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Paperback. An insipid face. Glazed eyes. And Maigret was not surprised to see a grey beard eating into his cheeks. A distressed passenger leaps off a night train and vanishes into the woods. Maigret, on his way to a well-earned break in the Dordogne, is soon plunged into the pursuit of a madman, hiding amongst the seemingly respectable citizens of Bergerac. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
15th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394565
ISBN
9780141394565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Features two affecting short stories that combine the fantastical with the allegorical. This book includes "The Machine Stops" and "A Celestial Omnibus". Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141195988
ISBN
9780141195988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.71

Paperback. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Translator(s): Scammell, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185989
ISBN
9780141185989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. A book that is full of personal stories, set against a background of the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath at home, and the wider world as Coca-Cola sets up a factory nearby and news comes in of men landing on the moon. It is a philosophical take on memory, belonging, and the nature of storytelling itself. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597438
ISBN
9780099597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Expanded and updated collection of short stories using Head's 'Tales of Tenderness and Power' as a basis. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435045715
ISBN
9780435045715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.74

paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Random House
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022753
ISBN
9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911344247
ISBN
9781911344247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the tension between country and city life, the instinct towards escape and nostalgia for home; and always in shimmering prose. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571282951
ISBN
9780571282951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. A poignant tale which touches on the themes of yearning and lost youth that are central to many of Fitzgerald's novels and stories, 'The Love Boat' is here presented with other lesser-known pieces which he wrote in the 1920s and explore the many facets of his creative talents. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494146
ISBN
9781847494146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Cobb's The Fire Eaters"Cobb's short stories, printed in the New Yorker and other magazines, hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel."-Publisher's Weekly Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411477
ISBN
9781421411477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.27

Hardback. Translator(s): Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175548
ISBN
9780231175548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.97
€ 64.13

Paperback. Translator(s): Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun; Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175555
ISBN
9780231175555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Another restrained yet monumental epic-in-miniature by one of the most elegant and lucid of modern European writers Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857056085
ISBN
9780857056085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007560707
ISBN
9780007560707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Gleeson, Sinead. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848405486
ISBN
9781848405486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The eighth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439188
ISBN
9780007439188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

paperback. A tense and gripping psychological thriller from award-winning Swedish crime writer, Hakan Nesser. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Pan Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447271949
ISBN
9781447271949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.76

Paperback. As part of The Living you cannot die. As part of The Living you have no free will. Yet one man is born who is different to the rest; one who could bring society crashing down - A stunning and sinister vision of a dystopian future by a critically acclaimed young Russian author. Translator(s): Rann, James. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843913771
ISBN
9781843913771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241290248
ISBN
9780241290248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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