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Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
RRP: £10.99£6.94You've Got Mail meets The Proposal-this romance is one for the books.Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance publishing company in the country, has requested to see the manuscript... -
We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers by Marisa Crawford 9781641604901
RRP: £17.95£13.87"We Are the Baby-Sitters Club is the ultimate companion guide for a generation of devout superfans. This book revisits the beloved series through grown-up eyes-but never loses the magic we all felt the moment we cracked open a fresh new book. BSC... -
The Little Book of Shakespeare: Timeless Wit and Wisdom by Orange Hippo
RRP: £5.99£4.40'He was "not of an age, but for all time".' (Shakespeare's contemporary Ben Jonson) No writer, before or since, has matched Shakespeare in terms of influence, critical acclaim or popular success. His genius lay in his sheer dramatic skill, his powerful... -
A Year With C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works by C. S. Lewis 9780007532827
RRP: £10.99£7.89Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Oxford Book of Death by D. J. Enright
RRP: £11.99£8.43The inescapable reality of death has given rise to much of literature's most profound and moving work. D. J. Enright's wonderfully eclectic selection presents the words of poet and novelist, scientist and philosopher, mystic and sceptic. And alongside... -
A Book of Middle English by Thorlac Turville–Petre
RRP: £37.95£33.76The fourth edition of this essential Middle English textbook introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 and 1400. Beginning with an extensive overview of middle English history, grammar, syntax, and pronunciation,... -
Fifty Forgotten Books by R. B. Russell
RRP: £12.99£8.94Fifty Forgotten Books is a very special sort of book about books, by a great bookman and for book-people of all ages and levels of experience. Not quite literary criticism, not quite an autobiography, it is at once a guided tour through the dusty... -
Shakespeare in Bloomsbury by Marjorie Garber 9780300267563
RRP: £25.00£20.30The untold story of Shakespeare's profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury Group "A spirited dance of minds."-Chris Vognar, Boston Globe For the men and women of the Bloomsbury Group, Shakespeare was a constant presence and... -
Voice Without Restraint: Bob Dylan's Lyrics 1961 - 1979 by John Herdman
RRP: £9.99£6.99Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in June 2016, and seldom in recent years has it been more richly deserved. That a song writer's lyrics should be regarded as literature was an idea at which many were surprised. Others have... -
Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
RRP: £12.99£9.09Having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory in parts one and two of the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends to Heaven in this third and final part, continuing his soul's search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he... -
Aurora Leigh and Other Poems by Elizabeth Browning
RRP: £14.99£10.95Aurora Leigh (1856), Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic novel in blank verse, tells the story of the making of a woman poet, exploring 'the woman question', art and its relation to politics and social oppression. The texts in this selection are based in... -
The Limits of Interpretation by Umberto Eco
RRP: £26.99£23.32In this new collection of essays, Eco focuses on what he calls the limits of interpretation, or, as he once noted in another context, ""the cancer of uncontrolled interpretation"". Readers of Eco's other work will find here all the ingredients with which... -
The Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2): 2020 by Richard Price
RRP: £32.95£29.96These canons (or rules) for church organization and life and Christian morals issued at a council held in Constantinople in 691/2 form the foundation of Byzantine Canon Law. They show an intense concern to restore the proper discipline of clerical... -
Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Matthew Dennison 9780007486984
RRP: £12.99£9.09Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Vita Sackville-West was a... -
The Bright Field by Margaret Reynolds
RRP: £16.99£11.27'Exquisite... a deeply insightful memoir which charts our fundamental longings for place and identity, and ultimately our yearnings for love.' Helena Kennedy'Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing... -
Playing Commedia: A Training Guide to Commedia Techniques by Barry Grantham
RRP: £16.99£12.87A practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia Dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises - a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre. Chapters include: * Warm-Up... -
Critical Studies: The Great Gatsby by Kathleen Parkinson
RRP: £7.99£5.79Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context of Scott Fitzgerald's life and times. She explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of... -
Hampshire: through writers' eyes by Alastair Langlands
RRP: £12.99£8.60Those who know the downs and chalk streams of Hampshire are quietly fortunate but rarely boastful. So it is fascinating to rediscover this home county, on the eastern edge of Wessex, as a place of extraordinary richness. Those rounded chalk hills have... -
On Literature, Culture, and Religion: Irving Babbitt by Irving Babbitt
RRP: £45.99£40.53Irving Babbitt was a giant of American criticism. His writings from the 1890s to the 1930s helped advance American criticism and scholarship to international esteem. More than seventy years after his death his intellectual staying power remains... -
