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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic, freakish and savage by turn, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth. Translator(s): Creighton, Basil. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 17. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241951521
- ISBN
- 9780241951521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099561545
- ISBN
- 9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Translator(s): McNeil, Rhett. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788993
- ISBN
- 9781564788993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.99
€ 17.99
€ 16.99
Hardcover. Offers an mouth-watering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, this book includes choice titbits from famous novels: the triumphant boeuf en daube served in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, and Proust's rhapsodic memories of watching the family cook prepare asparagus in Remembrance of Things Past. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596198
- ISBN
- 9781841596198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Hardcover. Includes classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London that mix with imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J G Ballard. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596051
- ISBN
- 9781841596051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
hardcover. A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989037
- ISBN
- 9780295989037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Provides an unparalleled view of the art of traditional Chinese short fiction. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993713
- ISBN
- 9780295993713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21€ 63.36
€ 64.21
€ 63.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Series: A Ming Dynasty Collection. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780295985688
- ISBN
- 9780295985688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 53.49
€ 53.51
€ 53.49
Paperback. The timeless boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in 19th-century New England, in a new edition for today's readers. Illustrator(s): White, A.B. Series: Hardscrabble Classics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 71 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874517941
- ISBN
- 9780874517941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185385
- ISBN
- 9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside. There he falls in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually she becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself. Translator(s): Bussy, Dorothy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185248
- ISBN
- 9780141185248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Martin Danahays edition of Jekyll and Hyde is a treasure trove of biographical, cultural, and historical materials. John Kucich, University of Michigan Editor(s): Danahay, Martin A. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810246
- ISBN
- 9781554810246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.83
€ 20.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536221
- ISBN
- 9780199536221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.18
€ 9.99
€ 9.18
Paperback. Act as miniatures that aim to be regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. These tales with their prose and wordplay, include 104 stories that reveal a world, in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a pear tree, a scholar recounts his incarnations, and a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447408
- ISBN
- 9780140447408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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€ 14.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709985
- ISBN
- 9780198709985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Charity Royall lives unhappily with her hard-drinking adoptive father in a village, until a visiting architect awakens her sexual passion and the hope for escape. Exploring Charity's relation to her father and her lover, this title delves into dark cultural territory: repressed sexuality, small-town prejudice, and, in subtle hints, incest. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186796
- ISBN
- 9780140186796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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€ 10.03
Paperback. A captivating comic novel from Angela Thirkell's much-loved 1930s Barsetshire series: trainee barrister Colin Keith makes an ill-advised foray into teaching at Southbridge School. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089697
- ISBN
- 9781844089697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. The Empress of Blandings, prize-winning pig and all-consuming passion of Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has disappeared. Blandings Castle is in uproar and there are suspects a-plenty - from Galahad Threepwood to the Efficient Baxter, chilling former secretary to Lord Emsworth. Even Beach the Butler seems deeply embroiled. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513827
- ISBN
- 9780099513827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Poor Sir Buckstone Abbott, Bart! Not only does he own in Walsingford Hall one of the least attractive stately homes in the country, but he has to take in paying guests to keep it upright. So when it seems a rich (if not very nice) continental princess might buy it, he's overjoyed. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514169
- ISBN
- 9780099514169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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€ 11.10
Paperback. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Classroom
- SKU
- V9788024632896
- ISBN
- 9788024632896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.74
€ 11.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. "Sunjata" is an African aural epic which details the exploits of its hero as he defeats his greatest adversary, and establishes himself as master of a growing empire. This edition contains two renditions of the tale which have been transcribed and translated from by African Grigots. Editor(s): Duran, Lucy; Furniss, Graham. Translator(s): Innes, Gordon; Sidibe, Bakari. Num Pages: 160 pages, maps, chronologies. BIC Classification: DN; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447361
- ISBN
- 9780140447361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.80
€ 18.99
€ 15.80
Hardcover. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiance, Jeff Bennison, which means that her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, has to engineer a complicated plot to bring them back together. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 390 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591988
- ISBN
- 9781841591988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571258802
- ISBN
- 9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.10
€ 13.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight: 190.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492272
- ISBN
- 9781847492272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03