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Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas by Patrick Modiano
RRP: €15.46€13.64A trio of intertwined novellas from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory... -
Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes 9780393617474
€20.86This Norton Critical Edition includes: Burton Raffel's masterful translation ("Indeed, Raffel seems to have created a Cervantine English" - Javier Herrero, University of Virginia), lightly revised by Diana de Armas Wilson and including the translator's... -
La Debacle: (reissue) by Emile Zola 9780198801894
RRP: €15.46€10.82'My title speaks not merely of war, but also of the crumbling of a regime and the end of a world.' Emile Zola The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, La Debacle (1892) takes as its subject the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War... -
Italian Short Stories by Raleigh Trevelyan
RRP: €13.08€9.25The eight stories in this collection, by Moravian, Pavese, Pratolina, and other modern writers, have been selected as being representative of contemporary Italian writing. The English translations provided are literal rather than literary, and there are... -
The Norton Anthology of English Literature by Stephen Greenblatt 9780393603057
€44.91The most trusted anthology for complete works and helpful editorial apparatus. The Tenth Edition supports survey and period courses with NEW complete major works, NEW contemporary writers, and dynamic and easy-to-access digital resources. NEW video... -
Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works by Arthur Rimbaud
RRP: €13.08€8.63Arthur Rimbaud is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, most of which he produced before the age of eighteen. This book brings together his poetry, prose, and letters, including "The Drunken Boat,"... -
Charles Dickens: Four Novels by Charles Dickens
RRP: €22.60€15.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684129058Author Charles DickensFormat HardbackPage Count 912Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams) 1318gDimensions(mm)... -
Parallel Text: French Short Stories: Nouvelles Francaises by Simon Lee
RRP: €13.08€9.25These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students.Among the diverse and... -
Collins Complete Works Of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
RRP: €20.22€14.84The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bard's plays, and his sonnets and poems. The texts were edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, making it one of the most authoritative editions, recognized the world over for... -
The Essential Brendan Kennelly: Selected Poems by Brendan Kennelly 9781930630574
RRP: €18.98€12.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930630574Author Brendan KennellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Wake Forest University PressPublisher Wake Forest University PressWeight(grams)... -
Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke 9781857157307
RRP: €14.28€10.04Though as yet little known in English-speaking countries, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest German poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement,... -
Selected Poetry by Alexander Pushkin
RRP: €15.46€10.82WINNER OF THE READ RUSSIA PRIZE 2020Alexander Pushkin established what we know as Russian literature. This collection includes his strongly personal lyric verse, which springs spontaneously from his everyday life - his numerous loves, his exile, his... -
The Complete Poetry by George Herbert
RRP: €15.46€13.03A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul.George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry,... -
The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: €15.46€10.82Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately against the inequality he believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. In his... -
A Swansea Anthology by James A. Davies 9781854114488
€21.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114488Author Dylan ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 320g -
The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend by Alan Lupack 9780199215096
RRP: €17.84€13.03The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend is both a critical history of the Arthurian tradition and a reference guide to Arthurian works, names, and symbols. It offers a comprehensive survey of the legends in all of their manifestations, from... -
Sir Philip Sidney: The Major Works by Sir Philip Sidney
RRP: €11.89€8.46This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Sidney's poetry and prose - all the major writing, complemented by... -
Selected Poems: Blake by William Blake
RRP: €13.08€9.25Writer and religious rebel, William Blake ((1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. Whether describing his own spirituality, the innocence of youth or the... -
The Works of Guillaume Dustan, Volume 1: In My Room; I'm Going Out Tonight; Stronger Than Me by Guillaume Dustan
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901429Author Guillaume DustanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E) -
On the Aesthetic Education of Man by Friedrich Schiller 9780141396965
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Man defines himself by his deeds - and what kind of image of man do we see in the mirror of our present times?' The poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller was also a profound philosopher, who described his work On the Aesthetic Education of Man as 'the... -
English Food: A People's History by Diane Purkiss 9780007255566
