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Oxford Literature Companions: La casa de Bernarda Alba: study guide for AS/A Level Spanish set text by Margaret Bond 9780198418368
€13.13Get to grips with set texts and be fully prepared for the AS/A Level exam with the Modern Languages Oxford Literature Companions. The Companions are written by experienced lecturers, teachers and examiners and provide comprehensive coverage of... -
Licence to Kill: The Science of 007 by Kathryn Harkup 9781472982261
RRP: €21.41€16.42'Witty and well researched.' THE TIMES 'A scientific dose of reality.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A fun and comprehensive exploration.' LINDA McROBBIE 'Endlessly fascinating.' LIBRARY JOURNAL The science behind James Bond's exploits - armaments, tactics,... -
Orpheus: The Song of Life by Ann Wroe
RRP: €20.22€14.61For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears... -
Riding The Tosh Horse: Ethel M. Dell, A Written Life by David Tanner 9781839527203
RRP: €16.65€16.39The romantic novelist Ethel M. Dell was a recluse, and actively avoided marketing herself as a personality in any way, but her formula was successful. She reached a very large audience publishing 98 titles and earning, at the height of her career, about... -
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
RRP: €15.46€10.82Jane Austen is the definitive biography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman'As near perfect a life of Austen as we are likely to get:... -
To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer
RRP: €11.89€7.90How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles,... -
Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right by Jennifer Burns 9780195324877
RRP: €30.33€23.13Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days... -
A Choice of Shakespeare's Verse by William Shakespeare
RRP: €13.08€8.71For this new edition, first published in 1971, Ted Hughes augmented his original selection of Shakespeare's poems and dramatic speeches and completely rewrote his accompanying essay, intending to restore to the common reader much of what, in Shakespeare,... -
A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland
RRP: €13.08€8.81In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The... -
The Letters of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney 9780571341085
RRP: €47.60€32.94'A marvellous book, lovingly edited, beautifully produced. . . and brimming with literary insights, much laughter, a sprinkle of gossip and the poet's insuppressible joie de vivre, even in adversity. Buy it, read it, and keep it to hand on to your... -
Wolf Hall Companion by Lauren Mackay
RRP: €17.84€11.02An accessible and authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, published after the third and final book, The Mirror and the Light. Wolf Hall Companion gives an historian's view of what we know about Thomas Cromwell, one... -
Library of History: v. 10 by Siculus Diodorus
RRP: €29.69€27.83Remains of a universal chronicle.Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily (ca. 80-20 BC), wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War;... -
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed by Lisa Duggan 9780520294776
RRP: €19.03€13.54"Astute."-New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been... -
The Complete Short Stories of A. A. Milne by A. A. Milne 9781788424493
RRP: €15.46€10.27A new collection of A. A. Milne's short stories for grown-ups. Gathered in full for the first time, they include several never published before. They show Milne's renowned charm, concision and whimsical flair in all their brilliance. He paints... -
The Poetry Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK 9780241566237
RRP: €23.79€17.08The perfect introduction to poetry, The Poetry Book offers a fascinating exploration of more than 90 of the world's greatest poetic works.Discover poems in all their many guises, from the epics of the ancient world through Renaissance sonnets to... -
Hamlet: York Notes for AS & A2 by Jeff Wood
RRP: €9.51€8.35THE ULTIMATE GUIDES TO EXAM SUCCESS from York Notes - the UK's favourite English Literature Study Guides. York Notes for AS & A2 are specifically designed for AS & A2 students to help you get the very best grade you can. They are comprehensive, easy... -
Slavery and the Culture of Taste by Simon Gikandi 9780691160979
RRP: €35.70€28.19It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. But to the contrary,... -
Miracles of Life by J. G. Ballard
RRP: €13.08€8.63J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. ... -
John Keats by John Barnard 9780521318068
RRP: €36.88€26.05This book offers a revaluation of Keats' major poetry. It reveals how Keats' work is both an oblique criticism of the dominant attitudes to literature, sexuality, religion and politics in his period, and a powerful critique of the claims of the... -
Poems about Books and Libraries by Andrew Scrimgeour
RRP: €14.28€10.04A remarkably diverse treasury of literary celebrations, Books and Libraries is sure to take pride of place on the shelves of the book-obsessed. Books have long captured the imagination of readers everywhere, commanding their love, earning their... -
Holmes & Watson by S. C. Roberts 9780712352161
RRP: €11.90€4.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorS.C. Roberts (1887-1966) was a publisher, university administrator, noted Sherlockian, and first president of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. He served as... -
