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The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands by Huw Lewis-Jones
RRP: $63.00$44.10The Writer's Map winner of Trade Illustrated category in the British Design and Production AwardsPhotography & Illustrated Travel Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019Maps can transport us, they are filled with wonder, the... -
The Trial Of Lady Chatterley's Lover by Sybille Bedford
RRP: $12.58$8.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907970979Author Sybille BedfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt BooksWeight(grams) 108g -
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
RRP: $31.48$23.84Donne created new forms of lyric, satire, elegiac and religious verse, and his independence of view, compact manner of expression encompassing conflicting moods, impassioned paradox, outbreaks of cynicism and wry humour make his work particularly... -
Darkness Visible by William Styron
RRP: $20.98$14.93This is a story of depression a condition that reduced William Styron from a person enjoying life and success as an acclaimed writer, to a man engulfed and menaced by mental anguish. With profound insight and remarkable candor, Styron tracks the progress... -
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians by Kenneth E. Bailey
RRP: $37.78$28.04The result of over thirty years of research and lecturing, Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes is a ground-breaking study of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians. Bailey examines this canonical letter through the lenses of Paul's Jewish socio-cultural and... -
The Dawkins Delusion? by Alister McGrath
RRP: $18.88$13.55World-renowned scientist Richard Dawkins writes in The God Delusion: 'If this book works as I intend, religious readers who open it will be atheists when they put it down'. The volume has received wide coverage, fuelled much passionate debate and caused... -
Notes Made While Falling by Jenn Ashworth
RRP: $37.78$25.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912685738Author Jenn AshworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London -
Creating Characters: A Writer's Reference to the Personality Traits That Bring Fictional People to Life by Howard Lauther 9780786420315
RRP: $37.78$32.32A frequent problem area for fiction writers is characterization. If writers jump headlong into a story with only a fuzzy notion about the people who are in it, the result is a collection of characters who are cliched, stereotypical and not very... -
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory by Andrew Bennett
RRP: $50.38$44.92Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at 'The Beginning' and concluding with 'The End', chapters range from the familiar, such as 'Character',... -
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
RRP: $31.48$23.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679761808Author Fran LebowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Writing The Future by Dan Coxon 9781915368027
RRP: $20.98$14.41For as long as humans have existed, they have asked: What if? Science fiction was a defining genre of the postwar era, and its current boom across books, film and TV shows no sign of slowing. Space ships, time travel, aliens and artificial... -
Robin Jenkins by Iain Crichton-Smith
RRP: $14.60$11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948877261Author Iain Crichton SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish... -
History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland by Elizabeth Boyle 9780367684297
RRP: $83.98$73.63History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland explores medieval Irish conceptions of salvation history, using Latin and vernacular sources from c. 700-c. 1200 CE which adapt biblical history for audiences both secular and ecclesiastical. This book examines... -
For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond by Ben Macintyre
RRP: $23.08$16.32'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... -
Alice's Adventures on the London Underground by Peter Lawrence 9781838463083
RRP: $27.28$24.51It's a cool July day. A young girl is tired of window-shopping in Oxford Street, when a white rabbit runs past her looking at his watch. "Oh dear! Oh dear! It's 3 o'clock already. I shall be too late!" Without thinking, she chases after the rabbit and... -
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels: A Routledge Study Guide by Roger D. Lund
RRP: $62.98$55.94An extremely complex, yet widely studied text, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels ranks as one of the most scathing satires of British and European society ever published. Students will therefore welcome the publication of Roger Lund's sourcebook, which... -
"Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare
RRP: $18.88$17.62Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities. In recent years it has returned to the centre of critical debate surrounding gender and sexuality. The... -
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: York Notes Advanced by Thomas Hardy 9781405807074
RRP: $16.78$12.52York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York... -
The Art of Writing English Literature Essays: for A-level & Beyond by Neil Bowen 9780993077821
RRP: $48.28$40.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993077821Author Michael Bowen, Neil MeallyFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Peripeteia PressPublisher Peripeteia Press -
The Wretched of the Earth by Riley Quinn
