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The Woman Writer: The History of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists by Sylvia Kent 9780752451596
RRP: £14.99£11.55Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. From its early days when at least 200 women applied to join, the... -
Something Speaks to Me: Where Criticism Begins by Professor Michel Chaouli 9780226830421
RRP: £20.00£19.40An account of criticism as an urgent response to what moves us. Criticism begins when we put down a book to tell someone about it. It is what we do when we face a work or event that bowls us over and makes us scramble for a response. As Michel Chaouli... -
The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands by Huw Lewis-Jones
RRP: £30.00£21.00The Writer's Map winner of Trade Illustrated category in the British Design and Production AwardsPhotography & Illustrated Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019Maps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the... -
Short Oxford History of English Literature by Andrew Sanders
RRP: £43.49£37.19The Short Oxford History of English Literature is the most comprehensive and scholarly history of English literature on the market. It offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day in... -
The Major Works by Samuel Johnson
RRP: £13.99£10.15This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Johnson's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by essays,... -
The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture by Orlando Figes
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan From... -
Molla Nasreddin: The Making of a Modern Trickster, 1906-1911 by Janet Afary
RRP: £95.00£77.27In 1906, a group of artists and intellectuals reinterpreted the tales of the Middle Eastern trickster Nasreddin to construct a progressive anti-colonial discourse with a strong emphasis on social, political and religious reform. Using folklore, visual... -
On Bataille and Blanchot by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: £7.99£7.02An in-depth analysis of two of Sartre's contemporaries, Bataille and Blanchot. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has... -
Political Fictions by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: £9.99£8.59A collection of pieces on politically engaged fiction of Sartre's day, including works by Andre Gorz and Paul Nizan. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the... -
Way Makers: An Anthology of Women's Writing about Walking by Kerri Andrews 9781789147872
RRP: £15.99£11.61The follow-up to the bestselling Wanderers, Kerri Andrews' Way Makers is the first anthology of women's writing about walking. Moving from the eighteenth century to the present day, and across poetry, letters, diaries, novels and more, this anthology... -
The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare by Margreta de Grazia
RRP: £26.99£22.29Written by a team of leading international scholars, this Companion is designed to illuminate Shakespeare's works through discussion of the key topics of Shakespeare studies. Twenty-one essays provide lively and authoritative approaches to recent... -
Writing Underground: Reflections on Illegal Texts in Communist Czechoslovakia by Martin Machovec
RRP: £15.00£14.87In this collection of writings produced between 2000 and 2018, the pioneering literary historian of the Czech underground, Martin Machovec, examines the multifarious nature of the underground phenomenon. After devoting considerable attention to the... -
Grave by Allison C. Meier
RRP: £9.99£7.67Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Grave takes a ground-level view of how burial sites have transformed over time and how they continue to change. As a cemetery tour guide,... -
The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon: And Other Stories of the Brazilian Rainforest by Fabio Zuker
RRP: £12.99£8.63As the Amazon burns, Fabio Zuker shares stories of resistance, self-determination, and kinship with the land. In 2007, a seven-ton minke whale was found stranded on the banks of the Tapajos River, hundreds of miles into the Amazon rainforest. For... -
A Christmas Carol by Cindy Torn 9781407183985
RRP: £6.99£4.64Board: AQA Examination: English Language & Literature Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Type: Essay Planner This book answers the question 'What do great answers look... -
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World by Mark Aldridge
RRP: £12.99£8.32From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective. ... -
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
RRP: £10.99£8.03Now in paperback, in the tradition of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, a lively journey through the story of language With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins... -
'Troilus and Criseyde': A Reader's Guide by Jenni Nuttall
RRP: £23.99£19.99'Troilus and Criseyde', Geoffrey Chaucer's most substantial completed work, is a long historical romance; its famous tale of love and betrayal in the Trojan War later inspired William Shakespeare. This reader's guide, written specifically for students of... -
Chaucer: A European Life by Marion Turner
RRP: £20.00£15.89An acclaimed biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of all English writersGeoffrey Chaucer is often called the father of English literature, but this acclaimed biography reveals... -
Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Durrenmatt
