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Proverbs in Irish by Garry Bannister
RRP: $16.76$14.58Proverbs are, however, much more than that. They are windows into our past, and a friendly nod from our ancestors. Sometimes they can remind us of our parents or grandparents as we once again hear their kindly voices speak to us in words of folk wisdom... -
Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
RRP: $16.76$10.55There was a power of endurance about her, and a courage that was almost awful. Did Lady Mason forge a codicil to her husband's will, allowing Orley Farm to pass to her son or not? Orley Farm centres on this case of forgery, and the anguish and guilt... -
100 Portuguese Short Stories for Beginners Learn Portuguese with Stories Including Audiobook: Portuguese Edition Foreign Language Book 1 by World Language Institute Spain 9781732438149
RRP: $19.34$16.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732438149Author World Language Institute SpainFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Christian StahlPublisher Christian StahlWeight(grams)... -
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn
RRP: $14.18$8.32When 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,... -
Pericles: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare 9780199536832
RRP: $10.31$7.47The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - The only single-volume, modern-spelling... -
Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
RRP: $14.18$13.70Considered one of the outstanding Spanish dramas of all time, this 17th-century allegory explores the mysteries of human destiny, the illusory nature of existence, and the struggle between predestination and free will.About the AuthorPedro Calderon de la... -
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
RRP: $11.60$8.32One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's... -
British Folk Tales and Legends: A Sampler by Katharine M. Briggs
RRP: $19.34$17.52In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance... -
A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 by Ernst Junger 9780231127417
RRP: $28.38$22.43Ernst Junger was one of twentieth-century Germany's most important-and most controversial-writers. Decorated for bravery in World War I and the author of the acclaimed western front memoir Storm of Steel, he frankly depicted war's horrors even as he... -
Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon
RRP: $16.76$12.55This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other... -
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939 by Janet Flanner
RRP: $14.18$9.55'Gave New Yorker readers a witty guide to the minutiae of life abroad' JAMES CAMPBELL, GUARDIAN 'Cafe Society described from the best table in the place, by a writer with rare and vivid gifts' ROBERT LACEY 'Lively and witty . . . fascinating escapist... -
Sir Philip Sidney: The Major Works by Sir Philip Sidney
RRP: $12.89$9.17This 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... -
Usborne Workbooks Grammar and Punctuation 5-6 by Jessica Greenwell 9781474990967
RRP: $5.15$3.41With the help of Olly the Owl and his friends, children can explore the rules of written English. The activities in this book build confidence in using capital letters, punctuating sentences and using plurals.An accessible introduction, with a variety of... -
The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish short stories by Sinéad Gleeson
RRP: $32.25$24.02The #1 Irish Times bestseller An anthology of the very best Irish short stories, selected by Sinead Gleeson, author of Constellations. There have been many anthologies of the short story as it developed in Ireland, but never a collection like this... -
No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Satre
RRP: $20.64$12.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679725169Author Jean-Paul SartreFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Don Juan by Lord Byron
RRP: $21.92$15.84Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where... -
Above Average at Games: The Very Best of P.G. Wodehouse on Sport by P.G. Wodehouse
RRP: $32.25$23.25'Wodehouse would have made an excellent sports writer' Sunday TimesAs Wodehouse's biographer Frances Donaldson observed, it was vitally important to the boy Plum that he was 'above average at games'. Luckily, he was known at school as 'a noted athlete, a... -
Sybil: or The Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli 9780198759898
RRP: $15.47$11.15Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England. The book's publication in 1845 created a sensation, for its immediacy and readability brought the plight of the working classes sharply... -
The Lover, Wartime Notebooks, Practicalities by Marguerite Duras
RRP: $19.34$14.64Marguerite Duras was one of the leading intellectuals and novelist of post-war France, but her wartime writings were not published in full until after her death. The Wartime Notebooks trace Duras's formative experiences - including her difficult... -
Russian Roulette: The Life and Times of Graham Greene by Richard Greene
RRP: $32.25$24.02Probably the greatest British novelist of his generation, Graham Greene's own story was as strange and compelling as those he told of Pinkie the Mobster, Harry Lime, or the Whisky Priest. A restless traveller, he was a witness to many of the key events... -
Orwell and the Dispossessed by George Orwell
