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Paperback. Condizione: New. "If his cypher was discovered too soon, his life would be the forfeit. If never, his labour would be in vain."In this volume, we invite you to reflect on all the ways messages can be hidden - and uncovered - in other messages. More than that, we invite you to think about the relationship between the w…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Nobody is going to buy the book if I say nice things about you, Werner."- Klaus Kinski to Werner Herzog What are the things you can't live with or without? What can we expect from relationships that refuse to resolve themselves one way or the other? You Again collects together accounts of ruinous ten…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "If his cypher was discovered too soon, his life would be the forfeit. If never, his labour would be in vain."In this volume, we invite you to reflect on all the ways messages can be hidden - and uncovered - in other messages. More than that, we invite you to think about the relationship between the w…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Nobody is going to buy the book if I say nice things about you, Werner."- Klaus Kinski to Werner Herzog What are the things you can't live with or without? What can we expect from relationships that refuse to resolve themselves one way or the other? You Again collects together accounts of ruinous ten…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Very ready we are to say of a book, 'How good it is - that's exactly what I think!' But the right feeling is, 'What the hell did I just read?'"- John Ruskin Why a book of misquotations? Because what's captured in such a book is the jittery, jumbled essence of truth: that wisdom and edict alike are co…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Behind the thin glass, the wind chanted not warnings but invitations. " They're done with the land, its reckless rulers and its unjust laws! Now ten poets set sail under the bold black flag, as pirate queens, gentleman corsairs and salty dogs, to sing shanties most boisterously and comb for treasure.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. In scenarios which recall the mid-20th century craze for atomic monsters and stop-motion titans - as well as the existential fears they continue to embody - these ten sprawling poems and lyrical tales turn on terrible confrontations in modern metropolitan centres. The poets behind them are fighters, g…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Poets are famous rakes, seductresses and time travellers, are they not? Cast all doubt from your mind by taking in these ten tantalising accounts of extremely inter-generational flirtation, whereby prominent persons from history are left weak-kneed and willing. But is that all there is to it? Or are o…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Poets are, as a matter of fact, natural spies. Nondescript in appearance, they're quick, ever-watchful, and shifty in their skins. Practised at fleeing, and at giving pursuit. Likely to reach for a pen that fires a dart. Likely, too, to cross each other's paths in out-of-the-way places, and exchange s…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Long before we went to the moon, we dreamt of going there, of what it would be like, in every medium from cinema to comic strip. Now, ten brave cosmonauts have resurrected that most rickety, most celestial of technologies - the lyric poem - as a means of reaching out as far as any of us has ever gone,…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Do poets make good detectives? Find out by following their feats of deduction, in this set of ten wildly varied accounts of mystery and murder. See them soften the tight lips of witnesses, squeeze the hearts of suspects, and wrestle with the muddledness of the inner life exposed. Watch for their subtl…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Poets are, as a matter of fact, natural spies. Nondescript in appearance, they're quick, ever-watchful, and shifty in their skins. Practised at fleeing, and at giving pursuit. Likely to reach for a pen that fires a dart. Likely, too, to cross each other's paths in out-of-the-way places, and exchange s…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Behind the thin glass, the wind chanted not warnings but invitations. " They're done with the land, its reckless rulers and its unjust laws! Now ten poets set sail under the bold black flag, as pirate queens, gentleman corsairs and salty dogs, to sing shanties most boisterously and comb for treasure.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "One need not be a Chamber-to be Haunted-"When a poet turns to the subject of ghosts, it's as much conjuration, or spectral evocation, as it is a story. We have gathered here ten in one slim book - ten possible summoning spells, primed to plant sounds and images deep in the ear and eye. Would you risk…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Poets are famous rakes, seductresses and time travellers, are they not? Cast all doubt from your mind by taking in these ten tantalising accounts of extremely inter-generational flirtation, whereby prominent persons from history are left weak-kneed and willing. But is that all there is to it? Or are o…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Long before we went to the moon, we dreamt of going there, of what it would be like, in every medium from cinema to comic strip. Now, ten brave cosmonauts have resurrected that most rickety, most celestial of technologies - the lyric poem - as a means of reaching out as far as any of us has ever gone,…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Very ready we are to say of a book, 'How good it is - that's exactly what I think!' But the right feeling is, 'What the hell did I just read?'"- John Ruskin Why a book of misquotations? Because what's captured in such a book is the jittery, jumbled essence of truth: that wisdom and edict alike are co…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Do poets make good detectives? Find out by following their feats of deduction, in this set of ten wildly varied accounts of mystery and murder. See them soften the tight lips of witnesses, squeeze the hearts of suspects, and wrestle with the muddledness of the inner life exposed. Watch for their subtl…

Paperback. Condizione: New. In scenarios which recall the mid-20th century craze for atomic monsters and stop-motion titans - as well as the existential fears they continue to embody - these ten sprawling poems and lyrical tales turn on terrible confrontations in modern metropolitan centres. The poets behind them are fighters, g…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The goblin men are here again, with their shrill repeated cry: "Come buy, come buy!" And the pixies, the pooka, the gnomes and naiads, the boggarts and brownies - European folklore fizzes with tales of wicked and winsome creatures of the woods. And while in many ways their power has waned - what is th…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "One need not be a Chamber-to be Haunted-"When a poet turns to the subject of ghosts, it's as much conjuration, or spectral evocation, as it is a story. We have gathered here ten in one slim book - ten possible summoning spells, primed to plant sounds and images deep in the ear and eye. Would you risk…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "Enter freely and of your own will!" After a hellish coach ride up a mountain pass, each of our ten poets crosses a threshold - perhaps a little dishevelled. But the master of the castle remains oddly reclusive; is this stop-off or destination, sanctuary or trap? Move through the book as you would a c…

Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Smut' can mean many things.Within the pages of this book you will find poetry, short stories, visual artworks and more, crafted by ARU students past and present. These diverse works have one thing in common - they all engage creatively with at least one of the many definitions of a single word: smut.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "This game takes a minute to play - since you should never spend longer than a minute in a library on fire." Looking for a different kind of challenge? Here's a collection of rules and instructions - for games to play on your own, with friends or enemies, outside or in. Most are designed to be very sh…

Paperback. Condizione: New. As noted by Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Chris Beckett in his foreword, one of the key pleasures of this anthology is the range of different forms, subjects and styles: "Poetry, travelogue, a last will and testament, microfiction (nanofiction, even?) . and - yeeeessss! - several pieces of science fic…

Paperback. Condizione: New. This anthology brings together a rich collection of fifteen voices. Each contribution is unique in flavour, origin, and rhythm, yet somehow, like the ingredients of a well-loved recipe, the combination is greater than the sum of its parts. Utilising both prose and poetry, these narrative reflections c…

Paperback. Condizione: New. How well do you know Gaius Valerius Catullus, Ancient Rome's most notorious scandal-monger, filthsmith and lovelorn wretch? Impress your friends by having his muckiest quotes and most stinging jibes to hand at all times! In this customisable handbook, you'll find him at his most sexy, tender, savage a…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The goblin men are here again, with their shrill repeated cry: "Come buy, come buy!" And the pixies, the pooka, the gnomes and naiads, the boggarts and brownies - European folklore fizzes with tales of wicked and winsome creatures of the woods. And while in many ways their power has waned - what is th…

Paperback. Condizione: New. "If his cypher was discovered too soon, his life would be the forfeit. If never, his labour would be in vain."In this volume, we invite you to reflect on all the ways messages can be hidden - and uncovered - in other messages. More than that, we invite you to think about the relationship between the w…