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Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry by David Hinton
RRP: £16.99£10.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807424Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman
RRP: £20.00£15.17Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before . . . Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and three... -
The Two Noble Kinsmen, Revised Edition: Third Series by William Shakespeare
RRP: £12.99£11.85This tragi-comedy is one of the plays we know Shakespeare worked with a collaborator on -- John Fletcher -- and is based on Chaucer's Knight's Tale. This revised edition includes a new introductory essay bringing the edition up-to-date in terms of both... -
Prose Unseens for A-Level Latin: A Guide through Roman History Mathew Owen (Caterham School, UK) 9781474269162
RRP: £14.99£13.75This volume is designed to accompany the OCR A-Level specification in Latin (first teaching September 2016), with practice unseen passages from Livy, the set prose for Paper 1, together with passages from a selection of other writers to support Paper 2,... -
Undiscovered Country: A Spiritual Adventure by Kathryn C. Hulme 9780955909085
£20.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955909085Author Kathryn C. HulmeFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Book StudioPublisher Book StudioWeight(grams) 487g -
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey
RRP: £12.99£9.34In this robust new account of the Vikings, Tom Shippey explores their mindset, and in particular their fascination with scenes of heroic death. The book recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of... -
The Heart of the Forest: Why Woods Matter John Miller 9780712354561
RRP: £25.00£17.03With a foreword by Kathleen Jamie. Trees can evoke powerful feelings. For Henry David Thoreau, the woods are places beyond civilisation; for Ursula Le Guin and J. R. R. Tolkien, they are loaded with otherworldly potential; and for those fleeing... -
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker
RRP: £25.00£19.18"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times "Beautifully written." The Times "Superbly adroit." The Spectator "Excellent." BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath nearly wiped out the leading families of Anglo-Saxon England - so what... -
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 9780674057920
RRP: £45.95£37.97The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited. It heralded the end of a repressive Victorianism, and after its publication, literature had-in the words of biographer Richard Ellmann-"a different look." Yet the... -
Mimesis in a Cognitive Perspective: Mallarme, Flaubert, and Eminescu Nicolae Babuts 9781412818674
RRP: £135.00£117.28Mimesis is a critical and philosophical term going back to Aristotle. It carries a wide range of meanings, including imitation, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, and the presentation of self. In modern literary criticism, mimesis has... -
Studying Literary Theory: An Introduction by Roger Webster 9780340584996
£42.04Like its previous edition, this book provides an accessible introductory guide to some of the most important aspects of literary theory, linking them to more traditional terms and approaches. In doing so, it offers a fuller introduction to a wider range... -
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines by Jean Menzies
RRP: £10.99£7.73Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts in these stories of love, betrayal, infatuation and punishment.Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines is... -
Tacitus, Annals XIV: A Selection by John Storey
RRP: £12.99£12.05This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Annals XIV, 1-13, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A... -
The Experimentalists: The Life and Times of the British Experimental Writers of the 1960s by Dr Joseph Darlington 9781350244382
RRP: £22.99£20.43The Experimentalists is a collective biography, capturing the life and times of the British experimental writers of the swinging 1960s. A decade of research, including as-yet unopened archives and interviews with the writers' colleagues, is brought... -
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
RRP: £14.99£11.54Famously referred to as part of the 'Axis-of-Evil', North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also left it one of the poorest. When the fortress-like country... -
Audition by Ryu Murakami
RRP: £10.99£7.99Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife, Ryoko. Now even his teenage son Shige has suggested he think about remarrying. So when his best friend Yoshikawa comes up with a plan to hold fake film... -
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
RRP: £7.99£5.31A brand-new book from the bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events - a cautionary tale about his own demise. For curious children and adults alike. 'Reading this little book feels like opening a window to let in air and light. It's... -
John Ashbery and American Poetry by David Herd 9780719080593
RRP: £19.99£17.61starting point. David Herd sets out to provide readers with a new critical language through which they can appreciate the beauty and complexity of Ashbery's writing. Presenting the poet in all his forms -avant-garde, nostalgic, sublime and camp - the... -
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: £16.99£12.68In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by... -
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
RRP: £16.99£12.68This study of the history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt via the invention of printing in the 15th century to the birth of a mass reading public and today's digital revolution... -
