Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
"Cyberpunk and Cyberculture"Science Fiction and the Work of William Gibson
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This text explores the work of a wide range of writers, setting their work in the context of science fiction, other literary genres, genre cinema and contemporary work on the culture of technology. With further reading, references, bibliography, index. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 408g.
Author: Cavallaro, Dani
ISBN: 0485006073
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis"The Story of Their Friendship
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The friendship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis lasted over 40 years and was for each the most important creative collaboration in their lives. Colin Duriez's book focuses primarily on this remarkable literary association, exploring the origins of the mythological worlds which both writers placed at the centre of their fiction. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 198 x 127 mm. Weight: 185g.
Author: Duriez, Colin
ISBN: 0750935421
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2005 (UK)
Readership: General Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"The Confederation Handbook"
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A companion for those readers of Peter F. Hamilton's Night Dawn trilogy. It comprises of general background information relating to all three volumes, with comprehensive notes on the major characters, planets, space stations, political hierarchies. weaponry, and the many alien races. New ed. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 178 x 111 mm. Weight: 122g.
Author: Hamilton, Peter F.
ISBN: 0330396145
Publisher: Pan MacMillan
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Simone De Beauvoir"
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"Palgrave Modern Novelists" series; Page, Norman (Professor of Modern English Literature, University of Nottingham) (ed.) This study sets Beauvoir's fiction within the context of her life and works as a whole before examining each of her stories in detail. The continuities and developments in her major themes are analysed and the distinctive features of her artistic achievements assessed. In the MACMILLAN MODERN NOVELISTS series. With notes, bibliog , index. Paperback (C Format), 208 pages. Size: 223 x 145 mm. Weight: 371g.
Author: Keefe, Terry
ISBN: 033363974X
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 1998 (UK)
Readership: Undergraduate Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"A Sea of Words"Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales
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This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing the people and political events that shaped the period, and detailed explanations of the scientific, medical, and biblical references that appear in the novels of Patrick O'Brian. With 62 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. 2 new ed of rev ed. Paperback, 512 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 469g.
Author: King, Dean
ISBN: 0805066152
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Date: 2001 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Harbors and High Seas"Map Book and Geographical Guide to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
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This guide to navigating Patrick O'Brian's well loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with chapters devoted to the final books in the series. It contains maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series. With 43 b&w illustrations, 56 maps. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 235 x 187 mm. Weight: 588g.
Author: King, Dean Etc.
ISBN: 0805066144
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Date: 2001 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Ayme"Uranus/La Tete Des Autnes
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"Glasgow Introductory Guides to French Literature" series; Paperback, 80 pages. Weight: 126g.
Author: Lloyd, Christopher
ISBN: 0852614454
Publisher: University of Glasgow,French & German Publications
Date: 1994 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Aller Retour New York"
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In 1935, Henry Miller set off from his adopted residence, Paris, to visit his home country - America. He wrote an account of his trip to New York to his friend Alfred Perles. This work is filled with impressions and reflections, and includes a sketch of his journey, via steamer, back to France. Paperback, Weight: 156g.
Author: Miller, Henry
ISBN: 1843914352
Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men"
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"Maxnotes" series; With illustrations. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 210 x 133 mm. Weight: 110g.
Author: Shamblin, Lena
ISBN: 087891997X
Publisher: Research & Education Association,U.S.
Date: 1995 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"The Tolkien Fan's Medieval Reader"
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This is an accessible rendering of the medieval stories, myths and legends that inspired Tolkien's, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 454g.
Author: Turgon
ISBN: 1593600119
Publisher: Cold Spring Press
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Color Purple"
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"Maxnotes" series; With illustrations. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 210 x 132 mm. Weight: 144g.
Author: Walker, Alice
ISBN: 0878910093
Publisher: Research & Education Association,U.S.
Date: 1996 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"The Falling Angels"
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This text is the story of rootlessness, of a London-Irish boy who has two identities and feels at home with neither. By his mother's bedside in a Galway hospital, he starts to unpick the past, looking for clues to his identity. With 16 b&w plates. New ed. Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 217g.
Author: Walsh, John
ISBN: 0006531229
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"Henry Williamson and the First World War"
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Henry Williamson is known for his book 'Tarka the Otter', yet his time in WW1 trenches affected him profoundly. This book draws on his letters, diaries, photographs and notebooks written at the time to give us a detailed account of life in the trenches of the First World War. It also offers us a rare insight into the making of a novelist. With 28 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 198 x 127 mm. Weight: 382g.
Author: Williamson, Henry
ISBN: 0750935529
Publisher: Npi Media Group
Date: 2004 (UK)
Readership: General Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"C. S. Lewis"A Biography
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This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. With with index. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 480 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 251g.
Author: Wilson, A. N.
ISBN: 0007202717
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Novels, Other Prose & Writers: From C 1900
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"The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts James I to the Restoration"
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The writings presented in this volume are the political tracts of the English speaking peoples in the 17th century which established principles of governance and liberty that could be seen to have not only benefited themselves but also the founders of the American Republic. Paperback, 589 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 962g.
Author: (Malcolm, Joyce Lee, ed.)
ISBN: 0865971536
Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc
Date: 1999 (Usa)
Readership: Undergraduate Other Prose: 16th to 18th Centuries (Vol 1)
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