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The Duchess of Malfi by Revd Prof. John Webster 9780393923254
$18.42This Norton Critical Edition of John Webster's 1612-13 tragedy offers a newly edited and annotated text together with a full introduction and illustrative materials intended for student readers. The Duchess of Malfi's themes of love, loyalty and betrayal... -
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
RRP: $12.89$9.44An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society following the First World War, Robert Graves's Goodbye to All That is a matchless evocation of the Great War's haunting legacy, published in Penguin Modern... -
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick
RRP: $23.22$13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374528584Author Vivian GornickFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux -
Selected Diaries by Virginia Woolf
RRP: $16.76$11.86Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded... -
March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 3 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9780268201708
RRP: $42.57$38.71In March 1917, Book 3 the forces of revolutionary disintegration spread out from Petrograd all the way to the front lines of World War I, presaging Russia's collapse. One of the masterpieces of world literature, The Red Wheel is Nobel prize-winner... -
This Book Will Put You to Sleep: (books to Help Sleep, Gifts for Insomniacs) by Professor K McCoy
RRP: $23.16$16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452173610Author Professor K McCoyFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Chronicle BooksPublisher Chronicle BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 206mm *... -
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
RRP: $14.18$10.76Before he gave us the classic title On Writing, ('part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer' - Guardian) Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, 'One of the best books on American popular culture'... -
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero Sally Knights (formerly Redland High School, UK) 9781350015074
RRP: $19.34$19.03This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specifications for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers all three options for Component 11: World of the Hero (Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's... -
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton 9781566897037
RRP: $16.76$15.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566897037Author Danielle DuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Coffee House PressPublisher Coffee House Press -
If Not, Winter: Fragments Of Sappho by Anne Carson
RRP: $21.92$15.11From the critically acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson: a brilliant new translation of the work of Sappho, together with the original Greek. During her life on the island of Lesbos, Sappho is said to have composed nine books of lyrics. Only one... -
Inferno: The Divine Comedy I by Dante Alighieri
RRP: $24.50$18.34Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design... -
The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
RRP: $12.89$9.30Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Phaedo'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of classical Athens. In tracing these... -
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
RRP: $16.76$14.55Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible... -
The Voynich Manuscript by Raymond Clemens
RRP: $51.60$45.40The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle"For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book... -
The Art of Fiction by David Lodge
RRP: $14.18$10.31In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive... -
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
RRP: $32.25$19.20** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography... -
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud 9780060976255
RRP: $24.50$16.40The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this book." - Neil Gaiman Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's... -
Ena Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep by John Hodgart
RRP: $8.97$7.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906841256Author John HodgartFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish Literary... -
Oxford Literature Companions: No et moi: study guide for AS/A Level French set text by Hannah Thompson 9780198418351
$14.23Get to grips with set texts and be fully prepared for the AS/A Level exam with the Modern Languages Oxford Literature Companions. The Companions are written by experienced lecturers, teachers and examiners and provide comprehensive coverage of... -
SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
RRP: $9.02$7.82"Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute... -
Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein by Horace Walpole
RRP: $14.18$9.86Macabre and melodramtic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly... -
Hamlet by David Wilkins
RRP: $11.60$10.60From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated play. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of Hamlet in performance, takes a detailed look... -
The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
RRP: $25.80$17.88The Journals of Sylvia Plath offers an intimate portrait of the author of the extraordinary poems for which Plath is so widely loved, but it is also characterized by a prose of vigorous immediacy which places it alongside The Bell Jar as a work of... -
Dr Faustus 1616 Chiaki Hanabusa 9781526123879
RRP: $58.05$41.74This is an edition of Christopher Marlowe's play Dr Faustus as it was printed in its revised and augmented form in 1616. It follows the publication of the Malone Society edition of the 1604 text in 2018. This is one of the most celebrated of all... -
Reading Lessons: The books we read at school, the conversations they spark and why they matter by Carol Atherton 9780241629482
RRP: $24.50$17.56An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better.How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about... -
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory by Andrew Bennett
RRP: $30.95$28.02Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at 'The Beginning' and concluding with 'The End', chapters range from the familiar, such as 'Character',... -
Bibliophobia: The End and the Beginning of the Book by Brian Cummings 9780192847317
RRP: $51.59$45.45Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Its starting point is the contemporary idea of 'the death of the book' implied by... -
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli
RRP: $25.80$18.43'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist Books of the Year'Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his beautiful writing are inspiring' Erica WagnerOne of... -
Beowulf: a new feminist translation of the epic poem by Maria Headley
RRP: $12.89$8.90A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the acclaimed novel The Mere Wife. Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf - and fifty years after... -
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent B. Leitch
$65.98The gold standard anthology for anyone who wants to understand the development and current state of literary theory. Offering 191 pieces by 157 authors, The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, Third Edition, is more comprehensive and more varied in... -
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou 9780860687573
RRP: $12.89$9.03The classic collection of poetry from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMAMaya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of love,... -
The Poem and the Journey: 60 Poems for the Journey of Life by Ruth Padel
RRP: $16.76$12.05Prize-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... -
Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate
RRP: $24.50$16.40SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Gripping and at times ineffably sad, this book would be poetic even without the poetry. It will be the standard biography of Ted Hughes for a long time to come' Sunday Times 'Seldom has... -
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature by C S Lewis
RRP: $18.05$11.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062643605Author C S LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Comprehension Bumper Book Ages 7-9 (Collins Easy Learning KS2) by Collins Easy Learning
RRP: $7.73$6.81Level: KS2 Subject: English Engaging reading comprehension activities to help boost your child's progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful tips and answers,... -
Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses by Paula Byrne 9780008322250
RRP: $32.25$21.19A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all' Thomas Hardy is one of the most... -
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 6 (Manga) by Carlo Zen
RRP: $14.18$10.04Extoled for her achievements in Dacia, Tanya is sent back to the frontlines for another...debut?! As warm memories in the rear fade into the distance, relations with the once amicable Colonel Lergen and her subordinates go sour. From a barrage of... -
Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson
RRP: $15.47$12.29Although a very prolific poet-and arguably America's greatest-Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) published fewer than a dozen of her eighteen hundred poems. Instead, she created at home small handmade books. When, in her later years, she stopped producing... -
The Collected Poems by Robert Frost
RRP: $16.76$12.05A wonderful collection of Robert Frost's writingNo poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as 'the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet' by T.S. Eliot, he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four... -
Top Girls Caryl Churchill 9781350028579
RRP: $14.18$12.78Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous. Her sister Joyce has her doubts. Her daughter Angie is just frightened. Since its premiere in 1982, Top Girls has become a seminal play of the modern theatre. Set during a period of British...