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Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria
RRP: £8.99£6.65In the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before. Writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Mario Vargas Llosa all became part of the general culture of... -
Football by Professor Mark Yakich
RRP: £9.99£7.89Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When is the "beautiful game" at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What's... -
Global Literature and the Environment Matthew Whittle 9780367373689
RRP: £34.99£30.85Global Literature and the Environment analyses literatures from across the world that connect readers to the localized impacts of the climate and ecological emergencies. The book contextualizes ecological breakdown within the history of... -
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 9780393624540
RRP: £12.99£11.46This Norton Critical Edition includes: * The 1905 book edition of the novel, complete with A. B. Wenzell's eight original illustrations. * A preface and explanatory footnotes by Elizabeth Ammons. * An abundant selection of contextual material, including... -
Jean-Paul Sartre Christine Daigle (Brock University, Canada) 9780415435659
RRP: £19.99£17.69A critical figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre changed the course of critical thought, and claimed a new, important role for the intellectual. Christine Daigle sets Sartre's thought in context, and considers a number... -
Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: £30.00£21.35Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and traces it through the centuries. What does it mean to be English? This dazzling book... -
William Blake Now: Why He Matters More Than Ever by John Higgs
RRP: £7.99£5.78'If a thing loves, it is infinite' William BlakeA short, impassioned argument for why the visionary artist William Blake is important in the twenty-first centuryThe visionary poet and painter William Blake is a constant presence throughout contemporary... -
Brave New World SparkNotes Literature Guide: Volume 19 SparkNotes 9781411469457
RRP: £5.99£4.56When 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 Figure of the Singer by Daniel Karlin 9780199213986
£79.24Why did poets continue to call themselves singers, and their poems songs, long after the formal link between poetry and music had been severed? Daniel Karlin explores the origin and meaning of the 'figure of the singer', tracing its roots in classical... -
The Metamorphoses by Ovid
RRP: £15.99£12.19One of the founding texts of Western literature, the Metamorphoses is nevertheless anything but earnest or off-putting. Ovid's sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet's own time through... -
Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic by Sophus Helle
RRP: £11.99£10.95A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace "Sophus Helle's new translation . . . [is] a thrilling, enchanting, desperate thing to read."-Nina... -
The Forgotten Female Aesthetes: Literary Culture in Late-Victorian England by Talia Schaffer 9780813919379
£30.71Every non-canonical male aesthete in Victorian England once competed with what Talia Schaffer calls the female aesthetes, whose critical and popular success made them formidable contemporaries. Not only did these women make significant contributions to... -
A Sea of Words by Dean King
£15.60A new edition of the classic companion to Patrick O'Brian's sea loving novels, updated to include the final novel in the series. This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political... -
Old Truths and New Cliches: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis Singer
RRP: £20.00£15.89From the Nobel Prize-winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Cliches collects nineteen essays-most of them previously unpublished in English-by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic... -
Hamlet SparkNotes Literature Guide: Volume 31 SparkNotes 9781411469587
RRP: £5.99£4.56When 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... -
Emily Dickinson: A selection of poems from one of America's most iconic poets Emily Dickinson 9781474625647
RRP: £6.99£5.30American poet Emily Dickinson is revered around the world, and influenced many feminist artists and writers. Her work is some of the best known and most quoted or adapted:'Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune... -
New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics by Diana H. Coole 9780822347729
RRP: £23.99£21.56New Materialisms brings into focus and explains the significance of the innovative materialist critiques that are emerging across the social sciences and humanities. By gathering essays that exemplify the new thinking about matter and processes of... -
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone by Minna Salami 9781786997111
RRP: £9.99£7.89In Sensuous Knowledge, Minna Salami draws on Africa-centric, feminist-first and artistic traditions to help us rediscover inclusive and invigorating ways of experiencing the world afresh. Combining the playfulness of a storyteller with the insight of... -
Literary Cats by Judith Robinson
RRP: £16.99£13.50'Everything you ever wanted to know about cats in books. A wonderful idea, beautifully executed.' - Viv Groskop Cats have provided the inspiration for an incredible range of fiction, memoir and poetry, from ancient myths and fables to much-loved... -
Robin Jenkins by Iain Crichton-Smith
