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paperback. Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community and its raging river all hide their own mysteries. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394770
ISBN
9780141394770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. A local scandal intrudes on Maigret's seaside holiday in book twenty-eight of the new Penguin Maigret series. At what point in the day could the note have been slipped into his pocket, his left breast pocket? It was an ordinary sheet of glazed squared paper, probably torn out of an exercise book. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141980744
ISBN
9780141980744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. Includes the stories "Metamorphosis"; "Meditation"; "The Judgement"; "The Stoker"; and "The Aeroplanes at Brescia". Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105244
ISBN
9780143105244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels--"Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row," and "The Pearl." Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 41. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105770
ISBN
9780143105770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.14

paperback. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780241240175
ISBN
9780241240175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Features a collection of short stories. This book explores the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771054
ISBN
9780552771054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749386696
ISBN
9780749386696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749399467
ISBN
9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

mass_market. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872731
ISBN
9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.67

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. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143039846
ISBN
9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cleis Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627781305
ISBN
9781627781305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.62

paperback. First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
9780007242290
ISBN
9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.83

paperback. Translator(s): Wortsmann, Peter. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Archipelago Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780981955728
ISBN
9780981955728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.47

hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility. Num Pages: 955 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150995
ISBN
9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386870
ISBN
9780749386870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
New Directions United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201100
ISBN
9780811201100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitsutani, Margaret. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 118 x 7. Weight in Grams: 62.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220378
ISBN
9780811220378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.26

paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284. Good copy showing minimal aging and shelf wear. Light bumping to edges. Ownership details to half title, text is scored and highlighted throughout
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0024988
ISBN
9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when idleness was still looked upon by Russia's serf-owning rural gentry as a plausible and worthy goal, Ivan Goncharov's "Oblomov" follows the travails of an unlikely hero, a young aristocrat incapable of making a decision. This title presents the translation the novel. Translator(s): Schwartz, Marian. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162288
ISBN
9780300162288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.23

paperback. Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192598
ISBN
9780141192598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.31

Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225518
ISBN
9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.20

Paperback. A relentless killer scars Rome for two decades, leaving its unique signature on its victims and pursuers. Translator(s): Thompson, N. S. Series: Commissario Balistreri Trilogy. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857389329
ISBN
9780857389329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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