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Fiction: special features
Paperback. Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft light; the smell of candles and incense. The last time Maigret went home to the village of his birth was for his father's funeral. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394756
- ISBN
- 9780141394756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. A poetic vision of power, colonialism, and gender in North Africa, The Sand Child has been justifiably celebrated around the world as a daring and significant work of international fiction. Translator(s): Sheridan, Alan. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Johns Hopkins paperback ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801864407
- ISBN
- 9780801864407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.39
€ 30.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119755
- ISBN
- 9780349119755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Most likely written by an advisor of Nero, this title recounts the adventures of Encolpius and his companions as they travel around Italy. Estimated to date from 63 - 65 AD, and only surviving in fragments, it offers a satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses and chaos. Translator(s): Sullivan, J. P. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448054
- ISBN
- 9780140448054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539215
- ISBN
- 9780199539215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. A church in the glittering frozen wastes of northern Sweden. Inside, a sacrifice: the body of a man - slashed to pieces, hands severed, eyes gouged out. The victim's sister is first to discover the body and immediately finds herself the police's only suspect. Terrified and confused, she calls on a friend: got-shot city lawyer Rebecka Martinsson. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241956441
- ISBN
- 9780241956441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
paperback. Features five short stories that gives ordinary events a hallucinatory strangeness and renders dreams as if they were entirely ordinary, subject to the same ethical and political judgements appropriate to the daylight world. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900564656
- ISBN
- 9781900564656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Comma Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905583782
- ISBN
- 9781905583782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.44
€ 15.99
€ 14.44
paperback. Editor(s): Joseph, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512607
- ISBN
- 9781905512607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. A collection of short stories of the author including "In the Place of the End" and "The Last Days of Muhammad Atta", and essays and reviews. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488699
- ISBN
- 9780099488699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006200
- ISBN
- 9781853816161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. BIC Classification: FYT. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007769
- ISBN
- 9780718182953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405924009
- ISBN
- 9781405924009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Purposefully imitating Voltaire's classic Candide, another dark comedy which derives its humour from life's tragedies, Habiby's The Secret of Saeed the Pessoptimist is a classic of Arab literature. The story of Saeed, a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, is a story of fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy. Translator(s): Jayyusi, Salma; Gassick, Trevor Le. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697266
- ISBN
- 9781906697266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.66
€ 16.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories-two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident-that speak to each other in interesting ways. Editor(s): Peters, John G. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 624 pages, 6. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393936339
- ISBN
- 9780393936339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. The best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- HarperVoyager
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586212042
- ISBN
- 9780586212042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. A collection of stories with the notion of separateness - of adults from each other, of children from adult knowledge, and of adult consciousness from the vividness of childhood. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0018198
- ISBN
- 9780099507581
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Tea-Bag, a young Nigerian girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tania has made a long and dangerous journey to escape themisery of life in a brothel. Leila has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. Translator(s): Segerberg, Ebba. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455486
- ISBN
- 9780099455486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
paperback. One by one the lighted windows went dark. The silhouette of the dead man could still be seen through the frosted glass like a Chinese shadow puppet. A taxi pulled up. It wasn't the public prosecutor yet. A young woman crossed the courtyard with hurried steps, leaving a whiff of perfume in her wake. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394183
- ISBN
- 9780141394183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748663163
- ISBN
- 9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
Hardback. A collection of thirteen tales and anecdotes, published for the first time as Hogg intended, and capturing the flavour of Border story-telling. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604746
- ISBN
- 9780748604746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.33€ 119.62
€ 124.33
€ 119.62
hardcover. Features stories that explore the relation between the human world and the realm of nature. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904634164
- ISBN
- 9781904634164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
paperback. Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels--"Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row," and "The Pearl." Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 41. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143105770
- ISBN
- 9780143105770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.14
€ 35.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged; a stranger, awaited with dread; and the mercurial changes in young love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349114088
- ISBN
- 9780349114088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81