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Brighter Than You Think: 10 Short Works by Alan Moore: With Critical Essays by Marc Sobel by Marc Sobel
RRP: $21.92$16.10A collection of Alan Moore's (Watchmen, From Hell) difficult-to-find comics short stories. From bold experiments, through early takes on his favorite subjects, to self-critiques of his older work, this wide-ranging collection is an essential look at... -
Blood Brothers GCSE Student Edition by Willy Russell
RRP: $14.18$12.78Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or... -
Bedside Companion for Food Lovers: An anthology of literary morsels for every night of the year by Jane McMorland Hunter 9781849947961
RRP: $29.61$18.46A delicious literary anthology all about food. With extracts from over 200 authors, it embraces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year.This absorbing book is a literary feast... -
The Rub of Time: Bellow, Nabokov, Hitchens, Travolta, Trump. Essays and Reportage, 1994-2016 by Martin Amis
RRP: $16.76$12.05Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction - his essays, literary criticism and journalism are justly acclaimed. The Rub of Time comprises superb critical pieces on Amis's heroes Nabokov,... -
Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson
RRP: $25.80$18.15The startling originality of Emily Dickinson's style condemned her poetry to obscurity during her lifetime, but her bold experiments in prosody, her tragic vision, and the range of her intellectual and emotional explorations have since won her... -
The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda by Marcia Falk
$24.90Filled with vivid, often dreamlike pictures from the natural world, the poems of Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, known to her Hebrew readers simply as Zelda, are unlike anything else in Hebrew literature. Zelda was the daughter and granddaughter of... -
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
RRP: $12.89$8.82Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation... -
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
RRP: $24.50$14.13'Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously' JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April... -
Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks 9780060882969
RRP: $21.92$12.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060882969Author Gwendolyn BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm)... -
My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing by Carl Phillips 9780300274141
RRP: $12.89$11.38An invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture "Illuminating, deeply endearing essays."-Ron Charles, Washington Post "A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers."-Diego Baez, Booklist ... -
The Awakening by Kate Chopin 9780393617313
$17.45Included here are: a preface, a critical essay and explanatory annotations by Margo Culley; essays by acclaimed Kate Chopin biographers; selections from the conduct books of the period; contemporary perspectives on womanhood, motherhood and marriage; and... -
The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres
RRP: $10.31$8.17'A national treasure' Daily ExpressTo mark and celebrate National Hedgehog Awareness Week, Pam Ayres has written a less-than-fond farewell from perspective of the 'last hedgehog left on earth' - a delightful, hilarious and thought-provoking elegy to that... -
Me & Other Writing by Marguerite Duras 9781948980029
RRP: $21.87$14.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948980029Author Marguerite DurasFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Dorothy a Publishing ProjectPublisher Dorothy a Publishing ProjectWeight(grams)... -
Palestine by Joe Sacco
RRP: $25.80$20.18A powerful graphic novel, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine.In late 1991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking... -
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
RRP: $18.05$12.91The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in... -
A Century of Poetry: 100 Poems for Searching the Heart by Lord Rowan Williams
RRP: $25.79$18.94'All serious lovers of poetry will want this book.' A. N. Wilson All good poetry has the power to transport and transform us, to inspire and challenge us, to comfort and heal us, and to hold up a mirror to the world around us. In A Century of... -
To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction by Phillip Lopate
RRP: $23.21$14.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451696325Author Phillip LopateFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
The Odyssey Homer 9781853260254
RRP: $5.15$3.88With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War... -
All Before Me: A Search for Belonging in Wordsworth’s Lake District by Esther Rutter 9781783787951
RRP: $21.92$14.94In her early twenties, Esther Rutter suffered an acute mental breakdown while teaching English in Japan. Sectioned and held in a Japanese psychiatric institution until she could be flown home under escort, her recovery only began when she came to live... -
The Poetry Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK 9780241566237
RRP: $25.79$18.51The perfect introduction to poetry, The Poetry Book offers a fascinating exploration of more than 90 of the world's greatest poetic works.Discover poems in all their many guises, from the epics of the ancient world through Renaissance sonnets to... -
