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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. "Esau and Jacob" is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level, the story of Brazil itself, it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman. Assis presents a study of the doubts and insecurities of the human condition, rather than an heroic bible fable. Editor(s): Borges, Dain (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA). Translator(s): Lowe, Elizabeth. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195108118
ISBN
9780195108118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wilder Publications, Limited United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604597356
ISBN
9781604597356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.60

paperback. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, this title includes tales which can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442297
ISBN
9780141442297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Follows the fates of a ramshackle troupe of machine-gunners in the Second World War, as they argue, joke, swear, cadge a loaf of bread or a cigarette, combat both boredom and horror in the swamps and pine forests - and discover that war will make or break them. Translator(s): Yamaguchi, Liesl. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141393650
ISBN
9780141393650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780226971377
ISBN
9780226971377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.91

paperback. In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, "The Cossacks" describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Editor(s): McDuff, David. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 440 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449594
ISBN
9780140449594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Linking various minor events, this work switches back-and-forth producing an illusion of impetus. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188515
ISBN
9780141188515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136. T
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
9780241962527
ISBN
9780241962527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.20

Num Pages: 899 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1471.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Advantage Publishers Group United States
Number of pages
899
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607103127
ISBN
9781607103127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.70

Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 475 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813005997
ISBN
9780813005997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624663451
ISBN
9781624663451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.92

paperback. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183923
ISBN
9780141183923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Nineteen year old Lily Bart is in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to gossip. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Edition
150th Anniversary ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106555
ISBN
9780143106555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.14

At the end of "Little Women, " Jo March inherits the Plumfield estate. Now she and her husband have turned it into an experimental school for boys. Here is the continued story of Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Revised reissue. Series: Signet Classics. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 173 x 104 x 28. Weight in Grams: 183.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Signet
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451532237
ISBN
9780451532237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
London Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955185182
ISBN
9780955185182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.58

CD-Audio.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Edition
Com/DVD
Number of pages
5
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589973244
ISBN
9781589973244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.49

CD-Audio. Series: Radio Theatre. BIC Classification: FC; FW; HRCV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 145 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624053597
ISBN
9781624053597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.87

CD-Audio. Series: Radio Theatre. BIC Classification: FC; FW; HRCV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 146 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624053603
ISBN
9781624053603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.75

paperback. The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. This title provides tales that range from the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers". Illustrator(s): Harvey, William. Translator(s): Dawood, N. J. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140442892
ISBN
9780140442892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

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: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140449396
ISBN
9780140449396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.14

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