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Only widely-available edition of Khayyam's lyrical poetry Revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, Omar Khayyam is now known first and foremost for his Ruba'iyat. The short...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works in world literature have captured the human longing for beauty, pleasure, and meaning with the timeless...

The book titled Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by the author Omar Khayyam. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most celebrated works of world poetry, the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám presents Edward FitzGerald's...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A bold work of magical realism and political satire, Shame...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn a fictional country that mirrors Pakistan with unsettling precision, Salman Rushdie's Shame chronicles the rise and fall of two powerful families — the...

A dazzling, bravura collection of stories from one of Australia's most admired multi-disciplinary artists. From the winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 2026 Can you sever a...

Author: Omar Robert HamiltonFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 210mm, 358g, 320 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2017 'Omar Hamilton brings vividly to life the failed revolution of 2011 on the...

'Omar Hamilton brings vividly to life the failed revolution of 2011 on the streets of Cairo, in all its youthful bravery and naive utopianism.' - JM Coetzee The City Always...

Author: Zanib Mian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Omar and his friends have been saving up their pocket money for ages so they can have the world's most epic Nerf...

Author: Omar Robert Hamilton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 *** Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize 2018 *** Egypt, 2011: this is a revolution. On the streets of Cairo,...

"A wondrously limpid testament to the pleasures of reading." -Steven Poole, The Guardian Six incandescent lectures on literature from the patron saint of mirrors, metafiction, and infinite libraries. For more...

Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...

In 1929 Robert Graves went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This is his superb account of his life from his childhood and desperately...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt...

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt...