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Paperback. When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house - and his love for the beautiful girl hidden within it, Yvonne de Galais - his life has been changed forever. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441894
- ISBN
- 9780141441894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. This edition presents a critically established text based on comparisons of every revised version. Hardy placed this tale among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group which is held to include his most characteristic work. Editor(s): Gatrell, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199697205
- ISBN
- 9780199697205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. The notorious Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still walk the earth. When the press and the scientific community ridicule him, Challenger vows to show them proof. And so he sets off for South America, accompanied by a big game hunter, a scientist and a young reporter eager to impress the woman he loves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528524
- ISBN
- 9780099528524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629966621
- ISBN
- 9789629966621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.36
€ 21.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Raitt, Suzanne. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555604
- ISBN
- 9780199555604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Presents a semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185910
- ISBN
- 9780141185910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089512
- ISBN
- 9781844089512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Paperback. One of du Maurier's most popular novels, Frenchman's Creek is a tale of adventure, set during the reign of Charles II. It is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love, who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080410
- ISBN
- 9781844080410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Immensely popular both during and after his lifetime, and a powerful influence on generations of writers and film-makers to this day, Edgar Allan Poe is still counted among the greatest short-story writers of all time and seen as one of the initiators of the detective, horror and science-fiction genres. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496096
- ISBN
- 9781847496096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. Traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. As Pip unravels truth behind his own expectations in his quest to become a gentleman, the mysteries of past and the fate through a series of adventures steers him towards maturity and an important discovery. Illustrator(s): Stone, Marcus. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260049
- ISBN
- 9781853260049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A young Austrian woman, Christine, toils away in a provincial post office when, out of the blue, a telegram arrives inviting her to join an American aunt she's never known in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire. She feels herself utterly transformed. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Sort of Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954221720
- ISBN
- 9780954221720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.67
€ 15.99
€ 13.67
Paperback. Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. Her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for a similar quest. Series: Vintage Classic Russians Series. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 216 x 46. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871956
- ISBN
- 9781784871956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardback. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for Harriet Smith. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: D; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192475
- ISBN
- 9780141192475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.29
€ 21.99
€ 15.29
paperback. In rural Illinois two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, jealously leads to murder and suicide. A tenuous friendship between lonely teenagers - the narrator, whose mother has died young, and Cletus Smith, the troubled witness to his parent's misery - is shattered. After the murder and upheavals that follow, the boys never speak again. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560937
- ISBN
- 9780099560937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.19
€ 13.00
€ 12.19
Paperback. Takes us on a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398495
- ISBN
- 9780141398495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.74
€ 5.74
Paperback. The author wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. He harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. This title collects these stories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560562
- ISBN
- 9780099560562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
paperback. Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261756
- ISBN
- 9781853261756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Hardback. The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one and Montague Rhodes James was a master of it. This volume contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827725
- ISBN
- 9781509827725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Hardcover. After the Summer Concert fiasco, Mr Kay resolves to remove Fenn from office and puts his house into special measures, co-opting Kennedy, second prefect of Blackburn's, as reluctant troubleshooter with a brief to turn the place around. But without the backing of Fenn, and the whole house hostile towards him, how can he achieve the impossible..? Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591810
- ISBN
- 9781841591810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300. 358 pages. Set against the backdrop of the the Pugachev rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed novel and remains one of his most popular works. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Debreczeny, Paul.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492159
- ISBN
- 9781847492159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. John Turner, a young man with a checkered past, has been told he has just one year to live. He decides to use his time in search of three very different men he met briefly during the war: a snobbish British pilot, a young corporal accused of murder, and a black G I accused of attempted rape. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530022
- ISBN
- 9780099530022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. Special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and brand new reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 b/w illus, (2 x red & black maps). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Special Collector’s edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007487301
- ISBN
- 9780007487301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights. Translator(s): Lyons, Malcolm; Lyons, Ursula. Num Pages: 896 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449396
- ISBN
- 9780140449396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93