Reference

Now in its second edition, this expanded work catalogs every person, animal, ship and cannon mentioned by name in the 21 books of Patrick O'Brian's series on the maritime adventures of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin. The novels, renowned for their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375384704Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504046725Author Worth BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504046602Author Worth BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375397865Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 59g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375388849Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 54gDimensions(mm)...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet (c.1600-1601) has achieved iconic status as one of the most exciting and enigmatic of plays. It has been in almost constant production in Britain and throughout the world since it was first performed, fascinating generations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913988098Author Accolade PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Accolade PressPublisher Accolade PressWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Should you finish every book you start?How has your family influenced the way you read?What is literary style?How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?Why do you hate the book your friend likes?Is writing really just like any other job?What happens to...

'Generous, enjoyable and well informed.' Observer'500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.' The Times___________________________________________________________Ranging all the way from Aaron's Rod...

'A marvellous celebration of du Maurier's life, work and cultural legacy' SARAH WATERS 'She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents ' DAILY TELEGRAPH Daphne du...

James Joyce's Ulysses is filled with all sorts of references that can get in the way of many of its readers. This volume, with over 12,000 individual annotations (and more than double the word count of Ulysses itself), explains these references and...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375381284Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781379281214Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm)...

Andrei Bely's 1913 masterwork Petersburg is widely regarded as the most important Russian novel of the twentieth century. Vladimir Nabokov ranked it with James Joyce's Ulysses, Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, and Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Few...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375726682Author Elspeth MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 361gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

'Fascinating... I loved this book; I really did' David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. As You Like It is a popular...

Barry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction from European countries, but his principal area of expertise is in the British crime arena. After the success of earlier entries in the series, Nordic Noir and Euro Noir, he returns to...

A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375376075Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

Accessing the huge selection of critical theory can be an intimidating experience. This acclaimed dictionary is an invaluable introduction to the theories and theorists in the field and will prove an authoritative resource for all students.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970951Author James W. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

For all those who journey to Middle Earth, here is the definitive guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages and people.The Complete Tolkien Companion explains, translates, and links every single reference - names, dates, places, facts, famous...

George Gordon, the sixth Lord Byron (1788-1824), was one of the most celebrated poets of the Romantic period, as well as a peer, politician and global celebrity, famed not only for his verse, but for his controversial lifestyle and involvement in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912788040Author Brewster ChamberlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Colenso BooksPublisher Colenso BooksWeight(grams) 149g

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903385470Author Robert McCrumFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Galileo PublishersPublisher Galileo Publishers

A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-five hundred yearsFrom Homer's Odyssey, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and Cervantes's Don Quixote to Melville's...

The legendary Georges Simenon was the most successful and influential writer of crime fiction in a language other than English; Andre Gide called him 'the greatest French novelist of our times'. Celebrated crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw's informed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375377881Author David Galens GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study Guides

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375386258Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm)...

This second edition of The Penguin Guide to Literature in English: Britain and Ireland provides an illustrated introduction to the work of the most important writers and their historical background from the year 600 to the end of the twentieth century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608681662Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Discover one of the best cities in the world through the lens of some of the most iconic writers who have ever lived. London has long inspired and celebrated books and writing, and some of the most well-known and beloved names in English Literature have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375399319Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 68g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375376327Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375392662Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)...

An amazing guide to some of the most beloved, original, inspiring, hysterical, heart-warming, compelling, rude and downright scary books that have enchanted children the world over. In 100 Children's Books That...