101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
RRP: £19.99£15.48Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get ready to bulk up your TBR piles! Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann has curated the best selection of modern horror books, including plenty of deep cuts. Indulge your heart's darkest desires to be... -
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard 9780520277168
RRP: £25.00£19.29What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear--a world of wit, irony, and knowing... -
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou 9781844086153
RRP: £10.99£7.40A collection of poetry witnessing celebrations both private and public, 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 has stirred our souls,... -
Serious Noticing: Selected Essays by James Wood
RRP: £12.99£9.09The selected essays of James Wood - our greatest living literary critic and author of How Fiction Works'James Wood is a close reader of genius... By turns luscious and muscular, committed and disdaining, passionate and minutely considered' John... -
Where's Boris? by Various
RRP: £7.99£5.92Search for Boris Johnson in this eye-boggling illustrated adventure!Greetings citizens! Can you spot Boris?In an array of crowded scenes, from zip wires and bikes to Beijing and the Bullingdon Club, search for Boris amongst the masses. Anyone for... -
Dublin Tales by Helen Constantine 9780192855558
RRP: £12.99£9.09Dublin is one of the world's great literary cities, immortalized in works by some of the most celebrated international authors. It is a city of warmth and character, which combines the richest of histories with a vibrant contemporary edge, and which... -
W. B. Yeats, A Life I: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914 by R. F. Foster
£35.51In the first authorized biography of W. B. Yeats for over 50 years, Roy Foster brings new light to one of the most complex and fascinating lives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Working from a great archive of personal and contemporary... -
Greek Elegiac Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC by Douglas E. Gerber
RRP: £24.95£23.39Noble verse.The Greek poetry of the archaic period that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. In this completely new Loeb... -
Bernard Kops' East End by Bernard Kops 9781905512119
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905512119Author Bernard KopsFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
A Celtic Miscellany: Selected and Translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson by Kenneth Jackson
RRP: £12.99£9.98Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the... -
Giving an Account of Oneself by Judith P. Butler 9780823225040
RRP: £25.99£22.49What does it mean to lead a moral life? In her first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice-one responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new sense of the human... -
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... -
The Art of Poetry: Eduqas GCSE Poems by Neil Bowen 9780995467163
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995467163Author Neil BowenFormat PaperbackImprint Peripeteia PressPublisher Peripeteia PressWeight(grams) 218g -
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife by Francine Prose 9780061430800
RRP: £10.99£9.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061430800Author Francine ProseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 199mm *... -
A Study Guide for Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club by Cengage Learning Gale 9781375398473
RRP: £9.95£8.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375398473Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm)... -
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE by Judith Affleck
RRP: £18.99£16.90This is the OCR endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Greek GCSE set text prescriptions examined from 2018 to 2024. The texts covered are: Homer Odyssey 6:48-159 Iliad 3:1-112 Odyssey 7:184-297 Herodotus Histories 1.30-4, 86-7 and 6.125... -
William Shakespeare's Othello: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook by Andrew Hadfield 9780415227346
RRP: £19.99£17.69William Shakespeare's Othello (1601-2) has delighted and disturbed theatre audiences for the past four centuries, and remains one of the most frequently performed and widely studied of his plays. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to Othello, providing... -
Dostoyevsky, or The Flood of Language by Julia Kristeva
RRP: £16.99£13.65Growing up in Bulgaria, Julia Kristeva was warned by her father not to read Dostoyevsky. "Of course, and as usual," she recalls, "I disobeyed paternal orders and plunged into Dosto. Dazzled, overwhelmed, engulfed." Kristeva would go on to become one of... -
Cabaret by William Grange
RRP: £16.99£16.12Where did cabaret come from? What has it got to do with pre-war Berlin, decadent society and Nazis? How does it turn into media cabaret and the sisterhood of sleaze? Is cabaret a primary vehicle for exploring the range of sexual practices and... -
King Lear: A-level set text student edition (Collins Classroom Classics) by William Shakespeare
£3.17Exam board: AQA B, Edexcel, Eduqas, Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: AS and A level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015; September 2019Next exams: 2024 This edition of King Lear is perfect for A-level... -
James Joyce and Trieste by Peter Hartshorn 9780313302527
£83.24Much attention has been given to Joyce's life in Dublin and Paris, but his productive years in Trieste have not received the same attention. In a thoroughly documented account, Hartshorn presents a clear, accessible study of Joyce's love/hate...