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Paperback. In A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, a young officer, passionate and world-weary, is posted to the Caucasus and becomes involved in a series of adventures. A dazzlingly original work of fiction, the novel is newly translated together with Pushkin's travel narrative, A Journey to Arzrum, with introduction and notes. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199652686
ISBN
9780199652686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. A collection of 19 tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone. Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint; of the near future, the recent past; of old habits, new technology; of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers; and of houses, ancient and modern. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0023761
ISBN
9780006550983
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Deborah. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Open Letter
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953465
ISBN
9781940953465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. When a girl is found dead with a copy of Rudian Stefa's latest book in her possession, the author finds himself summoned for an interview by the Party Committee. Unable to guess what transgression he has committed Rudian goes fearfully to meet his interrogators. He has never met the girl in question but he remembers signing the book. Translator(s): Hodgson, John. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593072
ISBN
9780099593072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593126
ISBN
9780099593126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. A superb new collection from the No.1 bestselling author: 'Reading her books is like gossiping with old friends' DAILY EXPRESS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 293.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409161448
ISBN
9781409161448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843914020
ISBN
9781843914020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.50

hardcover. This charming collection of Christmas stories by longtime Episcopal Rector Jim Simons illuminate the true spirit of Christmas, as the citizens of the fictional town Evergreen navigate health crises, Christmas pageants, and errant pets, gleaning deep lessons from simple scenes. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442241824
ISBN
9781442241824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936873531
ISBN
9781936873531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. A collection of tales that range from one man's honeymooning epiphany in "Hassan's Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera", and the joy of "The Merry Widow" which explore cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196435
ISBN
9780141196435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. This selection of twenty-seven stories in a lively new transltion shows Maupassant as his comic, cruel, and brillant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555789
ISBN
9780199555789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Hardcover. Susan Muaddi Darraj's short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection, and, ultimately, the deepest and richest meaning of home. A Curious Land gives voice to the experiences of Palestinians in the last century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341877
ISBN
9781625341877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.79

Paperback. A pair of lovers - a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in the Brazilian outback - spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults, cruelty and warring egos, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power game. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396804
ISBN
9780141396804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. When a French professor visiting the quiet, Dutch coastal town of Delfzjil is accused of murder, Maigret is sent to investigate. The community seem happy to blame an unknown outsider, but there are people much closer to home who seem to know much more than they're letting on. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393490
ISBN
9780141393490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia in 1916-17. This book show how his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice - on the eve of the Revolution. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9780099529569
ISBN
9780099529569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder made to look like a suicide. A strange symbol is found near the body. Then a second victim is discovered. How are these deaths, and rumours of an Icelandic demon, linked to the secretive Association for the Study of the Writings of Maximilien Robespierre? Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702625
ISBN
9781784702625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. Written in agony, this book features elegiac meditation on the creation of life, and of art. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
Edition
Standard Edition
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197371
ISBN
9780141197371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163330
ISBN
9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.71

Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084989
ISBN
9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950600
ISBN
9781841950600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.30

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