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Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays by Jenny Diski
RRP: £10.99£7.77Finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism 'Nothing about Jenny Diski is conventional. Diski does not do linear, or normal, or boring ... highly intelligent, furiously funny' Sunday Times 'Funny, heartbreaking, insightful and wise' Emilia Clarke ... -
Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.32The statesman on statecraft.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius ... -
Oxford Literature Companions: No et moi: study guide for AS/A Level French set text by Hannah Thompson 9780198418351
£11.03Get 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... -
Introducing Joyce: A Graphic Guide by David Norris
RRP: £8.99£6.63James Joyce is one of the most famous--and controversial--writers of the twentieth century. The myth of his difficulty has discouraged many readers from works such as "Ulysses," but David Norris explores his life and work in this engaging and... -
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood 9780747598718
RRP: £9.99£7.11In this wide-ranging history of debt Margaret Atwood investigates its many meanings through the ages, from ancient times to the current global financial meltdown. Many of us wonder: how could we have let such a collapse happen? How old or inevitable is... -
The Art of Discworld by Paul Kidby
RRP: £18.99£13.15A sumptuous illustrated journey through Terry Pratchett's DISCWORLD; a companion volume to THE LAST HEROIn THE ART OF DISCWORLD, Terry Pratchett takes us on a guided tour of the Discworld, courtesy of his favourite Discworld artist, Paul Kidby. Following... -
Motherhood and Representation: The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama by E. Ann Kaplan
RRP: £35.99£31.69From novels of the nineteenth century to films of the 1990s, American culture, abounds with images of white, middle-class mothers. In Motherhood and Representation, E. Ann Kaplan considers how the mother appears in three related spheres: the historical,... -
Jean-Paul Sartre by Christine Daigle 9780415435659
RRP: £19.99£17.69A critical figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre changed the course of critical thought, and claimed a new, important role for the intellectual. Christine Daigle sets Sartre's thought in context, and considers a number... -
Dublin Tales by Helen Constantine 9780192855558
RRP: £12.99£8.18Dublin 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... -
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion by Louise Willder
RRP: £14.99£10.95A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page' Jenny Colgan, Spectator A joyful celebration of books - the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who's ever... -
Mysticism After Modernity by Don Cupitt 9780631207641
RRP: £41.95£37.57In Mysticism After Modernity, Don Cupitt argues that the extensive modern literature about mysticism has rested upon a mistake - the belief that there can be meaningful experience prior to language.About the AuthorDon Cuppitt was, for over 25 years, dean... -
Spenser: The Faerie Queene by A. C. Hamilton 9781405832816
£30.84The Faerie Queene is a scholarly masterpiece that has influenced, inspired, and challenged generations of writers, readers and scholars since its completion in 1596. Hamilton's edition is itself, a masterpiece of scholarship and close reading. It is now... -
In Search of Lost Time: v. 1: Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
£12.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375751547Author Marcel ProustFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Philosophical Investigations by Michael O'Sullivan
RRP: £6.50£6.11Many still consider Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1953 Philosophical Investigations to be one of the breakthrough works of twentieth-century philosophy. The book sets out a radically new conception of philosophy itself, and demonstrates all the attributes of a... -
Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age by Kenneth Goldsmith
RRP: £20.00£14.72Can techniques traditionally thought to be outside the scope of literature, including word processing, databasing, identity ciphering, and intensive programming, inspire the reinvention of writing? The Internet and the digital environment present writers... -
The Written World and the Unwritten World by Italo Calvino
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An indispensable writer ... Calvino, possesses the power of seeing into the deepest recesses of human minds and then bringing their dreams to life' Salman RushdieThe difference between life and literature; the good intentions of holiday reading; the... -
James Joyce: A Very Short Introduction by Colin MacCabe
RRP: £8.99£6.45James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template for the Coming of Age novel, while his collection of short stories, Dubliners, is of perennial interest. His great... -
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion by Jack Zipes 9780415610254
RRP: £18.99£16.87The fairy tale is arguably one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until the first publication of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and... -
In Other Worlds: Essays In Cultural Politics by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
RRP: £19.99£17.69In this classic work, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the leading and most influential cultural theorists working today, analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Developing an original... -
