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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
€ 10.25

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
€ 11.06

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
€ 15.22

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

€ 65.38

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
€ 13.28

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
€ 11.02

Paperback. Fall into the dreamlike realities of absinthe and madness. Here, buildings pursue their own malevolent intents; a grieving father and daughter receive a grisly visitor; a man is unravelled by strange symbolism in a twilit park; and a botanist will stop at nothing to safeguard her borders. Editor(s): Houguez, Claire; Parfitt, Rebecca. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909844889
ISBN
9781909844889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

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
€ 11.08

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
€ 11.68

Paperback. Features three novels that come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged schoolteacher who is in love with one of this pupils. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418854
ISBN
9780862418854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.31

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264462
ISBN
9788086264462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.09

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
€ 14.33

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. 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
€ 10.25

Paperback. This new translation includes Kafka's two published collections, A Country Doctor and A Hunger Artist with other, uncollected stories, aphorisms, and parables that have become part of the Kafka canon. Enigmatic, satirical, often bleakly humorous, the stories meditate on art and artists and the human experience. Includes an introduction and notes. Translator(s): Crick, Joyce. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199600922
ISBN
9780199600922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493088
ISBN
9781847493088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. A collection of stories. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747506072
ISBN
9780747506072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. A fascinating study in sexual psychology and sexual politics, the novel focuses on Helene Grandjean, a widow, and her shifting emotional states. This is the eighth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, and the first modern translation for more than fifty years. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC; FYT. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198728641
ISBN
9780198728641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The international phenomenon: quirky and bittersweet, heartbreaking yet outrageously funny. Perfect for fans of Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Jonas Jonasson's The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444775815
ISBN
9781444775815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A book about earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes, fights with quarrelsome neighbours, the emotional strains of childrens' birthday parties and pushing a pram around Stockholm when all you really want to do is write. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555179
ISBN
9780099555179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Maigret sets out to prove the innocence of a man condemned to death for a brutal murder. As his audacious plan to uncover the truth unfolds, he encounters rich American expatriates, some truly dangerous characters and their hidden motives. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393513
ISBN
9780141393513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. A miniature masterpiece, this is the spare, stunning story of three soldiers who share a meal with their Jewish prisoner and face a chilling choice Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846275364
ISBN
9781846275364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Devotion of Suspect X and Malice, comes a story about dark secrets and murder, where everyone has something to hide in a community that has everything to lose. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142326
ISBN
9780349142326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Dimension: 208 x 134 x 4. Weight: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486287591
ISBN
9780486287591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.13

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