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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640320024Author Benjamin FranklinFormat HardbackPage Count 46Imprint Value Classic ReprintsPublisher Value Classic ReprintsWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911547761Author Michael RipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books

'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues,...

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380715435Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714530482Author Kenzaburo OeFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Paul Scheer delivers a deeply funny, personal and moving account of how joy and pain are the perfect ingredients for a happy and funny life."-Amy Poehler"It's a hilarious essay collection about trauma. Yes, really."-People...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116271Author MartialFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Dimensions(mm)...

Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and...

The ultimate loo book: a laugh-out-loud collection of funny quotations from the classics to the contemporary. Looking for a stocking-filler gift or a Secret Santa present? LOOK NO FURTHER. This bestselling book has you covered...!'Outstanding' - The...

Baffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare's most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sections for quick retrieval when a stinging retort is...

In 1959, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was commissioned by the Sunday Times to explore fourteen of the world's most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writer's eye. An unforgettable and uniquely personal journey through the...

Back in 1922, when Howard Carter first smashed his way into the tomb of long-dead Egyptian King Tutankhamun, the guttering candle in his hand illuminated a scene of unimaginable splendour. "Can you see anything?" asked Lord Carnarvon."Yes! Wonderful...

A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop. Books have the power to enrich the soul, to enliven the senses, to expand our horizons... and others are simply mad. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617202643Author Robert FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781400065882Author Simon RichFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774642245Author George W CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In this updated edition of King Richard II, Claire McEachern provides a fresh introductory section in which she discusses the most important productions and scholarly criticism of recent years. Paying particular attention to the focus on religion in...

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars is the second delightful collection of stories and poems from Gervase Phinn.Following on from the terrific success of A Wayne in a Manger, Gervase Phinn has collected together from his bestselling Dales books his favourite...

Around the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But "net-zero" is a term that conveniently obscures multiple futures. There could be a version of net-zero where the fossil fuel industry is still spewing tens of...

Set in and around the city of Veracruz in Mexico, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating stories - spiralling from real events - that bleed together reportage and the author's rich and rigorous imagination. These cronicas - a genre unique to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585102259Author VergilFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 249g

A glorious treasury of literary curiosities for every night of the year. Bedside Companion for Book Lovers contains an eclectic mix of fact and fiction, letters, diaries, essays and dedications, all suffused with the joys of books and reading. The...

'Fantastic. The benchmark for great food writing' Anthony Bourdain'The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite'Between Meals is the gourmand and journalist A.J. Liebling's delectable account of his time spent eating and drinking...

A Dictionary of Journalism is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023'A powerful story of social inequality' RAYNOR WINN'Important and beautifully lyrical' THE TIMES'A fierce, urgent memoir' AMY-JANE BEERTo grow up in rural poverty is to fight for life before you can walk. Natasha...

Stories are everywhere...Exploring the great plots from Plato to The Matrix and from Tolstoy to Toy Story, this is a book for anyone who wants to unlock any narrative and learn to create their own. With startling and original insights into how we...

Sophocles stands as one of the greatest dramatists of all time, and one of the most influential on artists and thinkers over the centuries. His plays are deeply disturbing and unpredictable, unrelenting and open-ended, refusing to present firm answers to...

"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..." -The New YorkerWritten from 1904 through 1906, Soseki...

As Conservative party leader from 1923 to 1937 and three times prime minister, Stanley Baldwin was one of the pre-eminent public figures of interwar Britain. This edition of his letters, reports of his private conversations and related documents and...

Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here she brings together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999894054Author Ian YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Jake Island LtdPublisher Jake Island Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420958010Author HesiodFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 4mm

A great raconteur and entertainer, Alan Titchmarsh gets together every Christmas with family and friends to celebrate the season and performs much-loved anecdotes, stories, poems and sketches - old and new. Fill My Stocking combines these well-known...

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices,...

"Undersong is a remarkable poetic document...."--Adrienne RichAbout the AuthorAudre Lorde (1934-1992) published eleven volumes of poetry and five works of prose. Her constellation of honors includes honorary doctorates from Hunter, Oberlin, and Haverford...

Rotten English spans the globe to offer an overview of the best non-standard English writing of the past two centuries, with a focus on the most recent decades. What would once have been derogatorily termed "dialect literature" has come into its own in a...

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature -...

Distinguished by its precision, its graceful use of language, and its resonant depth, the innovative style of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) radically altered literary conventions and influenced generations of writers. In The...

Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system, a frozen giant named after a Greek deity. It is also the inspiration for Uranism, a concept coined by the writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in 1864 to define the 'third sex' and the rights of those who 'love...