The Gifts: The captivating historical fiction debut for fans of THE BINDING by Liz Hyder
RRP: £8.99£6.89'Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars'Fierce and touching' Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne'Your next obsession. . . Unique and captivating' Cosmopolitan Discover the extraordinary,... -
The Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself by Teresa of Avila
RRP: £12.99£9.34Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation - her... -
Discourse Analysis: A Resource Book for Students Rodney H. Jones 9781032455280
RRP: £35.99£31.69Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample... -
The Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare Quotations by Jane Armstrong 9781408128978
RRP: £15.00£13.67Who said "Neither a lender or borrower be", who loved "not wisely but too well" and whose "salad days" are now behind her? If you have ever struggled to remember a Shakespeare quote, this is the book for you. It has over 3,000 quotes from single lines to... -
The Rhetoric of Women's Humour in Barbara Pym's Fiction by Naghmeh Varghaiyan
RRP: £31.00£26.05In this study of three of Barbara Pyms novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of womens humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others, shows how the humorous female discourse in Some Tame Gazelle, Excellent Women, and Jane and... -
Shakespeare's Sonnets by Eric Rasmussen
RRP: £8.99£8.40This fresh edition of Shakespeare's much-loved Sonnets, developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, features a Foreword by the actor/director, Fiona Shaw. Its easily accessible layout and elegant design make it the ideal gift for any special... -
Twenty-First-Century Tolkien: What Middle-Earth Means To Us Today by Professor Nick Groom 9781838957001
RRP: £12.99£8.80'Fascinating.... Wonderfully exhilarating.' Mail on SundayFinalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book AwardAn engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his visionary creation of Middle-Earth is more relevant now than... -
Wailing Ghosts by Pu Songling
£3.13'...revealing great shining fangs more than three inches long.'Some of the most macabre and wonderful of all Chinese stories, including 'The Golden Goblet', 'Scorched Moth the Daoist' and 'The Black Beast'Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for... -
Economy of the Unlost: (Reading Simonides of Keos with Paul Celan) by Anne Carson
RRP: £30.00£23.66The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting point, Anne Carson launches an exploration, poetic in its own right, of the idea of poetic economy. She... -
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center bell hooks 9780745316635
RRP: £24.99£16.63Feminist Theory established bell hooks as one of international feminism's most challenging and influential voices. This edition includes a preface by the author, reflecting on the book's impact and the development of her ideas since it was first... -
Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995 Margaret Atwood 9781844086931
RRP: £9.99£7.00From the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Dearly I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.Eating Fire brings together three of Margaret's Atwood's key poetry collections: Poems... -
The Shortest History of War by Gwynne Dyer 9781913083236
RRP: £8.99£6.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083236Author Gwynne DyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street PublishingWeight(grams) 129g -
The Historian'S Craft by Marc Bloch 9780719032929
RRP: £14.99£9.84This work, by the co-founder of the "Annales School" deals with the uses and methods of history. It is useful for students of history, teachers of historiography and all those interested in the writings of the Annales school.Book InformationISBN... -
Ben Jonson: A Life by Ian Donaldson 9780198129769
RRP: £28.99£21.72Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His fame rested not only on the numerous plays he had written for the theatre, but... -
The Worlds of John Ruskin Kevin Jackson 9781843681489
RRP: £19.99£13.55Ruskin is one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. Art critic, architectural visionary, social reformer, climate warner and incomparable teacher; Ruskin's words not only transformed Victorian England but speak to us with... -
The Odyssey: Translated by Robert Fitzgerald by Homer Homer
RRP: £7.99£5.98Penelope has been waiting for her husband Odysseus to return from Troy for many years. Little does she know that his path back to her has been blocked by astonishing and terrifying trials. Will he overcome the hideous monsters, beautiful witches and... -
Girlhood by Melissa Febos
RRP: £18.99£13.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635572520Author Melissa FebosFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 488g -
De Rerum Natura: Bks. 1-6 by Titus Lucretius Carus
RRP: £24.95£23.76Atomic atheism in verse. Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BC, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of... -
AQA English Literature B: A Level and AS by Adrian Beard 9780198337485
£33.17Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level: AS/A Level Subject: English Literature First teaching: 2015 First exams: 2017 This book prepares students and teachers for the requirements of the 2015 AQA A... -
Britannicus, Phaedra, Athaliah by Jean Racine 9780199555994
RRP: £9.99£6.61Jean Racine (1639-99) remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. Britannicus (1669), the first play in this volume, takes its themes from Roman history: the setting is bloody and treacherous court of the Emperor Nero. Phaedra (1677)...