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Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover
Apple, Max; Brouwer, Joel. Ed(S): Martone, Mi...
paperback. Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take an individual approach to storytelling. This book contains 33 tales that showcase the wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known writers. Editor(s): Martone, Michael. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Quarry Books United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253210227
- ISBN
- 9780253210227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. 'Emma Donoghue writes books that are unlike anything I have ever seen before, and Astray is no exception. There is such a deep and compassionate imagination at work in every story in this collection that Astray feels almost like an act of clairvoyance.' Ann Patchett, Orange prize-winning author of Bel Canto Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447209508
- ISBN
- 9781447209508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056039
- ISBN
- 9780674056039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.02
€ 49.99
€ 42.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727857
- ISBN
- 9780916727857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.39
€ 14.99
€ 13.39
Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841870
- ISBN
- 9781603841870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.46€ 43.00
€ 54.46
€ 43.00
Paperback. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear. Half-title page clipped to top corner
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Mandarin
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0003651
- ISBN
- 9780413143600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606316
- ISBN
- 9780691606316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.58€ 48.56
€ 61.58
€ 48.56
Paperback. How do we live, in our dailiness, in our loves, our private and global wars? 'And, in the face of unbearable grief, how can we live?' Attempting to answer these questions, this is the fourth in the "Pacific Northwest Poetry" series. 'How we live' is the book's major inquiry; its illustration, and the poems' major achievement. Series: The Pacific Northwest Poetry Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 6. Weight in Grams: 155.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984001
- ISBN
- 9780295984001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.98
€ 19.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388695
- ISBN
- 9780195388695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.94
€ 16.99
€ 16.94
Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253360
- ISBN
- 9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48€ 76.26
€ 99.48
€ 76.26
Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714515
- ISBN
- 9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
Paperback. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0030448
- ISBN
- 9780007165001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226502427
- ISBN
- 9780226502427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This title offers a collection of five hundred poems that provides an account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE-1200 CE). It also introduces the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. Editor(s): Hinton, David. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374531904
- ISBN
- 9780374531904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.93
€ 27.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868198323
- ISBN
- 9780868198323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. A chemist by training, the author became one of the witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table, he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and 'inert' relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving carbon. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185149
- ISBN
- 9780141185149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.42
€ 10.99
€ 10.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874131475
- ISBN
- 9780874131475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.98
€ 136.98
Paperback. A collection of recent essays from the American philosopher and Chair of the Santayana Society. The subjects discussed include the philosophy of travel, the politics of religion, friendship, appearance and reality, and the false steps of philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102773
- ISBN
- 9780231102773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. A critical look at three fundamental Romantic poets from a leading scholar of British romanticism Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076374
- ISBN
- 9780252076374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
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
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286. 250 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 16. Weight: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Central Books
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908742094
- ISBN
- 9781908742094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0044089
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In the 1990s, it was the French theorists such as Derrida, Lacan and Foucault who, with their stress on linguistic play and undecidability, took Victorian Studies by storm. Here, the author shows that what the Germans bring to our understanding of the nineteenth century is a terrible awareness of the darkest moments of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191047
- ISBN
- 9781845191047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardback. Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. This title provides a translation of this work. Translator(s): Townsend, David; Townsend, Walter. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233476
- ISBN
- 9780812233476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.02
€ 84.02