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This first volume of what will be a full-scale portrait presents Ezra Pound as a very determined and energetic young genius setting out to make his way both as a poet and as a force for civilization in England and America in the years before, during and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Literary Award (Open Book) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9781556594106Author Brenda ShaughnessyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Copper Canyon Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916134058Author VL McBeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Valyn PublishingPublisher Valyn Publishing

'A delight from start to finish' Juliette Lawson Gemma Lamb is ready for an uneventful term at St Bride's, she's had enough of dastardly deeds and sinister strangers.However, she's barely back at school before: Unlucky in love Oriana is sneaking around...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679747673Author Jack GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 102gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 136mm...

Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This comprehensive edition includes Jacobs's narrative in full alongside a full-length biography. For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a...

The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings is the first work to collect Garver Jordan's fiction and journalism, much of which has been out of print for over a century.Jordan began her career as a reporter, making her name as one of few female...

With the publication of her first book of criticism, Against Interpretation, in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultural and political transformation. "What is important now," she wrote, "is to recover our senses . . . ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143107774Author Arthur MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1312Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1576gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953387448Author Hanif AbdurraqibFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar RadioWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612931074Author W E B Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Tribeca BooksPublisher Tribeca BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838019624Author Julian StoddFormat PaperbackPage Count 103Imprint Sea Salt PublishingPublisher Sea Salt Publishing

A groundbreaking collection of abolitionist writing from throughout the history of American slaveryFrom the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade to the ambiguity of the reconstruction era, resistance and protest writing were a central part of...

Turning eight weeks old is no ordinary feat, when you are a chipmunk. It's time to say goodbye to mama and set out alone towards what lies ahead. When the day comes for little Mino to leave, he gives his mama a kiss and excitedly gets on a bus. The...

A meditation on the private and public fault lines which divide American society.In Civil Wars, June Jordan's battleground is the intersection of private and public reality, which she explores through a blending of personal reflection and political...

The raucous, exuberant, often wildly funny account of a journey through America and Mexico, Jack Kerouac's On the Road instantly defined a generation on its publication in 1957: it was, in the words of a New York Times reviewer, "the clearest and most...

From the astonishing poet who gave readers Said the Shotgun to the Head, comes this provocative look into the galvanising force of hip hop. Bringing together the tale of the author's discovery' of an ancient scroll hidden beneath a graffiti masterpeice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927166659Author Fiona McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Wayz PressPublisher Wayz PressWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105060Author Jack KerouacFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 469gDimensions(mm) 197mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583943724Author Lenore KandelFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

`The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his home town of Concord, Massachusetts to begin a new life alone, in a rough hut he built himself a mile and a half away on the north-west shore of Walden Pond...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916254763Format PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Turnpike BooksPublisher Turnpike BooksDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905881857Author Ian JackFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 385gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 147mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814255193Author David ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684838311Author LOCKEFormat PaperbackPage Count 467Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 441g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593767457Author Chris L. TerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062698346Author Bassey IkpiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802139214Author Kathy AckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375718908Author Joan DidionFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143108047Author Benjamin TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 532g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598535099Author Kurt VonnegutFormat HardbackPage Count 3317Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400053148Author Stephanie HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 714gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598531503Author Kurt VonnegutFormat HardbackPage Count 864Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm)...

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a feel-good story of four outcasts who learn that some bonds are stronger than blood. On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883011451Author Wallace StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 1030Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142002179Author Neal CassadyFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm *...

You should ever bear in mind that it is to your kind parents that you are indebted for your food, and for the privilege of staying home from school when you let on that you are sick. Therefore you ought to respect their little prejudices, and humor their...

2020 AMERICAN BOOK AWARD WINNER"The Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman is the most comprehensive selection of his verse to date, a volume that contains a lot of previously uncollected work. ... this book makes a case for him as a perceptive and eccentric...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250206299Author Paul AusterFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 30mm