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Paperback. Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble.. 48 hours later, a young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat. Translator(s): Yates, Anne. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549352
ISBN
9780099549352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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
€ 10.29

Paperback. Here are the collected stories of English novelist Elizabeth Taylor, including some only recently discovered. From the awkward passions of lonely holiday-makers to the fresh-faced anticipation of three school friends preparing for their first dance, she wryly captures the ordinary excetionalness of life. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088409
ISBN
9781844088409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. Editor(s): Eugenides, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014916
ISBN
9780007291106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Turgenev's masterpiece about the conflict between generations is as fresh, outspoken, and exciting today as it was in when it was first published in 1862. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536047
ISBN
9780199536047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A poetic work of fiction on the one hand, an autobiography on the other, The Life of Rebecca Jones is about one family's passage through the twentieth century. A fictional elegy to a threatened way of life. Translator(s): Jones, Lloyd. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857387127
ISBN
9780857387127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Goyen, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218740
ISBN
9780811218740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.19

Hardback. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800538
ISBN
9780198800538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.24

Paperback. A modern English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209701
ISBN
9780872209701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.51

Paperback. This collection contains stories about the sport of love - Don Juanism, ageing, male and female power and seductions undertaken for all kinds of intriguing motives. Milan Kundera is author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting". Translator(s): Rappaport, S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206926
ISBN
9780571206926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
CD
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906462017
ISBN
9781906462017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter". Translator(s): Edmonds, Rosemary. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441192
ISBN
9780140441192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Murder, corruption, blackmail. All these are part of someone else's world, not part of the everyday lives of ordinary people..or are they? This is a collection of sinister stories from the bestselling author who won "The Sunday Times" Literary Award for 1990. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470304
ISBN
9780099470304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classiucs. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
The Illustrious House of Ramires
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213391
ISBN
9781910213391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Hardcover. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 904 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 39. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
854
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152890
ISBN
9781857152890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.00

Paperback. Hitler returns to life in modern Berlin and becomes a media sensation. Translator(s): Bulloch, Jamie. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067832
ISBN
9781782067832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.09

Paperback. Combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this book tells stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings. Editor(s): Thompson, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396989
ISBN
9780141396989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099436980
ISBN
9780099436980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Amina, a baker in sultan's palace, awaits her son's return from a voyage at sea, fearful that the sea has claimed Said. Said begins to make his way home witnessing British colonial oppression along the way. When Said returns and learns the island's slave population is planning a revolt against sultan's tyrannical rule, he and Amina are drawn in. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 109 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717527
ISBN
9780292717527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Four novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of Stalin Translator(s): Thompson, N. S.; Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847089267
ISBN
9781847089267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Features seventy-nine stories such as: love stories, ghost stories, stories of childhood, of English middle-class life in the twenties and thirties, and of London during the Blitz. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287735
ISBN
9780099287735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

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