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Understanding the Essay

Understanding the Essay

Author: Patricia Foster ,  Jeff Porter
ISBN: 9781554810208
Format: Paperback
$29.66 $32.95

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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Author: Mallanaga Vatsyayana ,  Sir Richard Francis Burton
ISBN: 9781848583931
Format: Paperback
$29.23 $32.48

Translated by Sir Richard Burton, this is a work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma and sexology....  Read More >>

Poetry of James Joyce Reconsidered

Poetry of James Joyce Reconsidered

Author: Marc C Conner
ISBN: 9780813039763
Format: Hardback
$98.46 $109.40

<p> An indispensable collection of essays that should inspire new interest in Joyce's poetry, both for its own sake...  Read More >>

Tombe

Tombe

Author: Helene Cixous ,  Laurent Milesi
ISBN: 9780857420251
Format: Hardback
$32.84 $36.49

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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

Author: Oliver Sacks
ISBN: 9780330523608
Format: Paperback
$22.49 $24.99

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The Shimmering Beast

The Shimmering Beast

Author: Steve Reinke
ISBN: 9780945323211
Format: Paperback
$26.21 $29.12

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Paris Trance: A Romance

Paris Trance: A Romance

Author: Geoff Dyer
ISBN: 9780857864055
Format: Paperback
$17.99 $19.99

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But Beautiful

But Beautiful

Author: Geoff Dyer
ISBN: 9780857864024
Format: Paperback
$17.99 $19.99

'A copy ... ought to be on everybody's Desert Island' Independent  Read More >>

Letters to Kurt

Letters to Kurt

Author: Eric Erlandson
ISBN: 9781617750830
Format: Hardback
$20.69 $22.99

A poetic elegy for Kurt Cobain from the man who created the band Hole with Cobain's wife Courtney Love.  Read More >>

Prefaces to Shakespeare

Prefaces to Shakespeare

Author: Tony Tanner ,  Stephen Heath
ISBN: 9780674064249
Format: Paperback
$32.78 $36.42

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Reflections

Reflections

Author: Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN: 9780385654036
Format: Hardback
$53.96 $59.95

A collection of more than twenty-five papers that includes literary criticism alongside autobiographical anecdotes...  Read More >>

Venetian Curiosities

Venetian Curiosities

Author: Donna Leon
ISBN: 9780434022069
Format: Hardback
$31.50 $35.00

In a city as ancient as Venice, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just...  Read More >>

Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food

Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food

Author: Charlotte Wood
ISBN: 9781742377766
Format: Paperback
$26.99 $29.99

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Antonia and Her Daughters

Antonia and Her Daughters

Author: Marlena de Blasi
ISBN: 9781742374079
Format: Hardback
$29.69 $32.99

Seeking some peace and quiet from renovations at via Del Duomo, Marlena de Blasi escapes to the mountains of Tuscany...  Read More >>

Hours in a Library

Hours in a Library

Author: Sir Leslie Stephen
ISBN: 9781108047562
Format: Paperback
$36.86 $40.95

This three-volume set brings together a diverse selection of articles by the literary critic Sir Leslie Stephen...  Read More >>

Hours in a Library (Second Series)

Hours in a Library (Second Series)

Author: Sir Leslie Stephen
ISBN: 9781108047579
Format: Paperback
$36.86 $40.95

This three-volume set brings together a diverse selection of articles by the literary critic Sir Leslie Stephen...  Read More >>

Hours in a Library (Third Series)

Hours in a Library (Third Series)

Author: Sir Leslie Stephen
ISBN: 9781108047586
Format: Paperback
$36.86 $40.95

This three-volume set brings together a diverse selection of articles by the literary critic Sir Leslie Stephen...  Read More >>

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Speeches on Behalf of Marcus Fonteius and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus: Translated with Introduction and Commentary

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Speeches on Behalf of Marcus...

Author: Andrew R. Dyck
ISBN: 9780199590063
Format: Hardback
$86.36 $95.95

During his life, Cicero defended several former Roman governors. This volume unites two such defences, one on behalf...  Read More >>

The Norman Maclean Reader

The Norman Maclean Reader

Author: Norman Maclean ,  O. Alan Weltzien
ISBN: 9780226500270
Format: Paperback
$22.99 $25.54

In his eighty-seven years, Norman Maclean played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But...  Read More >>

Lives

Lives

Author: Peter Robb
ISBN: 9781863955638
Format: Paperback
$29.66 $32.95

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The Ballad of Moondyne Joe

The Ballad of Moondyne Joe

Author: John Kinsella ,  Niall Lucy
ISBN: 9781921888526
Format: Paperback
$25.16 $27.95

Moondyne Joe was colonial Australia's ultimate escape artist. His daring and repeated breakouts drove the Governor...  Read More >>

What is Australia For?

What is Australia For?

Author: Julianne Schultz
ISBN: 9781921922534
Format: Paperback
$25.16 $27.95

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Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation

Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation

Author: Tom Bissell
ISBN: 9781936365760
Format: Paperback
$16.19 $17.99

Explores the highs and lows of the creative process. He takes us from the set of The Big Bang Theory to the first...  Read More >>

De Profundis and Other Writings

De Profundis and Other Writings

Author: Oscar Wilde ,  Colin Tobin
ISBN: 9780140439908
Format: Paperback
$8.06 $8.95

'I have nothing to declare', Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius'. This collection contains...  Read More >>

Rethinking the University: Leverage and Deconstruction

Rethinking the University: Leverage and Deconstruction...

Author: Simon Wortham
ISBN: 9780719087851
Format: Paperback
$32.78 $36.42

This work explores and develops critical debates in the humanities in the context of the various crises widely felt...  Read More >>

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