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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

paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140020403
ISBN
9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. Includes eight stories which offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. This anthology is suitable for the German student of English as well as the English student of German. It reflects trends in German literature. Editor(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140041194
ISBN
9780140041194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025554
ISBN
9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025624
ISBN
9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. From one of the world's best loved storytellers, the trilogy that began with City of the Beasts comes to a thrilling climax. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240. Good copy showing light age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperPerennial London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025980
ISBN
9780007199648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031526
ISBN
9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597805407
ISBN
9781597805407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.84

paperback. Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to America. But as the Nazis threaten to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood sweetheart who has been waiting for him all these years. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 194 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0026156
ISBN
9780141197630
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.12

paperback. In the spirit of James Joyce's "Dubliners," Mueenuddin's collection of linked stories illuminates a place and a people through an examination of the entwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in Lahore, Pakistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337204
ISBN
9780393337204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Profound portraits of the traumas of war, the ravages of homophobia, and the triumph of desire. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872864665
ISBN
9780872864665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.58

paperback. Editor(s): Zane. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Atria United States
Edition
Atria Bks Trade Pbk ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743297271
ISBN
9780743297271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. In Makuck's fourth collection of short stories he once again explores the fertile territory of small, rural American towns. With tenderness and clarity, he excavates the mundane surface of everyday lives to reveal compassionate characters who are unexpectedly vulnerable. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610823
ISBN
9780815610823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.98

Publisher
United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195130850
ISBN
9780195130850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486471396
ISBN
9780486471396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.93

Paperback. Presents a collection of short stories written by some of Michigan's most well-known fiction writers. This collection of twenty-two short stories serves as a celebration not only of the tenth anniversary of the Made in Michigan Writers Series in 2016 but also of the rich history of writing and storytelling in the region. Editor(s): Delp, Michael; Liebler, M. L. Series: Made in Michigan Writers Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814341940
ISBN
9780814341940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.70

Hardcover. A collection of stories that reveal one woman's exploration of identity, finding it in both the sweeping backdrop of Egyptian history and the quotidian exchanges with friends and family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609216
ISBN
9780815609216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.38

Hardcover. A novel that follows the parallel lives of a transplanted Austrian woman, who has made Iran her home, and her grandson, Nuri, who desperately misses his mother but hides his longing behind a veneer of teenage bravado. Translator(s): Rahimieh, Nasrin. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609339
ISBN
9780815609339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.52

Hardcover. A collection of translated richly constructed stories that beautifully illustrate the intersecting worlds of Russian, Jewish and American lives Editor(s): Shrayer, Maxim. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610335
ISBN
9780815610335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Staudohar, Paul D. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613743768
ISBN
9781613743768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.63

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