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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Features Jim Nolan, who is disenfranchised and alone, and, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186023
ISBN
9780141186023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186313
ISBN
9780141186313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A superb story of power and beauty, critically acclaimed across the world and now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features, for all readers. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Barrington Stoke Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Large type edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781125939
ISBN
9781781125939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185507
ISBN
9780141185507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185118
ISBN
9780141185118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980361
ISBN
9780241980361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980385
ISBN
9780241980385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.43

Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204911
ISBN
9780872204911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.94

Paperback. Two Persian travellers arrive in Paris and report on the European society of the Enlightenment in their letters home. With biting satire they compare East and West, while unsettling news from the harem provides a suspenseful plot of jealousy and passion. This is the first English translation based on the original text. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Mauldon, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192806352
ISBN
9780192806352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204904
ISBN
9780872204904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Darf Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772903
ISBN
9781850772903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Kang, Minsoo. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107699
ISBN
9780143107699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. This unique work of domestic literature adds to our limited library of Canadian feminist writings of the first wave. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611573
ISBN
9781442611573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173596
ISBN
9781590173596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297418
ISBN
9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.59

Hardcover. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself. Series: Transylvania Trilogy. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 204 x 38. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593531
ISBN
9781841593531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.77

Hardcover. The liberal hero, Balint, is at odds with the politics of his time; he describes the idyllic pre-industrial world of Hungarian Transylvania, later to fall into the hands of first the Nazis and then the Communists, his love for Adrienne, married to an unpleasant and dangerous lunatic, and a Proustian society helplessly bent on its own destruction. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 54. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593548
ISBN
9781841593548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Hardcover. Set in the Caucasus, the scene of Russia's military campaigns in the 19th century, this is both an adventure story and a sardonic look at the heroic ideals of the author's contemporaries. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir; Nabokov, Dmitri. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150780
ISBN
9781857150780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. In A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, a young officer, passionate and world-weary, is posted to the Caucasus and becomes involved in a series of adventures. A dazzlingly original work of fiction, the novel is newly translated together with Pushkin's travel narrative, A Journey to Arzrum, with introduction and notes. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199652686
ISBN
9780199652686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition includes Princess Ligovskaya Translator(s): Cornwell, Neil; Parker, Martin. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495761
ISBN
9781847495761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. For those who cannot read the language of the original texts, the lively and varied world of eighteenth-century Russian literature has been largely inaccessible. This translation presents three seminal tales that express the major literary, social, and philosophical concerns of late-eighteenth-century Russia. Translator(s): Gasperetti, David. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806747
ISBN
9780875806747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843914020
ISBN
9781843914020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin, adult siblings who have just lost their mother, find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's saga, the author recreates the experience of battles, and also the long pauses that come before and after. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151459
ISBN
9780300151459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order in disarray. Only the Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099540946
ISBN
9780099540946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

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