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Paperback. Obsession, longing, deceit and even murder feature in this quartet of provocative novellas, which gives a modern twist to tales of women for whom all is not necessarily as it seems. Drawing on history, culture and lore, this is a riveting exploration of the complexities of motherhood: edgy and engrossing, moving, yet at times, disturbing. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908643575
ISBN
9781908643575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846274770
ISBN
9781846274770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. In eight inimitable stories, Cees Nooteboom, one of the great modern novelists, meditates on love, loss and the shadow of death. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849165570
ISBN
9781849165570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313638
ISBN
9781908313638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. When it comes to crime, France is the new Scandinavia - an isolated, snow-bound valley and a series of strange murders set the scene in this gripping French besteller. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Series: Commandant Servaz. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732269
ISBN
9781444732269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series at GBP4.99, this edition of the gambler in a brand new translation includes pictures and an extensive section on Dostoevsky's life and works Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493828
ISBN
9781847493828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.94

hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150483
ISBN
9781857150483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Contains fifteen stories, many of which are set in the author's native New Zealand, and others in England and the French Riviera. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441801
ISBN
9780141441801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413775313
ISBN
9780413775313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

paperback. Translator(s): Sibley, William F. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590175873
ISBN
9781590175873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221640
ISBN
9781840221640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583560
ISBN
9781905583560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. An autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. It tells the story of Fyodor's pursuits as a writer. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri; Scammell, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185873
ISBN
9780141185873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346. 247 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight: 346. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787842
ISBN
9781564787842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

paperback. The girl with the dragon tattoo is back: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in the #1 bestselling continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. Translator(s): Goulding, George. Series: Millennium Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
MacLehose Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000859
ISBN
9781848667785
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957296
ISBN
9781841957296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? This title deals with these questions. Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. Folktales from Africa. Adult Edition. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956299
ISBN
9781841956299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac's mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century's richest explorations of life and art. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571284
ISBN
9780199571284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283621
ISBN
9780099283621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. Tells the story of Lucius, a curious and silly young man, who is turned into a donkey when he meddles with witchcraft. Doomed to wander from region to region and mistreated by a series of deplorable owners, Lucius at last is restored to human form with the help of the goddess Isis. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198140
ISBN
9780300198140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Illustrator(s): "Callot". Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 pp line drawings by Callot. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552474
ISBN
9780199552474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

paperback. A humorous look at golf by the acclaimed author of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hutchinson
Condition
New
SKU
9780091745752
ISBN
9780091745752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393506
ISBN
9780141393506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083333
ISBN
9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

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