Beyond the Secret Garden: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett (with a Foreword by Jacqueline Wilson) by Ann Thwaite
RRP: £9.99£6.75The definitive and revealing biography of the author of The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett's favourite theme in her fiction was the reversal of fortune, and she herself knew extremes of poverty and wealth. Born in Manchester in 1849, she... -
The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story by Martin Scofield
RRP: £22.99£21.89This wide-ranging introduction to the short story tradition in the United States of America traces the genre from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century with Irving, Hawthorne and Poe via Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Faulkner to O'Connor and Carver... -
Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 9780241968772
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez - winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude - recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this... -
For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
RRP: £12.99£8.56The global turmoil of the late 1980s and early 1990s severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few wrote with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a... -
Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Ferber
RRP: £8.99£6.45What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism... -
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho
RRP: £9.99£6.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806892Author Matsuo BashoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
2 Corinthians: A Handbook on the Greek Text by Fredrick J. Long 9781602587397
RRP: £34.95£28.78The Greek of 2 Corinthians is some of the most complex of any New Testament text, displaying Paul's full range of rhetorical strategies. Long's analysis of the soaring rhetoric locates Paul's letter within the first-century Mediterranean world, employing... -
The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine
RRP: £27.99£24.06Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulistsTold in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express... -
Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet H. Murray
RRP: £23.00£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533485Author Janet H. MurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
RRP: £15.00£9.72Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh... -
Collins Cambridge International AS & A Level - Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English Student's Book by Maria Cairney
RRP: £30.00£28.91Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2019 First examination: from 2021 The Student's Book introduces the key concepts and... -
Collected Works of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Volume 1: The Hasheesh Eater: Being Passages from the Life of a Pythagorean by Fitz Hugh Ludlow 9780996639439
RRP: £32.00£24.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996639439Author Fitz Hugh LudlowFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint LogosophiaPublisher LogosophiaWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm -
Post-Colonial Transformation by Bill Ashcroft
RRP: £37.99£33.38In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial... -
Diablo: Book of Tyrael by Blizzard Entertainment 9781803368320
RRP: £27.99£18.16From Blizzard Entertainment, the makers of critically acclaimed games such as Warcraft (R), StarCraft (R), and Diablo (R) comes this exciting companion edition to Diablo III: Book of Cain, giving fans an in-depth look into the mind of Tyrael. One of... -
Letters To Felice by Franz Kafka 9780749399481
RRP: £17.99£12.95Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but... -
The Role of Translators in Children's Literature: Invisible Storytellers by Gillian Lathey
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book offers a historical analysis of key classical translated works for children, such as writings by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimms' tales. Translations dominate the earliest history of texts written for children in English, and stories... -
Dockers and Detectives by Ken Worpole 9781905512379
RRP: £8.99£7.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905512379Author Ken WorpoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes
RRP: £10.99£7.77Through past and present, the country and the city, Peter Fiennes takes a literary journey through the British Isles 'As enjoyable a guide to the relationship of writers to the landscape of Britain as one could hope to read: beautifully written,... -
Triggered Literature: Cancellation, Stealth Censorship and Cultural Warfare by John Sutherland 9781785908170
RRP: £18.99£13.50Amid the flames of the culture wars, politicians have taken up arms over controls on literary culture, spurred on in part by universities 'triggering' canonical texts. Jonathan Swift's 'Battle of the Books' has flared up again. But is 'triggering' utter... -
Hooked: Art and Attachment by Rita Felski
RRP: £21.00£20.31How does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into a funk when a favored TV series comes to an end? What characterizes the aesthetic experiences of feeling... -
Villette by Charlotte Bronte 9780199536658
RRP: £8.99£6.61'I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for I have been reading Villette, a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre.' George Eliot Lucy Snowe, in flight from an unhappy past, leaves England and finds work as a teacher in...