RRP: $16.76$11.73Including Down and Out in Paris and London'Orwell was the great moral force of his age' SpectatorThe powerful writings collected together in this volume chronicle George Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the underclass of the 'two nations' of... -
Dance To The Music Of Time Volume 4 by Anthony Powell
RRP: $25.80$18.95Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to... -
Shed No Tears by Caz Frear
RRP: $11.60$8.32THE BRILLIANT NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD & JUDY SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER WINER AND NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, SWEET LITTLE LIES. 'A crime fiction force to be reckoned with' Erin Kelly'I loved it!' Ann CleevesFour victims.Killer caught.Case... -
No Echo by Anne Holt
RRP: $11.60$7.84THE SIXTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES. A high-profile murder brings Hanne back to the city she fled in the wake of heartbreak.When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Olso police headquarters it... -
Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping by Derek Jarman 9781913513320
RRP: $12.89$9.02Published here for the very first time, Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping is Derek Jarman's only piece of narrative fiction. Written in 1971, it is a surreal, fabular, lyrical work - a literary fairytale acid-trip road movie... -
New Irish Short Stories by Joseph O'Connor
RRP: $16.76$11.04Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle,... -
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst by Anne Holt
RRP: $11.60$7.84THE SECOND INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIESThe detective hunts down a serial rapist - but can she find him before a father devastated by an attack on his daughter takes the law into his own hands?The Oslo police are baffled. Crime scenes are... -
Where My Feet Fall: Going for a Walk in Twenty Stories by Duncan Minshull 9780008414115
RRP: $24.50$16.40The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022 Where can a walk take you? It goes without saying, walking can connect us to our surroundings and free us from our worries. It can raise our heart rate and relax our minds. It can lead us... -
Dance To The Music Of Time Volume 3 by Anthony Powell 9780099445470
RRP: $25.80$18.43Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to... -
Hamburg: A Cultural and Literary History by Matthew Jefferies 9781904955757
RRP: $19.35$17.21It is a popular misconception that Hamburg is a coastal city. In fact, despite possessing Europe s second-busiest port, this 'amphibious city' lies some 65 miles from the North Sea. Its long-standing image as a 'city without culture' is also something of... -
The Ultimate Christmas Cracker by John Julius Norwich
RRP: $12.89$8.77In 1969, John Julius Norwich, the legendary popular historian, gathered together the favourite things he'd come across in the last 365 days into one short charming pamphlet. Initially just a treat for his friends, it rapidly turned into a huge... -
End of Summer by Anders de la Motte
RRP: $12.89$8.58'For fans of the hugely successful CWA Gold Dagger-winning The Dry by Jane Harper' Vaseem Khan'One of Sweden's most talented crime fiction authors' Erik Axl Sund**DON'T MISS DEEDS OF AUTUMN. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**You can always go home. But you can... -
Miss Molly's School of Confidence by Zanna Davidson 9781474999854
RRP: $12.89$7.51Rosie 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... -
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz
RRP: $18.05$12.49A towering achievement in European literature, Pan Tadeusz is the central work of the Polish literary canon, heralded for its lovingly detailed recreation of a bygone world. The traditions of the Polish gentry and the social and natural landscape of the... -
Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma: Two Hundred Years of British-Russian Relations by David Owen 9781913368678
RRP: $19.34$13.60Britain's relationship with Russia is surprisingly under-explored. When the two formed a pragmatic alliance and fought together at Navarino in 1827, it was overwhelmingly the work of the British prime minister, George Canning. His death brought about a... -
Gothic Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle
RRP: $14.18$10.02'There was a rumour, too, that he was a devil-worshipper, or something of that sort, and also that he had the evil eye...' Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his... -
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot
RRP: $7.73$5.22Gold! - his own gold - brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away! Falsely accused of theft, Silas Marner is cut off from his community but finds refuge in the village of Raveloe, where he is eyed with distant suspicion. Like a... -
The Alchemist by Tanya Pollard 9781472532596
RRP: $20.63$18.54A fast-paced whirlwind of fantasy and mockery confined to a single room, The Alchemist offers a witty culmination of Jonson's experiments with city comedy. The play has been widely recognized as one of the most impressive achievements of the period's... -
Parallel Text: German Short Stories: Deutsche Kurzgeschichten by Richard Newnham
RRP: $14.18$10.02Much 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... -
Starry, Starry Night by Marcia Willett
RRP: $21.92$15.84'We'll always be together, won't we?'Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out on their beloved Devon beach. But one night when they are teens, sitting on the sand beneath the stars, Alice tells Leo a secret...