One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting in by Kate Kennedy 9781250285126
RRP: €29.74€19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250285126Author Kate KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
Oxford Student Texts: Robert Frost: Selected Poems by Robert Frost
€13.99One of a series designed to provide a new, accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each text includes general notes on the text; discussion of themes, issues and context; and suggestions for further reading.Making A Level texts... -
A Poet's Revolution: The Life of Denise Levertov by Donna Krolik Hollenberg 9780520272460
RRP: €45.22€36.19This first full-length biography of Anglo- American poet and activist Denise Levertov (1923-1997) brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. Drawing on... -
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
RRP: €15.46€10.09Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this, the last book he completed before his death, the much-loved poet, broadcaster and author offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.In the... -
Herodotus: Histories Book I by Carolyn Dewald 9780521692700
RRP: €39.26€35.26In the Histories, which could loosely be translated as 'Investigations' or 'Researches,' Herodotus tells how the Persian Empire began, grew, and then met defeat in Greece in his parents' generation. Book 1 begins that story. It introduces both the world... -
The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks by Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer
RRP: €52.35€45.74Containing forty-eight chapters, The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks is the ultimate guide to picturebooks. It contains a detailed introduction, surveying the history and development of the field and emphasizing the international and cultural... -
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke
RRP: €15.46€10.82Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly... -
Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction: Second Edition by Leela Gandhi 9780231178396
RRP: €26.18€20.66Published twenty years ago, Leela Gandhi's Postcolonial Theory was a landmark description of the field of postcolonial studies in theoretical terms that set its intellectual context alongside poststructuralism, postmodernism, Marxism, and feminism... -
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
RRP: €23.80€18.20The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.'Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath' Ali Smith ... -
The Hobbits of Tolkien by David Day 9780753733783
RRP: €20.22€14.61An entire race was born when J.R.R. Tolkien scrawled on a leaf, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.' From the invention of that single word (hobbit) Tolkien became the explorer and chronicler of the character, their race and their significant... -
A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems: The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman by A. E. Housman
RRP: €10.70€7.68A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. This Penguin Classics edition is introduced by Nick Laird with... -
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by Various 9781474621496
RRP: €11.89€8.09This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel Kushner, Juliana Huxtable, Leslie Jamison, Liz Pelly, Maggie Nelson, Margo Jefferson, Megan Jasper,... -
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin 9780393935615
€15.86Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771-90), the Autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition includes an introduction that explains the history of the... -
Baudelaire: Critical study by Jean-Paul Sartre 9780811201896
RRP: €15.46€13.64Sartre's study of Baudelaire is one of the more brilliant achievements of modern criticism. We may often disagree with his interpretations of the poet's personality, but we cannot fail to wonder at the mastery with which he presents his case. It is the... -
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Training Manual: As Used by Dad's Army by George Mainwaring
RRP: €9.51€6.66'Bliss on Toast', the perfect Christmas giftA facsimile of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Training Manual recently discovered in the attic of a house in the town. Found in a trunk amongst a pile of HOTSPUR comics, it belonged to Private Pike and... -
The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem by Rudolph Fisher 9780472064922
€25.03The first known mystery written by an African-American, set in 1930s Harlem.Book InformationISBN 9780472064922Author Rudolph FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan... -
Selected Poems: with parallel German text by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: €13.08€9.48'Nowhere, beloved, can world be but within us' Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, and one of the greatest twentieth-century lyric poets in German. From The Book of Hours in 1905 to the Sonnets of Orpheus... -
100 Novels That Changed the World by Colin Salter 9780008599089
RRP: €26.18€17.35A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories... -
The Daphne Du Maurier Companion by Daphne Du Maurier
RRP: €15.46€10.23'A marvellous celebration of du Maurier's life, work and cultural legacy' SARAH WATERS 'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents ' DAILY TELEGRAPH Daphne du...