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Paperback. Driving home, Paulo passes an indigenous girl at the side of the road. Paulo gives her a lift to her family's camp. From cocaine-fuelled rich kids and the Guarani Indians camped along Brazil's highways to a squatter's life in London, Nowhere People is a raw and passionate classic in the making, about our need for human connections and a home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276384
- ISBN
- 9781908276384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
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Paperback. Exposing and exploring the sinuous undercurrents of violence, anguish and love, this title examines the nature of the individual, both in isolation and society, as characters define and deny their chosen identities. It reveals the subversive liberation of impotence, and, the humour of discomfort as human beings chafe together. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457114
- ISBN
- 9780099457114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. Introduces the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542025
- ISBN
- 9780099542025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, the author takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753513828
- ISBN
- 9780753513828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 5.80
€ 15.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455120
- ISBN
- 9780140455120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this new edition includes pictures and section on Dostoevsky's life and works. Seen by many as the first existentialist novel, Notes from Underground was a pivotal moment in the development of modern literature and has inspired countless novelists, thinkers and film-makers. Translator(s): Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493743
- ISBN
- 9781847493743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.96
€ 9.99
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Paperback. Translator(s): Kentish, Jane. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536382
- ISBN
- 9780199536382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. As well as the text itself and an informative introduction, this new edition includes a selection of background documents (also newly translated), which help set the work in the cultural and intellectual context out of which it emerged. Translator(s): Lodge, Kirsten. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812219
- ISBN
- 9781554812219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.61
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€ 16.61
Hardcover. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 99
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209060
- ISBN
- 9780872209060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
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€ 25.68
Paperback. An introduction that places the underground man in the historical context of nineteenth-century modernity's movement toward secularism, examines his psychological dynamics, and identifies the developments in Russian intellectual life that the work parodies and criticises. Editor(s): Guignon, Charles; Aho, Kevin. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 99
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209053
- ISBN
- 9780872209053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.01
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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
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover
Apple, Max; Brouwer, Joel. Ed(S): Martone, Mi...
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
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Small Beer Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618730602
- ISBN
- 9781618730602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
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Paperback. Reissued with new jacket and two additional stories not previously included. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340933992
- ISBN
- 9780340933992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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€ 10.23
Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420466
- ISBN
- 9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.93
€ 19.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. This bestselling, critically acclaimed short story collection is being canonised Series: Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782116295
- ISBN
- 9781782116295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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€ 10.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Ward Wood Publishing United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908742100
- ISBN
- 9781908742100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. In the cyberpunk metropolis of Neo Saitama, Kenji Fujikido is an average salaryman whose wife and children are suddenly assassinated. Tracking the murder back to a ninja, Fujikido trains to seek vengeance - initially on those who murdered his family, but ultimately on every ninja on the planet. He becomes the Ninja Slayer, a warrior obsessed with killing every last ninja to avenge his family. Ninja Slayer was originally released in segments on Twitter this is the first full collection of this innovative new series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FY. .
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632360885
- ISBN
- 9781632360885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 12.34
€ 13.00
€ 12.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316769501
- ISBN
- 9780316769501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.38
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Paperback. Top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat and her partner, journalist Jameson Rook, pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago. But their quest for the old spy unearths an alarming terror plot that has already entered its countdown phase. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781167724
- ISBN
- 9781781167724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
€ 11.99
€ 9.89