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Poems And Prose by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 9781857157352
RRP: $20.98$15.37A few magical poems by Coleridge remain among the most celebrated works in the language: KUBLA KHAN, CHRISTABEL and - above all -THE ANCIENT MARINER. All are included in this volume, together with many other superb but lesser-known poems and a selected... -
The Complete Odes by Pindar
RRP: $25.18$18.19'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia' The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the victories of athletes competing in foot races, horse races,... -
Cummoangetaff!: The Adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, the Glasgow Tramcar Clippie by Allan Morrison
$11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903238318Author Allan MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Vital SparkPublisher Neil Wilson Publishing -
Shakespeare and I by Theodora Papadopoulou
$53.45This is a provocative exploration of how the self is revealed or exposed in the experience of reading, viewing and writing about Shakespeare. Following the ethos and ambition of the "Shakespeare Now!" series, and harnessing the energy, challenge and... -
The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis
RRP: $20.98$15.25C.S. Lewis's dazzling allegory about heaven and hell - and the chasm fixed between them - is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, as he takes issue with the ideas in William Blake's 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'. In a dream, the... -
What Writers Read: 35 Writers on their Favourite Book Pandora Sykes 9781526657480
RRP: $27.28$19.61A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bestselling and beloved writers share their favourite books: the ones they hold most dearly, that they return... -
The Civil Wars by Appian
RRP: $27.28$19.61Taken 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... -
Romeo and Juliet by Eric Rasmussen
$17.43From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of the most famous of all love stories. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Romeo and Juliet in performance, takes a... -
An Analysis of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth Riley Quinn 9781912128532
RRP: $13.65$13.21Frantz Fanon is one of the most important figures in the history of what is now known as postcolonial studies - the field that examines the meaning and impacts of European colonialism across the world. Born in the French colony of Martinique, Fanon... -
The Theaetetus of Plato by Plato
RRP: $39.88$35.24M. J. Levett's elegant translation of Plato's Theaetetus, first published in 1928, is here revised by Myles Burnyeat to reflect contemporary standards of accuracy while retaining the style, imagery, and idiomatic speech for which the Levett translation... -
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Eavan Boland 9780393321784
RRP: $31.48$24.97Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form": a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle,... -
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition by Edith Hamilton 9780446574754
RRP: $18.88$13.42The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes.Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and Norse myths... -
Ephemeron by Fiona Benson
RRP: $25.20$18.23**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE****SHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE**The poems in Ephemeron deal with the short-lived and transitory - whether it's the brief, urgent lives of the first section, 'Insect Love Songs', the abrupt, anguished,... -
Sylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction Prof Heather Clark 9780198841470
RRP: $18.88$14.32Sylvia Plath is one of the most influential and iconic American writers of the twentieth century, popular with academic and general audiences alike. Plath, who died at age 30, left behind a body of work that changed the direction of modern poetry, and... -
Complete Poems by Christina G. Rossetti
RRP: $39.88$30.68Rossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range of her subject matter and the variety of her verse form. This collection brings together fantasy poems, such as Goblin Market, and terrifyingly vivid verses for children, love lyrics and... -
Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney 9780393938371
$42.92This Norton Critical Edition includes: * Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's introduction. * Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to... -
The Great Gatsby SparkNotes Literature Guide: Volume 30 SparkNotes 9781411469570
RRP: $12.58$9.58When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and... -
The Country Wife and Other Plays by William Wycherley
RRP: $23.08$16.78Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in... -
Old and Middle English c.890-c.1450: An Anthology Elaine Treharne (Florida State University) 9781405181204
RRP: $77.60$72.16Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English, culminating in some of the finest works produced in English in the high Middle Ages. New edition of this widely-used... -
The Literary Almanac: A year of seasonal reading Francesca Beauman 9781529412918
