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Paperback. These eclectic, captivating tales - dealing with topics such as mysterious jungles in the sky, seventeenth-century torture techniques, an enigmatic Brazilian cat and a train mysteriously disappearing between two stations - showcases Arthur Conan Doyle at his creative best. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493842
ISBN
9781847493842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. The best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586212042
ISBN
9780586212042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973248104
ISBN
9780973248104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

paperback. Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099548553
ISBN
9780099548553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard; Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542322
ISBN
9780099542322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A skeleton is found half-buried in a dried out lake. The bones have been weighed down with an radio transmitter: is this a clue to the victim, and the killer's identity? Detective Erlendur is called in to investigate and discovers that there may be a connection with a group of students who were sent to study in East Germany during the Cold War. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542216
ISBN
9780099542216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535638
ISBN
9780099535638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble.. 48 hours later, a young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat. Translator(s): Yates, Anne. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549352
ISBN
9780099549352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. One cold autumn night, a woman is found hanging from a beam at her holiday cottage. At first sight, it appears like a straightforward case of suicide. Maria had never recovered from the death of her mother two years previously and she had a history of depression. But then the friend who found her body approaches Detective Erlendur. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532279
ISBN
9780099532279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. At a grand Reykjavik hotel the doorman has been repeatedly stabbed in the dingy basement room he called home. It is only a few days before Christmas and he was preparing to appear as Santa Claus at a children's party. The manager tries to keep the murder under wraps. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546627
ISBN
9780099546627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. Delving into the dead man's life Detective Erlendur discovers that forty years ago he was accused of an appalling crime, but never convicted. Had his past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur struggles to build a relationship with his unhappy daughter, his investigation takes him to Iceland's Genetic Research Centre. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099541837
ISBN
9780099541837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865330
ISBN
9781408865330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

paperback. Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take an individual approach to storytelling. This book contains 33 tales that showcase the wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known writers. Editor(s): Martone, Michael. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quarry Books United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210227
ISBN
9780253210227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Sinha, Arunava; Haq, Kaiser; Islam, Khademul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583805
ISBN
9781905583805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. A hitman. A journalist. A family torn apart. Can he uncover the truth before it's too late? The Mine is a gripping, beautifully written, terrifying and explosive thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir. Translator(s): Hackston, David. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Orenda Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910633533
ISBN
9781910633533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Series: Dedalus Europe 2013. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232242
ISBN
9781909232242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The side of Paris the tourists don't see - by the rising star of French crime fiction. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782062431
ISBN
9781782062431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Broner, Martina. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Archipelago
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671725
ISBN
9780914671725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.14

Translator(s): Constantine, Peter. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806644
ISBN
9781609806644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.00
€ 21.18

Paperback. A collection of stories such as "Peasants", "The House with the Mezzanine" and "My Life", in which, the author paints a picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447873
ISBN
9780140447873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447866
ISBN
9780140447866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. This collection of lesser-known of short stories - ranging from absurd humorous sketches to psychological pieces and tragic stories - demonstrates Anton Chekhov's mastery of the genre. Translator(s): Fitzlyon, April. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494757
ISBN
9781847494757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. In the Twilight, the third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writer's passage from the youthful author of slight comic sketches, to the master of the short-story genre. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493835
ISBN
9781847493835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Hingley, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199553891
ISBN
9780199553891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

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