RRP: £29.99£26.64The full German text of Durrenmatt's play is accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.About the AuthorFriedrich Durrenmatt, P.K.AckermannBook InformationISBN... -
The Mummy's Curse: The true history of a dark fantasy by Roger Luckhurst 9780199698714
RRP: £22.49£16.77In the winter of 1922-23 archaeologist Howard Carter and his wealthy patron George Herbert, the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, sensationally opened the tomb of Tutenkhamen. Six weeks later Herbert, the sponsor of the expedition, died in Egypt. The popular... -
Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin
RRP: £13.99£9.59Ursula K. Le Guin witnessed and contributed to many of the twentieth century's rebellions and upheavals, including women's liberation, the Civil Rights movement and US anti-war and environmental activism. Spanning fifty years of her life and work, Space... -
Poems by Christina G. Rossetti 9781857157024
RRP: £12.00£8.44An exciting addition to Everyman's Library: a new series of small, handsome hardcover volumes devoted to the world's classic poets. Our books will have twice as many pages as Bloomsbury Classics' 128pp and will cost 7. 99 against Bloomsbury's 9. 99. The... -
Making Darkness Light: The Lives and Times of John Milton by Joe Moshenska
RRP: £12.99£8.60'Making Darkness Light is an illumination' Adam Phillips'His sympathetic yet challenging account will undoubtedly win Milton new readers - and for that a chorus of Hallelujahs' SpectatorFor most of us John Milton has been consigned to the dusty pantheon... -
Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Tennyson had a life-long interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem 'Morte d'Arthur' he built on the theme with this series of twelve poems, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly twenty years. Idylls... -
John Clare by John Clare
RRP: £12.99£8.56In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an... -
Mapping Lives: The Uses of Biography by Peter France
RRP: £35.00£34.99Why biography? This collection of essays on the problems and functions of biography, and particularly the biography of writers, thinkers and artists, investigates a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture and society. In the last... -
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: £9.99£7.11Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,... -
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 9780141186887
RRP: £9.99£7.11One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of changeOkonkwo is the... -
Preface to Plato by Eric A. Havelock
RRP: £25.95£20.64Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Eric Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by... -
The Essential Atlas: Star Wars by Daniel Wallace
RRP: £33.00£23.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345477644Author Daniel WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1168gDimensions(mm) 300mm... -
Jazz Poems by Kevin Young
RRP: £12.00£8.44Ever since its first flowering in the 1920s, jazz has had a powerful influence on American poetry, and this anthology offers a treasury of poems as varied and vital as the music that inspired them.From the Harlem Renaissance to the Beat Movement, from... -
The Poem and the Journey: 60 Poems for the Journey of Life by Ruth Padel
RRP: £12.99£9.09Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel is renowned as a guide to understanding today's poetry. Her much-loved 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem introduced the contemporary poetry scene and discussed individual poems. Her new book, invaluable for all who want to write... -
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker 9781789146721
RRP: £18.00£12.96Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material, including poetry,... -
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson 9780679783220
RRP: £19.99£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679783220Author Ralph Waldo EmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)... -
The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology, Second Edition by Robert Motherwell 9780674185005
RRP: £37.95£31.51The Dada Painters and Poets offers the authentic answer to the question "What is Dada?" This incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations was prepared by Robert Motherwell with the collaboration of some of the major Dada figures:... -
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 9781472520296
RRP: £8.99£7.99Much Ado About Nothing presents a battle of the sexes in more ways than one: as both a lightning-fast skirmish of wits between two famously disputatious lovers, and a near-deadly conflict built on conventions of gender and male rivalry. Claire... -
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James 9781529042085
RRP: £20.00£14.29Clive 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... -
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 9780393957242
£12.37It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations. "Contexts" collects materials that influenced Swift's writing of the novel, as well as documents that suggest its initial reception, including Swift's correspondence, Alexander Pope's poems on... -
Sensible Shoes Study Guide by Sharon Garlough Brown 9780830843336
RRP: £10.99£8.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830843336Author Sharon Garlough BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams)...