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The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama by Keir Elam 9780415280181
RRP: £25.99£22.63The late twentieth century saw an explosion of interest in semiotics, the science of the signs and processes by which we communicate. In this study, the first of its kind in English, Keir Elam shows how this new 'science' can provide a radical shift in... -
On Exile by Francesco Filelfo 9780674066366
RRP: £29.95£24.06Francesco Filelfo's philosophical dialogue On Exile (ca. 1440) depicts a prominent group of Florentine noblemen and humanists, driven from their city by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings imposed by exile such as poverty and loss of reputation,... -
Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary the First Complete Edition by Hannah Senesh 9781580233422
RRP: £14.99£11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580233422Author Hannah SeneshFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingWeight(grams)... -
One Hundred Years of James Joyce's "Ulysses" by Colm Toibin
RRP: £37.95£34.18Ulysses is widely regarded as the greatest novel of the twentieth century. Commemorating the 1922 publication of this modernist masterwork, One Hundred Years of James Joyce's "Ulysses" tells the story of the writing, revising, printing, and censorship of... -
Placeless People: Writings, Rights, and Refugees by Lyndsey Stonebridge
RRP: £35.49£34.15In 1944 the political philosopher and refugee, Hannah Arendt wrote: 'Everywhere the word 'exile' which once had an undertone of almost sacred awe, now provokes the idea of something simultaneously suspicious and unfortunate.' Today's refugee 'crisis' has... -
William Barnes by William Barnes
RRP: £8.99£6.08In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an... -
Jacques the Sophist: Lacan, Logos, and Psychoanalysis by Barbara Cassin 9780823285747
RRP: £25.99£22.49Sophistry, since Plato and Aristotle, has been philosophy's negative alter ego, its bad other. Yet sophistry's emphasis on words and performativity over the fetishization of truth makes it an essential part of our world's cultural, political, and... -
The Outlandish Companion Volume 2 by Diana Gabaldon
RRP: £35.00£25.29Diana Gabaldon has captivated millions of readers with her critically acclaimed Outlander novels. Now Gabaldon serves up The Outlandish Companion, Volume Two, an all-new guide to Books 5-8 in the series: A Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo... -
The Outlandish Companion Volume 1 by Diana Gabaldon 9781780894935
£20.08Diana Gabaldon has captivated millions of readers with her critically acclaimed Outlander novels. In this beautifully illustrated compendium, Diana Gabaldon opens a door through the standing stones and offers a guided tour of what lies within... -
Letters of Pliny: A Selection by Carl Hope
RRP: £12.99£11.86This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Pliny, Letters 1.9; 3.16; 4.2; 4.19; 8.8; 8.16; 8.17; 9.6, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the... -
Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies by Amanda Anderson
RRP: £19.00£18.50Over the last few decades, character-based criticism has been seen as either naive or obsolete. But now questions of character are attracting renewed interest. Making the case for a broad-based revision of our understanding of character, Character... -
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas
RRP: £16.99£12.22In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by... -
Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 9780520390478
RRP: £21.00£13.88Newly restored, this version of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's masterpiece honors the author's original intentions and vision for the book. Originally published in 1982, Dictee is a classic of modern Asian American literature.Dictee is the best-known work of... -
Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" by Aristotle
RRP: £35.00£33.91For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric... -
Hidden Wyndham: Life, Love, Letters by Amy Binns
£8.91Until now, little was known of John Wyndham. Despite his popularity, his obsessive need for privacy led to him being known as "the invisible man of science fiction". He redefined the genre with dystopian classics The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich... -
Autobibliography by Rob Doyle
RRP: £12.99£8.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800750524Author Rob DoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
Magic in the Ancient Greek World by Derek Collins
RRP: £29.95£26.61Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece. Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and... -
How to Read a Diary: Critical Contexts and Interpretive Strategies for 21st-Century Readers by Desiree Henderson
RRP: £25.99£22.63How to Read a Diary is an expansive and accessible guidebook that introduces readers to the past, present, and future of diary writing. Grounded in examples from around the globe and from across history, this book explores the provocative questions... -
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
RRP: £15.99£13.33Winner of both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books, Paul Fussell's The Great War and Modern Memory was universally acclaimed on... -
'King Lear' in Context: The Cultural Background by Keith Linley 9781783083732
RRP: £14.99£14.68This engaging book provides in-depth discussion of the various influences that an audience in 1606 would have brought to interpreting 'King Lear'. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct? Learn... -
Perfume by Megan Volpert