RRP: €35.70€24.43'An absolute gem' Sunday Times 'A mouthwatering history' The Guardian In this delicious history of Britain's food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the... -
Evening Descends Upon the Hills: Stories from Naples by Anna Maria Ortese
RRP: €11.89€7.97A stunning classic set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis - Naples - in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These lively and superbly written stories helped inspire Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. Ortese's work was also championed... -
The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin Jan Stocklassa 9781542092944
RRP: €10.70€7.29"A fascinating 'creative nonfiction' account of the greatest unsolved mystery in Swedish history." -Wall Street Journal "It's more than just a thrilling book...There's a lot of evidence that points to an international conspiracy." -CBS This Morning... -
Paris: The Passenger by Various
RRP: €22.60€15.27The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers and introduce the essence of the place. Packed with essays and investigative journalism; original photography and... -
Trains and Buttered Toast John Betjeman 9780719561276
RRP: €13.08€8.81Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words - the poetry for which he is best known and,... -
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings by Alexander Pope
RRP: €15.46€10.82The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings is a collection of Alexander Pope's greatest works, edited with an introduction by Leo Damrosch in Penguin Classics.Alexander Pope was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human... -
Occasional, Critical, and Political Writing by James Joyce
RRP: €13.08€9.25'I may not be the Jesus Christ I once fondly imagined myself, but I think I must have a talent for journalism' James Joyce's non-fictional writings address diverse issues: aesthetics, the functions of the press, censorship, Irish cultural history,... -
Beginning and End of the Snow: followed by Where the Arrow Falls by Yves Bonnefoy 9781611484588
RRP: €35.70€31.75Yves Bonnefoy's book of poems, Beginning and End of the Snow followed by Where the Arrow Falls, combines two meditations in which the poet's thoughts and a landscape reflect each other. In the first, the wintry New England landscape he encountered while... -
German Feminist Writings by Patricia Herminghouse 9780826412812
€46.54This collection is organized in five part: Education for Girls and Women; Women and Work; Women and Politics; Issues of Gender; and Women in Art and Literature. It includes more than 90 excerpts by some 50 women writers. Among the author included are... -
Levels 3-4 English: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation Skills Jane Cooper 9781471868603
€20.75Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE S1-3: Third & Fourth LevelsSubject: EnglishFocus specifically on RUAE skills at Third and Fourth Levels with this popular book from Jane Cooper, comprising examples,... -
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger 9780747576914
RRP: €11.89€8.46'Those who read or listen to our stories see everything as though through a lens. This lens is the secret of narration, and it is ground anew in every story, ground between the temporal and the timeless ...In our brief mortal lives, we are grinders of... -
Parallel Text: German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeschichten by Richard Newnham
RRP: €13.08€9.25Much maligned in pre-war Germany, the short story enjoyed a creative rebirth in 1945. Initially imported by the Allies, the form also matched perfectly the prevailing mood of irony, objectivity and mistrust of the didactic. With the original German text... -
Spider Queen's Halloween by Russell Punter 9781474982313
RRP: €7.13€4.40The Spider Queen wants a Halloween feast. So Weevil and his team set to work. But will a sneaky thief spoil the party? Find out in this latest addition to the popular phonics readers series. With phonically regular text, this funny story is all treat and... -
Selected Poems by Robert Burns
RRP: €10.70€7.68This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic... -
Spanish Short Stories by Gudie Lawaetz
RRP: €13.08€9.25This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanish-speaking world. Again much of it is from Latin America, Carlos Fuentes being Mexican, Norberto Fuentes Cuban, and the other writers having their roots in... -
Miss Molly's School of Confidence by Zanna Davidson 9781474999854
RRP: €11.89€6.93Rosie Rabbit is shy and scared of many things. So when she and her family come across Miss Molly's School of Confidence, Miss Molly welcomes her in. Here Rosie learns how to build her confidence, make friends and even teach Papa Rabbit a thing or two... -
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn
RRP: €13.08€9.25When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors,... -
Lyrical Ballads by Samuel Coleridge
RRP: €10.70€7.68A collection of poems exemplifying Romantic aesthetic ideals, whose unique beauty lies in their revolutionary exploration of the 'overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquility', Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads... -
Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People by Elias Loennrot
RRP: €15.46€11.66'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York TimesSharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation... -
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
RRP: €41.65€37.77Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway's patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still...