Suddenly Sixty and Other Shocks of Later Life by Judith Viorst 9780684867632
RRP: $21.93$13.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684867632Author Judith ViorstFormat HardbackPage Count 79Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249g -
Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
RRP: $12.89$8.67Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan London... -
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
RRP: $28.38$20.99At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a... -
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel
RRP: $12.89$9.48A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London... -
ReQuiem Por Un Campesino EspanOl by Ramon J. Sender
RRP: $19.34$12.69"Requiem per un campesino espanol" was first published under the title Mosen Millan in Coleccion Aquelarre,Mexico, 1953. The present text follows the first Spanish edition published by Destino, Barcelona, 1974, which bears a few minor variants, mainly in... -
The Iliad by Homer 9780199645213
RRP: $11.60$8.58'War, the bringer of tears...' For 2,700 years the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. This tragic episode during the siege of Troy, sparked by a quarrel between the leader of the Greek army... -
The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault 9780199585809
RRP: $12.89$8.53'Oh grandmama, what great big teeth you have!' Charles Perrault's versions gave classic status to the humble fairy tale, and it is in his telling that the stories of Little Red Riding-Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and the rest have been passed... -
Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia by Avgi Saketopoulou
RRP: $30.95$26.88Radical alternatives to consent and trauma Arguing that we have become culturally obsessed with healing trauma, Sexuality Beyond Consent calls attention to what traumatized subjects do with their pain. The erotics of racism offers a paradigmatic example... -
99 Poems: New & Selected by Dana Gioia 9781555977719
RRP: $23.22$14.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555977719Author Dana GioiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Graywolf PressPublisher Graywolf PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 137mm *... -
The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story by Philip Hensher
RRP: $14.18$10.31'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been... -
The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories, from Washington Irving to Lydia Davis by Kasia Boddy
RRP: $12.89$9.44The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters, including... -
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke
RRP: $11.60$8.58At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely... -
The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race Farah Karim-Cooper 9780861545346
RRP: $28.38$18.64SHAKESPEARE: increasingly irrelevant or lone literary genius of the Western canon? 'Powerful and illuminating' James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, winner of the Baillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' 2023 ... -
The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis Signature Classic) by C. S. Lewis
RRP: $12.89$9.44For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all - 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? ... -
The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd by Geoffrey Chaucer
RRP: $12.89$9.44Making a major part of England's literary heritage accessible to a new audience, Peter Ackroyd's The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling renders Geoffrey Chaucer's timeless tales in lucid, compelling modern English prose, with illustrations by Nick Bantock in... -
Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop: A warm-hearted, romantic and uplifting read by Kiley Dunbar
RRP: $11.60$4.14'Kiley's writing is delightful and so easy to cosy down with...Best book of the year!' Reader ReviewA fairytale ending isn't just for fiction...The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months on from the winter flood that destroyed all its stock,... -
For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond by Ben Macintyre
RRP: $14.18$10.31'I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories' One morning in February 1952, a journalist called Ian Fleming sat down at his desk and set about creating a fictional secret agent. James Bond was born and would go on to become one of the most... -
Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction by Adrian Poole
RRP: $11.60$8.58What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists,... -
52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life by Ruth Padel
RRP: $16.76$12.05Ever wondered about how to really interpret poetry? Puzzled about metre, rhyming and stanzas? Presented in language thoroughly accessible for all, poet and writer Ruth Padel demystifies poetic style, structure and meaning in this comprehensive anthology... -
Poetics of Relation by Betsy Wing 9780472066292
$30.82Edouard Glissant, long recognized in the French and francophone world as one of the greatest writers and thinkers of our times, is increasingly attracting attention from English-speaking readers. Born in Martinique in 1928, Glissant earned a doctorate...