RRP: $13.65$12.83Frantz Fanon is one of the most important figures in the history of what is now known as postcolonial studies - the field that examines the meaning and impacts of European colonialism across the world. Born in the French colony of Martinique, Fanon... -
Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Butler
RRP: $18.88$13.88Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory,... -
Far and Away: The Essential A.A. Gill by Adrian Gill
RRP: $20.98$14.28A.A. Gill was an exceptional writer. Savage and compassionate in equal measure, he was always opinionated, always original, often surprising, and his writing illuminated every page. This second collection of his journalism brings together pieces from... -
Professing Criticism: Essays on the Organization of Literary Study by Professor John Guillory
RRP: $50.40$48.36A sociological history of literary study-both as a discipline and as a profession. As the humanities in higher education struggle with a labor crisis and with declining enrollments, the travails of literary study are especially profound. No scholar has... -
Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History by Heather Love 9780674032392
RRP: $54.50$45.49Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. While the widening tolerance for same-sex marriage and for gay-themed media brings clear benefits, gay assimilation entails other losses--losses that... -
The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis Signature Classic) by C. S. Lewis
RRP: $20.98$13.94For 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? ... -
Writing Short Stories: A Routledge Writer's Guide by Ailsa Cox
RRP: $48.28$42.34This new edition of Writing Short Stories has been updated throughout to include new and revised exercises, up-to-date coverage of emerging technologies and a new glossary of key terms and techniques. Ailsa Cox, a published short-story writer, guides the... -
Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational by N. Katherine Hayles
RRP: $46.20$35.68Since Gutenberg's time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational media has exponentially increased the pace, transforming how books are composed, designed, edited, typeset, distributed, sold, and read. N. Katherine... -
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
RRP: $27.28$19.09Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social... -
The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor by B.R. Smith
RRP: $75.60$73.98We know how a Shakespeare play sounds when performed today, but what would listeners have heard within the wooden "O" of the Globe Theater in 1599? What sounds would have filled the air in early modern England, and what would these sounds have meant to... -
Oxford Literature Companions: The Duchess of Malfi by Su Fielder 9780198437505
RRP: $20.98$20.14Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role,... -
The Baton Rouge Interviews: with Edouard Glissant and Alexandre Leupin by Kate M Cooper
RRP: $48.28$43.51This collection of interviews is a diamond, remarkable in the way that it assembles so many of the major strains of Glissant's thought, and stunning in the expansive erudition at work in the composition of that thought. Two structuring experiences... -
Introduction to a Poetics of Diversity: by Edouard Glissant by Celia Britton
RRP: $48.28$43.51This book reproduces the texts of four lectures, followed by discussions, and two interviews with Lise Gauvin published in Introduction a une poetique du divers (1996); and also four further interviews from L'Imaginaire des langues (Lise Gauvin, 2010). ... -
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: $27.28$18.06Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail its relation to the extravagant, scandalous, and... -
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
RRP: $27.28$17.81Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne's landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books. In this paperback of the landmark biography,... -
Filth: Dirt, Digust, and Modern Life by Ryan Johnson
RRP: $50.38$42.86From floating barges of urban refuse to dung-encrusted works of art, from toxic landfills to dirty movies, filth has become a major presence and a point of volatile contention in modern life. This book explores the question of what filth has to do with... -
El Publico by Lorca 9788437606729
$18.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788437606729Author LorcaFormat PaperbackImprint Ediciones Catedra, S.A.Publisher Ediciones Catedra, S.A. -
The Sherlock Holmes Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: $41.98$28.62Learn about the world's greatest detective in The Sherlock Holmes Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sherlock Holmes in this overview guide to the... -
101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
RRP: $41.98$28.04Curious 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... -
The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm
RRP: $21.00$14.09Is it ever possible to know 'the truth' about Sylvia Plath and her marriage to Ted Hughes, which ended with her suicide? In The Silent Woman, renowned writer Janet Malcolm examines the biographies of Sylvia Plath, with particular focus on Anne... -
The Changeling: Thomas Middleton & William Rowley by N. W. Bawcutt
RRP: $31.48$23.35Competitive price and format. Compacted and up-to-date version of the earlier Revels Plays edition by the same editor, taking account of more recent critical works. A key Renaissance text.About the AuthorN.W. Bawcutt, formerly Reader in English...