexander, Robert. Series: Marie Alexander Poetry Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935210351
- ISBN
- 9781935210351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.60
€ 20.99
€ 20.60
Hardcover. Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New ed of 1928 ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780837111278
- ISBN
- 9780837111278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 26.00
€ 68.92
€ 26.00
hardcover. This book explores the emergence of the English novel during the early 1700s as a preeminent form of popular education at a time when educators were defining a new kind of "modern" English citizenship for both men and women. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729789
- ISBN
- 9780804729789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hermann Simon; Simon, Hermann. Num Pages: 532 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DDS; JMC; KC; KJ; TGPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783409237857
- ISBN
- 9783409237857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0012870
- ISBN
- 9781844880294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0003110
- ISBN
- 9780571207152
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Presents the first English translation of two important texts, with a new critical edition based on several original manuscripts Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729144
- ISBN
- 9780814729144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.70
€ 43.99
€ 43.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935096856
- ISBN
- 9781935096856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.59
€ 16.59
Paperback. Private Lives, Public Deaths draws on classical studies, Hegel, and modern philosophical analyses to describe how Sophocle's tragedy Antigone expresses a key concern of ancient Greek culture: the value of a living individual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251339
- ISBN
- 9780823251339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42