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Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289708
ISBN
9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

hardcover. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
848
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152760
ISBN
9781857152760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282846
ISBN
9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289609
ISBN
9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781616961879
ISBN
9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278. 186 pages, 1. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight: 278. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A.
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264363
ISBN
9788086264363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446869
ISBN
9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

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
€ 11.69

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264431
ISBN
9788086264431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Series: Dedalus Europe 2013. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907650710
ISBN
9781907650710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Series: Dedalus Europe. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213148
ISBN
9781910213148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183459
ISBN
9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811216746
ISBN
9780811216746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

paperback. Albinus - rich, married middle-aged and respectable - is an art critic and aspiring filmmaker who lusts after the coquettish young cinema usherette Margot. Gradually he seduces her and convinces himself he is irresistible to her, but Margot has other plans. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186528
ISBN
9780141186528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184548
ISBN
9780141184548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191188
ISBN
9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Takes us into the prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 195 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185606
ISBN
9780141185606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188515
ISBN
9780141188515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140184822
ISBN
9780140184822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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