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Slugs: a manifesto Abi Palmer 9781739616052
RRP: £12.00£8.68Why be a slug? Slugs: A Manifesto explores a creature that survives by being disgusting. Weaving together manifesto, memoir and poetic language, Abi Palmer considers the politics of space, iridescent queerness, and shapeshifting viscous 'slug time.' In... -
The Letters of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney 9780571341085
RRP: £40.00£27.68'A marvellous book, lovingly edited, beautifully produced. . . and brimming with literary insights, much laughter, a sprinkle of gossip and the poet's insuppressible joie de vivre, even in adversity. Buy it, read it, and keep it to hand on to your... -
In Italy: Venice, Rome and Beyond by Cynthia Zarin 9781914198700
RRP: £6.99£5.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198700Author Cynthia ZarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books -
The president's keepers: Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison by Jacques Pauw 9780624083030
£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624083030Author Jacques PauwFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers Ltd -
The Camera My Mother Gave Me by Susanna Kaysen 9780679763437
RRP: £12.99£9.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679763437Author Susanna KaysenFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 180g -
The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry by Jonathan Wordsworth
RRP: £18.99£14.01The Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection... -
John Keats by John Barnard 9780521318068
RRP: £30.99£21.89This book offers a revaluation of Keats' major poetry. It reveals how Keats' work is both an oblique criticism of the dominant attitudes to literature, sexuality, religion and politics in his period, and a powerful critique of the claims of the... -
Letters to a Young Poet (Translated and with an Afterword by Ulrich Baer) by Rainer Maria Rilke 9781959891116
RRP: £9.95£7.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959891116Author Rainer Maria RilkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Warbler PressPublisher Warbler PressWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
A Woman's Battles and Transformations Edouard Louis 9781529115574
RRP: £10.99£7.99Edouard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' GuardianOne day, Edouard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams. But growing up, Edouard only knew his... -
For the Time Being by Annie Dillard
RRP: £14.99£8.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Literary Award (Art of the Essay) 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780375703478Author Annie DillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random... -
Speeches That Changed the World by Quercus
RRP: £10.99£7.99From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context. With over... -
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World by Lavinia Spalding
RRP: £14.99£10.14As Andrew McCarthy wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "For more than 20 years, Travelers' Tales has been publishing books that might best be described as the literary equivalent of a group of travelers sitting around a dim cafe, sipping pints or... -
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
RRP: £14.99£10.96The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde's works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition. Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins... -
Sir David Attenborough by Lizzie Huxley-Jones 9780702302879
RRP: £5.99£4.21Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers by Andrew Louth
RRP: £9.99£7.32The writings in this volume cast a glimmer of light upon the emerging traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development. A selection of letters and small-scale theological treatises from a... -
The Poetry Toolkit by Rhian Williams
RRP: £19.99£18.01Now thoroughly revamped with a diverse selection of poetic voices from the last fifty years, this third edition of Rhian Williams's bestselling book, The Poetry Toolkit guides readers through key terms, genres and concepts that help them to develop a... -
The Writing Life: Writers On How They Think And Work by Marie Arana
RRP: £14.99£13.56Featuring a gathering of more than fifty of contemporary literature's finest voices, this volume will enchant, move, and inspire readers with its tales of The Writing Life . In it, authors divulge professional secrets: how they first discovered they... -
Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O'Donohue
RRP: £9.99£7.32In this eagerly awaited follow-up to his international bestsellers Anam Cara and Eternal Echoes, John O'Donohue turns his attention to the subject of beauty - the divine beauty that calls the imagination and awakens all that is noble in the human heart... -
Early Greek Philosophy by Jonathan Barnes
RRP: £12.99£9.34The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy - the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-Socratics thinkers lies less in their influence - great... -
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir 9781804270448
RRP: £10.99£7.54Long considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her... -
The Explorer and the Journalist: Frederick Cook, Philip Gibbs and the Scandal that Shocked the World by Richard Evans
RRP: £20.00£15.04On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word from him, news arrived that he had not only survived his Arctic expedition but had become the first person... -