RRP: £6.95£5.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948877261Author Iain Crichton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish... -
Glass And God by Anne Carson
RRP: £15.00£10.96Anne Carson' s first full-length publication in Britain, Glass and God introduces an assured and challenging new voice: vivid, laconic, precise. Her 'Short Talks' are about everything from Sylvia Plath to Franz Kafka, from waterproofing to walking... -
Pride and Prejudice: York Notes for AS & A2 Laura Gray 9781447948865
RRP: £7.99£7.23THE 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... -
Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Dr Steven Powell
RRP: £14.99£11.93THE TELEGRAPH'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR 2024 EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE H.R.F KEATING AWARD FOE BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/CRITICAL BOOK "As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin "A masterpiece of... -
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson
RRP: £10.99£7.54The prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth.'Genius ... Its own kind of heaven.' New York Times 'A... -
Stalin's Library: A Dictator and his Books by Geoffrey Roberts
RRP: £25.00£21.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780300179040Author Geoffrey RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Yale University PressPublisher Yale University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
The Shoemakers' Holiday Thomas Dekker 9781474277549
RRP: £16.99£15.22Thomas Dekker’s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers’ Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class division. Simon Eyre and his rags to riches journey to... -
The Alternative Augustan Age by Josiah Osgood 9780197673652
RRP: £24.99£22.52The princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and... -
Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke 9781857157307
RRP: £12.00£8.68Though as yet little known in English-speaking countries, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest German poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement,... -
The Pocket Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
RRP: £9.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806991Author Yamamoto TsunetomoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile's Compendium by Alex Johnson 9780712352253
RRP: £9.99£7.00This is a book of book lists. Not of the '1,001 Books You MUST Read Before You Die' variety but lists that tell stories. Lists that make you smile, make you wonder, and see titles together in entirely new ways. From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books... -
Regeneration: York Notes Advanced everything you need to catch up, study and prepare for and 2023 and 2024 exams and assessments Sarah Gamble 9781408217252
RRP: £7.99£6.84Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. You'll learn all about the historical... -
Books that Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History Andrew Taylor 9781782069423
RRP: £10.99£7.61Books That Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history. Andrew Taylor sets each text in its historical context and explores its wider influence and legacy... -
Orwell's Island: George, Jura and 1984 Les Wilson 9781913393779
RRP: £9.99£7.00Revered across the globe as an author of compelling novels, journalism and essays that came to define the twentieth century, George Orwell was an unmatched political visionary, shining a light on the insidious nature of propaganda. Yet this chronicler of... -
The New Testament As Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Kyle Keefer 9780195300208
RRP: £8.99£6.65The words, phrases, and stories of the New Testament permeate the English language. Indeed, this relatively small group of twenty-seven works, written during the height of the Roman Empire, not only helped create and sustain a vast world religion, but... -
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version by William Butler Yeats
RRP: £26.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476740881Author William Butler YeatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan Kazuaki Tanahashi 9781611804263
RRP: £21.00£14.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611804263Author Kazuaki TanahashiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Bitches in Bonnets: Life Lessons from Jane Austen's Mean Girls by Sarah J. Makowski
RRP: £16.99£12.47Have you ever recognized Mrs. Elton in an office colleague? Or caught a glimpse of Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the neighborhood crank? Have you spotted a young Emma Woodhouse in your teenage daughter's clique? Over two hundred years after their creation,... -
Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom by Roger Pearson 9780747579571
RRP: £16.99£12.47During much of his life Voltaire's plays and verse made him the toast of society, but his barbed wit and commitment to reason also got him into trouble. Jailed twice and eventually banished by the King, he was an outspoken critic of religious intolerance... -
Stephen Lives by Anne Puryear 9780671536640
£15.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671536640Author Anne PuryearFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Parzival and Titurel by Wolfram von Eschenbach 9780199539208
RRP: £11.99£7.81Vast in its scope, incomparably dense in its imagery, Parzival ranks alongside Dante's Divine Comedy as one of the foremost narrative works to emerge from medieval Europe. Written in the first decade of the thirteenth century, Parzival is the greatest...