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Literature Studies
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J.R.R. Tolkien€10.99The authoritative exploration of the man behind Middle Earth. From Tolkien's Bletchley Park connection to the `publishing risk' of The Lord of the Rings, this latest addition to the Amazing & Extraordinary series explores J.R.R.Tolkien's inventiveness, the sources of his inspiration and the fellowship of his fan base.
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Pierre Loti€13.25Few authors have led lives as interesting as the French novelist and travel writer Pierre Loti (1850-1923) - nor have they worked harder to make it appear even more romantic than it already was.
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The Ginger Man Letters€25.99The Ginger Man Letters presents the riveting backstory of the novel, set in post-war bohemian Dublin, through the correspondence of Donleavy and his Trinity College chums Gainor Steven Crist and Arthur Kenneth Donoghue, who inspired the main characters, Sebastian Dangerfield and Kenneth O’Keefe.
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After Ireland : Writing the Nation from Beckett to the Present€11.00Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and economic collapse have shaken the Irish people's faith in their institutions.
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How Not To Be A Twit and Other Wisdom from Roald Dahl€8.99Never grow up, always down. Those are the wise words from the world's number one storyteller- Roald Dahl.
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The Unpunished Vice : A Life of Reading€15.95An insightful account of the key role reading has played in the life of literary icon Edmund White Edmund White made his name as a writer, but he remembers his life through the books he read.
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Hunger : A Memoir of (My) Body€11.99'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink.
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Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth€46.99This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity.
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The Possessed : Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them€12.99The true story of one woman's intellectual and sentimental education and her strange encounters with others devoted - absurdly, melancholically, ecstatically - to the Russian classics. Roaming from Tashkent to San Francisco.
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Dark Days€3.99'So the club rose, the blood came down, and his bitterness and his anguish and his guilt were compounded'