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by W. R. J. Barron 9780719055171
RRP: £10.99£8.12Dual text on facing pages, now revised and updated. Critically acclaimed translation now in its twenty fifth year. Extensive notes, glossary and introduction .About the AuthorW. R. J. Barron is Honourary Research Fellow, University of ExeterBook... -
With the Jocks: A Soldier's Struggle for Europe 1944-45 by Peter White
RRP: £18.99£14.94'The book is remarkable .... one of the most striking personal records of the period.' - Max HastingsAs a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorised journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries... -
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
RRP: £14.99£11.11'We all have stories to tell. These are mine.' Drew BarrymoreBorn into Hollywood royalty, Drew Barrymore is one of the biggest stars of her generation. Despite an unconventional childhood, she has built a life and career of her own that millions of fans... -
The School of Life: Collected Essays: 15th Anniversary Edition by The School of Life 9781915087102
RRP: £25.00£18.15A 15th anniversary collection of The School of Life's most popular and essential essays on self-knowledge, relationships, work and culture. The School of Life is an organisation with a focused mission at its heart: to help foster calm,... -
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard
RRP: £12.99£9.34The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through their letters, we follow the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the... -
The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka 9780241695746
RRP: £24.00£15.93Available for the first time in English, the complete, uncensored diaries of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers 'The writing glimmers with sensitivity, and openness to the world' - The Wall Street JournalDating from 1909 to 1923,... -
Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 by Philip Larkin 9780571131204
RRP: £12.99£8.80The appearance of Philip Larkin's second prose collection - reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some long, revealing and often highly entertaining interviews given on various occasions - was a... -
In the Thick of It: The Private Diaries of a Minister by Alan Duncan 9780008422295
RRP: £10.99£7.46'Sensational ... One of the most explosive political diaries ever to be published ... As candid, caustic and colourful as the sensational Alan Clark Diaries of the 1990s' DAILY MAIL The Sunday Times bestseller As... -
Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
RRP: £10.99£7.73From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories.'Exquisite' - Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups'A warm, unpretentious... -
Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters by Joseph Roth 9781847083418
RRP: £12.99£8.80The legendary Austro-Hungarian novelist and essayist, Joseph Roth, was born in Ukraine in 1894 and died tragically in Paris in 1939. These letters span the breadth of Roth's life, from the schoolboy to the veteran of 44, marked by war, poverty,... -
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole 9780226641355
RRP: £21.00£18.04"Darkness is not empty," writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a collection of essays that meditate on what it means to keep our humanity-and witness the humanity of others-in a time of darkness. Cole is well-known as a master of the essay form, and in Black... -
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) William Shakespeare 9781435154476
RRP: £40.00£27.95Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English... -
Greek Myths: Gods and Goddesses by Jean Menzies
RRP: £10.99£7.61The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine with mortals and their behaviours fluctuate wildly from benevolent to violent, from didactic to fickle, from loving to enraged... -
Mary Shelley by Miranda Seymour 9781471174155
RRP: £14.99£10.01'The most dazzling biography of a female writer to have come my way for a decade...' - Financial Times'To be savoured for its vivid and sympathetic recreation of the tragic life and brilliant times of the gifted Mary Shelley' - Times Literary Supplement... -
The Naked Don't Fear the Water: A Journey Through the Refugee Underground by Matthieu Aikins
RRP: £12.99£8.80In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the smuggler's road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future. In 2016, a young Afghan driver and translator named... -
The Face of the Buddha by William Empson 9780199659678
RRP: £49.49£42.52Taking up a teaching appointment in Tokyo in 1931, the English poet and literary critic William Empson found himself captivated by the Buddhist sculptures of ancient Japan, and spent the years that followed in search of similar examples all over Korea,... -
Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory 9780393974645
£14.68No other edition accurately represents the actual (and likely authorial) divisions of the text as attested to by its two surviving witnesses-Caxton's 1485 print and, especially, the famous Winchester Manuscript. The Winchester Manuscript is now generally... -
Walking in Berlin: a flaneur in the capital by Franz Hessel 9781911344728
RRP: £9.99£6.90Take a walk around 1920s Berlin with one of its greatest luminaries. In this timeless guide, originally published in Germany in 1929, Franz Hessel invites his readers to join him on a stroll through Weimar-era Berlin, taking in some of the most... -
The Tempest by William Shakespeare 9781107619579
RRP: £9.99£8.16The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with...