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The Shaping of Middle-earth (The History of Middle-earth, Book 4) by Christopher Tolkien
RRP: £10.99£7.77The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. In this fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, the shaping of the chronological and geographical... -
The Quotation Bank: Frankenstein GCSE Revision and Study Guide for English Literature 9-1 by The Quotation Bank 9781999981648
RRP: £5.95£5.08Focusing on the core assessment objectives for GCSE English Literature 9-1, The Quotation Bank takes 25 of the most important quotations from the text and provides detailed material for each quotation, covering interpretations, literary techniques and... -
The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda by Marcia Falk
£18.90Filled 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... -
The Collected Poems by Robert Frost
RRP: £12.99£9.09A 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... -
The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: The Definitive Guide to the World of J.R.R. Tolkien by Robert Foster 9780008537814
RRP: £35.00£24.69A peerless A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith. J.R.R. Tolkien's works of epic adventure and... -
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace 9781449486419
RRP: £9.99£6.41Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award, the princess saves herself in this one is a collection of poetry about resilience. It is about writing your own ending. From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the... -
Bad Blood (4th Estate Matchbook Classics) by Lorna Sage
RRP: £10.99£7.2520th Anniversary Edition with an introduction by Frances Wilson From a childhood of gothic proportions, through teenage pregnancy in the 1960s, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and... -
The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
RRP: £20.00£13.86The 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... -
Why Did You Stay?: The instant Sunday Times bestseller: A memoir about self-worth by Rebecca Humphries 9780751584813
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?' EMMA THOMPSON 'Is it worth the hype? Absolutely' LAURA PULLMAN, STYLE -------Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by... -
Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey by Daniel Mulhall
RRP: £13.99£9.75Marking the centenary of Ireland's - and possibly the world's - most famous novel, this joyful introductory guide opens up Ulysses to a whole new readership, offering insight into the literary, historical and cultural elements at play in James Joyce's... -
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
RRP: £10.99£8.43IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROES'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily... -
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper
RRP: £22.00£14.45SHAKESPEARE: 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: £9.99£6.64For 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? ... -
Dylan Thomas Omnibus: Under Milk Wood, Poems, Stories and Broadcasts by Dylan Thomas
RRP: £10.99£4.11All Dylan Thomas' major works gathered together and featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.A rich collection of Dylan Thomas' best-loved poems and stories, such as PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG, and pieces he... -
Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales by Sara Maitland
RRP: £10.99£7.32Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating... -
Grade 9-1 GCSE Poetry Anthology Power and Conflict AQA Revision Guide (with free flashcard download) (Collins GCSE 9-1 Revision) by Collins GCSE 9780008112554
RRP: £5.99£5.10Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Suitable for the 2024 exams Complete coverage of... -
Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop: A warm-hearted, romantic and uplifting read by Kiley Dunbar
RRP: £8.99£5.82'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,... -
Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks 9780060882969
RRP: £15.99£9.04Apologies 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)... -
The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story by Philip Hensher
RRP: £10.99£7.77'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 Art of Memoir by Mary Karr 9780062223074
£11.22Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well. For thirty... -
Mythos Illustrated by Stephen Fry 9781405955102
RRP: £35.00£26.93THIS HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK OF STEPHEN FRY'S BRILLIANT BESTSELLING RETELLING OF THE ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR CURIOUS MINDS . . .No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and... -
Shadows of Reality: W.G. Sebald's Photographic Materials by W. G. Sebald 9781911343660
RRP: £49.95£34.58The first-ever volume of the photographs of German writer W.G. Sebald, exquisitely designed to shed new light on his creative process, as it chronicles the images and encounters that shaped his writing life. Shadows of Reality presents a unique, fully... -
Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod
RRP: £7.99£5.79Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the... -
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell by J. R. R. Tolkien
RRP: £9.99£6.52The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold,... -
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent B. Leitch
£51.15The 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... -
Selected Poems: Donne by John Donne
RRP: £9.99£7.11Showcasing the creative power of one of the most outstanding English Metaphysical Poets, the Penguin Classics edition of John Donne's Selected Poems includes an introduction and notes by Ilona Bell.Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical... -
Romeo and Juliet in Plain and Simple English by William Shakespeare 9781469973746
£7.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781469973746Author William ShakespeareFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace -
'The Tempest' in Context: Sin, Repentance and Forgiveness by Keith Linley 9781783083756
RRP: £14.99£14.68This engaging book provides detailed in-depth discussion of the various influences that an audience in 1611 would have brought to interpreting 'The Tempest'. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized... -
The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion by Andrew Smith
RRP: £23.99£19.51This book offers an invaluable insight into the complex and various Gothic forms of the 19th century. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and... -
Dirty Pictures: How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix by Brian Doherty
RRP: £12.99£10.05A complete narrative history of the weird and wonderful world of Underground Comix-now in paperback! In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of... -
How Fiction Works by James Wood
RRP: £10.99£7.77Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the strongest ... literary critic we have' (New York Review of Books) in this new revised 10th anniversary edition.What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What constitutes a... -
It's Too Late Now: The Autobiography of a Writer by A.A. Milne 9780715655047
RRP: £9.99£7.13In his classic autobiography A. A. Milne, with his characteristic self-deprecating humour, recalls a blissfully happy childhood in the company of his brothers, and writes with touching affection about the father he adored. From Westminster School he... -
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection by Susan Stewart
RRP: £20.99£18.37Miniature books, eighteenth-century novels, Tom Thumb weddings, tall tales, and objects of tourism and nostalgia: this diverse group of cultural forms is the subject of On Longing, a fascinating analysis of the ways in which everyday objects are narrated... -
The Haunting Season: The instant Sunday Times bestseller and the perfect companion for winter nights by Bridget Collins 9780751581997
RRP: £9.99£7.16THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDon't miss the brand new collection of never-before-seen ghostly tales from these eight authors plus four more. The Winter Spirits is out in October 2023 and available to pre-order now. 'You won't find a more thrilling ... -
Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and Revenge (Mythology) by Donna Jo Napoli
RRP: £19.99£14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426320989Author Donna Jo NapoliFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint National Geographic KidsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)... -
Dialogues and Essays by Seneca
RRP: £9.99£7.11'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote... -
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon
RRP: £18.99£14.01'An indispensable work of reference' Times Literary SupplementThe Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory is firmly established as a key work of reference in the complex and varied field of literary criticism. Now in its fifth edition,... -
The White Goddess by Robert Graves
RRP: £17.99£12.60This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a... -
The Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath 9780385493918
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385493918Author Sylvia PlathFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey Monmouth
RRP: £12.99£8.32Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear,...