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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Creased spine ith minor creasing on cover. Part of the renowned Writers and Critics series, this...

Author: Herman MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic adventure narrative transports readers to the lush, untamed Marquesas Islands, recounting the captivating experiences of a young sailor...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A comprehensive reference work for scholars and enthusiasts of American literature,...

Author: Professor Aaron Sachs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 472 Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history-the novelist and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis essential anthology gathers four of Herman Melville's most celebrated works into a single volume, presenting readers with the full...

In his introduction, Stephen Matterson discusses Melville's literary career, the role of the trickster in American literature, and themes of satire and religious allegory in this unusual novel Onboard the...

"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own...

'I love Melville' Donna Tartt 'The ultimate fish story' Bob Dylan 'The ultimate fish story' Bob Dylan When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day,...

Herman Melville was born into a family that in the fledgling republic had lost both money and status. Toughened at sea as a young man, he returned home to chronicle...

A new Penguin Classics black spine edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws,...

Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to...

Excellent examples of American fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries, these stories have been chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity. Arranged in chronological order, they include Herman...

Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Overa century and a half...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the grand sweep of American literary history, few eras crackle with as much creative electricity as the mid-nineteenth century, and Van...

This study investigates the importance of theatre in the works of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, William Dean Howells, Louisa May Alcott and Henry James. Whether as critics, playwrights, actors or...

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his...

Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Imperial Way plunges readers into a gripping mystery set aboard a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn one of the most viscerally honest accounts of maritime life ever committed to paper, Two Years Before the Mast chronicles Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s harrowing...

An exploration of the "Pacific Rim" in the American imagination and of how the concept has been variously adapted and resisted in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia....

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Format: Paperback...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most candid and commanding firsthand accounts ever written by an American military leader, Memoirs...

A "compelling" ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy-a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young...

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor 'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare...

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Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to...

MELVIN BEEDERMAN SUPERHERO"From: grateful@fred.comTo: melvin@beederman.comDear Melvin,We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don't know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in...

A beautiful photographic stroll around the bookshops, restaurants, literary locations and authors' neighbourhoods in the Big Apple. Literary Landscapes: New York is the follow-up to Literary Landscapes: Paris and contains...

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor 'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare...

After doing time for accidentally burning down the historic Emily Dickinson House, Sam Pulsifer is determined to put the past behind him. He finishes college, begins a career, gets married...

They're back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet. Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford,...

Will's a nice guy. So he steps out of the way when a stranger staggers towards him. Moments later, one man is dead and another's life is changed forever. 'I'm...

A gripping story of friendship and division in the midst of warfare, set against one of the most dangerous campaigns of World War II. They went to war as boys....

Chicky Diaz stands on his little patch of the earth, the clean quiet sidewalk in front of the Bohemia Apartments, thinking: there sure are a lot of great places to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBeneath the wild, windswept shores of Tasmania lies a hidden world of extraordinary beauty — one that Tasmanian Sea Shells, Volume 2 brings into...

'The plot goes like a train . . . vivid and compelling' IAN RANKIN The trial of the century. One chance to crack the case. A million ways to lose....

Award-winning illustrated biography of Hal Foster, in which author Brian M. Kane examines the 70-year career of one of the greatest illustrators of the 20th century. Superman was modelled after...