RRP: £9.99£7.67Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Our sense of smell is crucial to our survival. We can smell fear, disease, food. Fragrance is also entertainment. We can smell an expensive... -
Can the Subaltern Speak?: Reflections on the History of an Idea by Rosalind Morris 9780231143851
RRP: £25.00£19.59Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's original essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" transformed the analysis of colonialism through an eloquent and uncompromising argument that affirmed the contemporary relevance of Marxism while using deconstructionist methods to... -
On Violence and On Violence Against Women by Jacqueline Rose 9780571332724
RRP: £12.99£8.56A blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic. 'To read Rose is to understand that there is no border between us and the world; it is an invitation to a radical kind of responsibility.'NEW YORK... -
The Gate by Natsume Soseki
RRP: £15.99£9.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590175873Author Natsume SosekiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Same Words, Different Worlds: Is Roman Catholicism Faithful to the Gospel? by Leonardo De Chirico 9781789743609
RRP: £15.99£11.61Do Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics share a common orthodoxy, as promoted by initiatives such as Evangelicals and Catholics Together? Or do the profound differences between Evangelical and Catholic theology and how they view the doctrines of... -
English Language and Literature for the IB Diploma by Lindsay Sarah Tandy
£52.05Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (R)Everything you need to deliver a rich, concept-based approach for the new IB Diploma English Language and Literature course.- Navigate seamlessly through all aspects of the syllabus with... -
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 9780679601395
£20.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards 1953.Book InformationISBN 9780679601395Author Ralph EllisonFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Mesopotamia by Serhiy Zhadan
RRP: £12.99£11.46A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "Serhiy Zhadan is one of the most important creators of European culture at work today. His... -
In the Spirit of Spark: The Muriel Spark Society Lecture by Ali Smith
RRP: £4.99£3.60In November 2017 Ali Smith gave the annual Muriel Spark Lecture to kick off the Muriel Spark centenary celebrations. Those lucky enough to get tickets were treated to an invigorating, joyous call-and-response between two of our best writers, both... -
Inscription and Erasure: Literature and Written Culture from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century by Roger Chartier
RRP: £23.99£20.84The fear of oblivion obsessed medieval and early modern Europe. Stone, wood, cloth, parchment, and paper all provided media onto which writing was inscribed as a way to ward off loss. And the task was not easy in a world in which writing could be... -
Fingerwiggly Monkeys by Felicity Brooks 9781474995566
RRP: £6.99£4.23Little children and their grown-ups can stick their fingers through the holes to become the arms of big and little monkey and tell a simple story. Little monkey learns to reach for a juicy mango to eat, swings through the jungle, and finds a leaf to... -
An Introduction to Plato's Republic by Julia Annas 9780198274292
RRP: £58.99£50.46Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M. H. Abrams
RRP: £20.99£14.68This highly acclaimed study analyzes the various trends in English criticism during the first four decades of this century.Reviews"One of the five works published within the last thirty years which in the opinion of representative scholars and critics... -
The History Boys GCSE Student Guide by Steve Nicholson
£12.58Premiered at the National Theatre and winner of both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Play, Alan Bennett's The History Boys confronts issues of education, sexuality, and peer pressure through a group of boys preparing for their Oxbridge exams. ... -
Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body by Evelyn Tribble 9781472576026
RRP: £25.99£22.61What skills did Shakespeare's actors bring to their craft? How do these skills differ from those of contemporary actors? Early Modern Actors and Shakespeare's Theatre: Thinking with the Body examines the 'toolkit' of the early modern player and suggests... -
Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding by Rebecca R. Falkoff 9781501752803
RRP: £15.99£13.08In Possessed, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoarding-once a paradigm of economic rationality-came to be defined as a mental illness. Hoarding is unique among the disorders included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, because its diagnosis... -
The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare) by SparkNotes 9781411401006
RRP: £7.99£5.60Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains The complete text of the... -
John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72) by John Steinbeck 9781883011017
RRP: £40.00£23.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883011017Author John SteinbeckFormat HardbackPage Count 912Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm)... -
An Ancient Dream Manual: Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams by Peter Thonemann 9780198843825
£27.75Artemidorus' Oneirocritica ('The Interpretation of Dreams') is the only dream-book which has been preserved from Graeco-Roman antiquity. Composed around AD 200, it comprises a treatise and manual on dreams, their classification, and the various... -
Works: v. 7 by Demosthenes
RRP: £24.95£23.39The preeminent orator of ancient Athens.Demosthenes (384-322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to Philip of Macedon's...