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The Astounding Illustrated History of Science Fiction by David Langford
RRP: £20.00£15.89A truly astonishing, illustrated history of Science fiction, covering fantasy, and horror, with forays into crime, mystery and the gothic. Using timelines, online links, illustrations, posters, movie stills, book covers, and more, this amazing new book... -
The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808308Author Maureen MurdockFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Philosophical Perspectives by Elisabeth Camp 9780190651206
RRP: £26.99£19.99One of America's most celebrated poets, Emily Dickinson was virtually unpublished in her lifetime. When a slim volume of her poems emerged on the American scene in 1890, her work created shockwaves that have not subsided yet. Famously precise and sparse,... -
The Civil Wars by Appian
RRP: £12.99£9.09Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire. A masterly account of a turbulent epoch, they... -
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by Helen Cooper
RRP: £7.99£5.79'The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle... -
Life Lessons from Literature by Joseph Piercy 9781789295528
RRP: £12.99£8.73Life Lessons from Literature is a must for all bibliophiles, providing a concise and highly accessible bucket list of must-read books that teaches us so many fundamental truths and broadens our minds.'I read a book one day and my whole life was changed' ... -
Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: The heartwarming story that inspired a nation, now an international bestseller by Alba Donati 9781399605489
RRP: £9.99£6.80HOW A BOOKSELLER INSPIRED A NATIONThe diary of a publicist-turned bookseller who left Florence to open a tiny bookshop on a Tuscan hill. 'Like Chocolat meets Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop, set in the Tuscan hills... A celebration of writing, words... -
Collected Poems by Chinua Achebe 9781400076581
£15.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Man Booker International Prize 2007 and New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.Book InformationISBN 9781400076581Author Chinua AchebeFormat PaperbackPage... -
Devotion by Patti Smith 9780300240221
RRP: £8.99£7.81The National Book Award-winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process. A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic-its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring... -
Destiny: The Official Cookbook by Victoria Rosenthal 9781789095432
RRP: £26.99£19.94Explore recipes inspired by Bungie's hit franchise and collected from Guardians across the solar system in Destiny: The Official Cookbook. Based on Bungie's acclaimed video game series Destiny, this official cookbook is filled with recipes inspired by... -
Towards a World Unknown: The OCR Anthology - Conflict - The Student Guide by David Wheeler 9781911477044
£17.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911477044Author David WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Red Axe BooksPublisher Red Axe Books -
Rhetorica ad Herennium by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.39Spurious composition.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and... -
Horace Opera by H. W. Garrod 9780198146186
RRP: £23.99£22.37The Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the front of each page. There are... -
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses by Jean Menzies
RRP: £10.99£7.40The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine with mortals and their behaviours fluctuate wildly from benevolent to violent, from didactic to fickle, from loving to enraged... -
EU Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide by Matthew Homewood 9780192865663
RRP: £13.99£13.45EU Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides go above and beyond, not only consolidating your learning but focusing your revision and maximising your exam performance... -
Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson
RRP: £13.99£10.20Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in... -
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction by Robert J. C. Young
RRP: £8.99£6.45Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and... -
Ulysses Unbound: A Reader's Companion to James Joyce's Ulysses by Terence Killeen
RRP: £10.99£7.77Ulysses is one of the foundational texts of modern literature, yet has a reputation for complexity and controversy. In Ulysses Unbound, Joyce expert Terence Killeen untangles this seemingly knotty classic to reveal the wonders beneath, in a clear and... -
A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry by Robert Hass
RRP: £10.99£7.25From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alike A Little Book on Form brilliantly synthesizes Hass's formidable gifts as both a... -
The Unforgivable: And Other Writings by Cristina Campo 9781681378022
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681378022Author Cristina CampoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc -
Hut/Hytte by Lesley Riddoch 9781913025632
RRP: £9.99£7.27Victorian visitors had shooting lodges - Scots had trips doon the watter. Norwegian citizens had hytte - Scots had Butlins. Why have the inhabitants of one of Europe's prime tourist destinations been elbowed off the land and exiled from nature for so... -
The Baton Rouge Interviews: with Edouard Glissant and Alexandre Leupin by Kate M Cooper
RRP: £22.99£20.72This collection of interviews is a diamond, remarkable in the way that it assembles so many of the major strains of Glissant's thought, and stunning in the expansive erudition at work in the composition of that thought. Two structuring experiences... -
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James George Frazer
RRP: £14.99£11.35A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was... -
Poems from the Soul: Twelve of the Great Hymns of Wales by M. Wynn Thomas 9781837600113
RRP: £12.99£9.09Even as many in the modern world draw away from organised religion, the great hymns of our time persist: we turn to them at weddings and funerals, at rugby matches and in pubs. Bringing together twelve of Wales's best-loved hymns, from the... -
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature by Sarah Hart 9780008601089
RRP: £16.99£11.47'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart's lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they... -
Metamorphoses by Ovid 9780199537372
RRP: £8.99£6.45The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and legend. On this ostensibly unifying thread Ovid strings together a vast and kaleidoscopic sequence of brilliant narratives, in which the often... -
The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set by Homer 9780520306653
RRP: £42.00£35.44A stunning set of Homer's epics, brilliantly translated by a leading ancient world scholar. Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green's landmark translations of Homer's timeless epics are now available for the first time in this striking and... -
Introduction to a Poetics of Diversity: by Edouard Glissant by Celia Britton
RRP: £22.99£20.72This book reproduces the texts of four lectures, followed by discussions, and two interviews with Lise Gauvin published in Introduction a une poetique du divers (1996); and also four further interviews from L'Imaginaire des langues (Lise Gauvin, 2010). ... -
The Wife of Bath: A Biography by Marion Turner
RRP: £20.00£15.89From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeTooEver since her triumphant debut in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and... -
Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito
RRP: £11.99£8.71"Wit and wisdom for every mother, everywhere."--ERIN LOECHNER, author of Chasing Slow Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to nurture a strong family, but fear steals your joy. Sometimes you... -
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: £12.99£8.60Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail its relation to the extravagant, scandalous, and... -
Librorum Ridiculorum: Bizarre Books from a Rare Bookshop by Brian Lake
RRP: £10.99£7.25A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons... and others are simply mad. This... -
Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational by N. Katherine Hayles
RRP: £22.00£17.36Since Gutenberg's time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational media has exponentially increased the pace, transforming how books are composed, designed, edited, typeset, distributed, sold, and read. N. Katherine... -
Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar by Colm Toibin 9780330491389
RRP: £9.99£7.27In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Toibin looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His subjects range from figures such as Oscar Wilde, born in the 1850s, to Pedro Almodovar,... -
The Poems of Nakahara Chuya by Nakahara Chuya 9780852442555
£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852442555Author Nakahara ChuyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing -
Palestine by Joe Sacco
RRP: £20.00£15.42A powerful graphic novel, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine.In late 1991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking... -
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 9780393696875
£11.42This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1890 (Lippincott's Magazine) version and the 1891 (book) version of the novel. Under the editorial guidance of Wilde scholar Michael Patrick Gillespie, students have the opportunity to comparatively read and... -
Ugly Feelings by Sianne Ngai 9780674024090
RRP: £25.95£20.64Envy, irritation, paranoia-in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which... -
"King Henry VIII" by William Shakespeare
RRP: £11.99£11.42King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a new perspective on this ironic, multi-layered,... -
The Complete Sonnets and Poems: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
RRP: £8.99£6.85The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the works for modern readers - a new, modern-spelling text, collated and...