RRP: $31.48$21.11Discover over 300 seasonal book recommendations in the ultimate reading list for book lovers everywhere.-----'I will be giving this book to everyone I know' - Elizabeth Day'Francesca Beauman writes about the books she loves with irresistible passion,... -
Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
RRP: $23.08$16.78The only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician.This is the autobiography of one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. As idiosyncratic as its author, Barthes plays both commentator and subject... -
Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature by Felix Guattari 9780816615155
RRP: $37.78$36.31In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka's work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept of "minor literature"-the use of a major language... -
Sherlock Holmes Nick Utechin 9781910821244
RRP: $20.98$14.70Ever since Arthur Conan Doyle created the pipe-smoking, deer-stalkered character, Sherlock Holmes, he has become a part of popular culture for generations, and here every aspect of the legendary detective is investigated. Brief, accessible and... -
Science Fiction by Sherryl Vint
RRP: $31.48$24.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539999Author Sherryl VintFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and Jouissance by Bruce Fink 9780691015897
RRP: $73.50$58.70This book presents the radically new theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Against the tide of post-structuralist thinkers who announce "the death of the subject," Bruce Fink explores what it means to come into being as a subject... -
Don Juan by Lord Byron
RRP: $35.68$25.79Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where... -
The Country House Library by Mark Purcell
RRP: $63.00$62.64Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete... -
The Daphne Du Maurier Companion Daphne Du Maurier 9781844082353
RRP: $27.28$18.54'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... -
Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore by W. B. Yeats
RRP: $23.08$16.91A classic collection of Irish fairy tales and lore by Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and poet W. B. Yeats Originally published as two separate volumes in 1800s, this premier collection of Irish stories edited and compiled W. B. Yeats is the perfect... -
Arthurian Romances by Chretien
RRP: $31.48$24.23Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous... -
Hobbit Lessons by Devin Brown 9781426776021
RRP: $18.46$16.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426776021Author Devin BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon Press -
Jane Austen: A Very Short Introduction by Tom Keymer 9780198725954
RRP: $18.88$13.97Jane Austen wrote six of the best-loved novels in the English language, as well as a smaller corpus of works unpublished in her day, including three volumes of witty, non-realist juvenilia and the innovative, unfinished Sanditon. She pioneered new... -
Collected Maxims and Other Reflections by Francoi de La Rochefoucauld
RRP: $23.08$15.14'Our virtues are, most often, only vices in disguise.' Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behaviour have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire,... -
Too Much by Rachel Vorona Cote
RRP: $42.00$30.47Lacing cultural criticism, Victorian literature, and storytelling together, Too Much explores how culture corsets women's bodies, souls, and sexualities - and how we might finally undo the strings.Written in the tradition of Shrill, Dead Girls, Sex... -
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Elizabeth Ammons 9780393283785
RRP: $27.28$24.91This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1852 first book edition, accompanied by Elizabeth Ammons's preface, note on the text, and explanatory annotations.Twenty-two illustrations.A rich selection of historical documents on slavery and abolitionism... -
Norse Myths That Inspired Final Fantasy VII by Kayley Henderson 9781838009601
RRP: $29.38$28.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838009601Author Kayley HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Nielson Book ServicesPublisher Nielson Book ServicesWeight(grams)... -
The Hobbits of Tolkien by David Day 9780753733783
RRP: $35.68$26.19An 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... -
Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy: A Casebook by Thomas Keymer 9780195175608
$147.29The responsiveness of Sterne's writing to a wide range of approaches and topics of recent and ongoing interest--among them narrative, interpretation, intertextuality, gender, the body, sentimentalism, and print culture--has ensured a wealth of recent... -
Dad Jokes: Good, Clean Fun for All Ages! by Jimmy Niro
RRP: $16.78$12.56Dad Jokes: the good, the bad, and the terrible, a perfect gift for dads and pun-lovers alike!With over 600 knee-slappers, head-shakers, and groan-makers, Dad Jokes is packed with enough witty quips and cheesy-but-grate jokes for even the most... -
The Four Loves (C. S. Lewis Signature Classic) by C. S. Lewis
RRP: $20.98$15.25C.S. Lewis's famous work on the nature of love divides love into four categories: Affection, Friendship, Eros and Charity. The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in...