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This book examines the opinions and influences, idiosyncrasies and personalities of writers as diverse as Shakespeare and Kingsley Amis, Cervantes and Milan Kundera. Professor Miller discusses and defends the profession...
The Picador Book of the Beach
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Science Fiction Bargain Book Box
Science Fiction Bargain Book Box Eighteen books, and not one of them set on the same version of the future. Inside: the complete StarCraft Dark Templar trilogy, all three volumes...
Memoirs of Many in One
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North of Capricorn: An Anthology of Prose
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis anthology features a collection of prose from various authors, showcasing a diverse range of voices and styles. It explores...
The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
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Great British Writers: An Illustrated Companion To The Lives And Works Of The Most Celebrated English Language Novelists
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Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the lives and literary contributions of England's...
The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations
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Quotations For Speakers And Writers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhether you're crafting a powerful speech, polishing a manuscript, or searching for the perfect phrase to crystallize an...
Great Love Stories Of All Nations
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Author: Robert Lynd.Binding: HardbackPublished: Spring Books., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA comprehensive anthology of love stories from various cultures and time...
Between the Assassinations
Author: Aravind Adiga Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its...
The Penguin Companion To Literature 4: Classical And Byzantine, Oriental And African
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. This ambitious reference anthology presents a sweeping survey of world literature spanning...
A Selection From Scrutiny: Volume I
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Author: F. R. LeavisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection presents a rigorous examination of...
Occasional Poets: An Anthology
The book titled Occasional Poets: An Anthology by the author Richard Adams. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Cream Of The Crime: The 15Th Mystery Writers Of America Anthology
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen the most brilliant minds in crime fiction gather under one cover, the result is nothing short of...
What Henry James Knew: And Other Essays on Writers
21 essays on classic writers are included in this book. Essays on Henry James, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Saul Bellow, Edith Wharton, J.M. Coetzee, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino,...
Package 2 (Volumes C+D+E) Volume D
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The Poet's Tongue: An Anthology
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Cyclopaedia Of English Literature; A Historical, Critical And Biographical, Of British Authors, From The Earliest To The Present Times. (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Robert ChambersBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, 1844Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rare first edition in...
Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
'Fascinating' Telegraph 'Thorough and engaging' Washington Post 'Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely' New Yorker '[A] robust and readable polemic history' Financial Times 'A fascinating new look at the patchwork chaos called...
A Book Addict's Treasury
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The Worldly Muse: An Anthology of Serious Light Verse
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Author: Smith, A. J. M.Binding: HardbackPublished: Alelard, New York, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis anthology compiles a variety of serious light verse, showcasing the wit and...
The Arbuthnot Anthology Of Children's Literature
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Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World
In A Splendor of Letters, Nicholas A. Basbanes continues the lively, richly anecdotal exploration of book people, places, and culture he began in 1995 with A Gentle Madness (a finalist...
Webster's New World Companion to English and American Literature
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Author: Arthur PollardBinding: HardbackPublished: World Publishing, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light wear and one small tear along back bottom edgeThis comprehensive literary companion presents an...
Great Australian Writers
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Author: Various.Binding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's name written in FEP, binding detaching from cover. Great...
A World Of Great Stories
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Author: Hiram Haydn And John CournosBinding: HardbackPublished: Avenel Books, New York, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: foxing on top of blockA literary anthology, A World Of Great Stories...
Who's Who Of Australian Children's Writers
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA comprehensive reference work, Who's Who of Australian Children's Writers presents an authoritative compendium...
Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories
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Author: Edmund CrispinBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber Limited, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks:...
The Elek Book of Oriental Verse
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Author: Keith Bosley: General EditorBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Elek, 1979, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis anthology presents a diverse collection of Oriental poetry, showcasing various styles...
Secondhand Australian Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2708
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Secondhand Australian Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box — 18 Books A deeply literary Australian collection with a remarkable range of voices across six decades of writing. My Place by Sally...
That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
The 100 finest short stories ever written, collected in one gorgeous volume. Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the...
The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best
?The ultimate book for the book lover from the bestselling co-author of How to Read a Book. This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that...
Novels And Novelists: A Guide To The World Of Fiction
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Author: Martin Seymour-SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Windward, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNovels and Novelists: A Guide to the World of Fiction by Martin Seymour-Smith is an indispensable work...
How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between
Author: Thomas C. Foster Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills...
The Best Short Stories
Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to...
My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to
A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience...
Equal to the Occasion
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And So Forth
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The Best of A. A. Gill
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A Taste for Travel: An Anthology
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Serendipity: A gorgeous collection of stories of all kinds of falling in love . . .
Author: Marissa Meyer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been...