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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
€ 10.31

Paperback. Features a benign old monk who listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence, and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama - in which nearly everyone dies - unfurls. In this title, the author also treats us to a cornucopia of cooked animal flesh - ostrich, camel, donkey, dog, as well as the more common varieties. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422217
ISBN
9780857422217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.29

paperback. Artist Jed Martin emerges from a ten-year hiatus with good news. It has nothing to do with his broken boiler, the approach of another lamentably awkward Christmas dinner with his father or the memory of his doomed love affair. It is that, for his new exhibition, he has secured the involvement of the celebrated novelist Michel Houellebecq. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554578
ISBN
9780099554578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Illuminates a place and people and describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. This title includes stories that reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. Illuminates a place and people and describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. This title includes stories that reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight: 182.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801048
ISBN
9781408801048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Collects adult short stories, in which the author begins by using his experiences in the war to write fiction. In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, this title includes tales such as 'Man from the South'; 'Lamb to the Slaughter'; and 'The Sound Machine'. Num Pages: 624 pages, portraits (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9781405910101
ISBN
9781405910101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. This anthology of translated short stories is representative of the variety of issues that women from Bangladesh tackle in their writings. It includes stories about the 1971 War of Liberation, women's 'honour', mother-daughter relationships, the vagaries of marriage and contemporary political corruption. Editor(s): Zaman, Niaz; Azim, Firdous. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Saqi Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863565670
ISBN
9780863565670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.86

CD-Audio. Contains four short stories, specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4 such as "The Garden Party", "The Special Sale", "The Sensible Celebration" and "Dolly's Mother". BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 88. Contains four short stories, specially commissioned for BBC Radio 4 such as "The Garden Party", "The Special Sale", "The Sensible Celebration" and "Dolly's Mother". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 127 x 141 x 10. Weight: 94.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2008
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408400623
ISBN
9781408400623
CD
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.30

Paperback. Presents a collection of stories that expose the characters' deepest desires, their catastrophic fears, and their perilous frailty in the face of the responsibilities they carry. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479895
ISBN
9780099479895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Paperback. Ash is a leader of men and a brutal and fearless soldier. Will look you dead in the eye and kill for no reason. But Ash has a secret. Gallant Ash is a woman. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FJH; FJM; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592921
ISBN
9780099592921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Reynolds, Sian. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241277430
ISBN
9780241277430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Hardback. New Face! New Doctor! New Beginning! Get in on the ground floor of this amazing ongoing series. Series: DR WHO GRAPHIC NOVEL. Num Pages: 128 pages, ILLUSTRATED. BIC Classification: FY. .
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782761778
ISBN
9781782761778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166624
ISBN
9789774166624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Pargeter, Edith. Num Pages: 96 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
V9780241290224
ISBN
9780241290224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Presents the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. This title offers an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391571
ISBN
9780141391571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199576951
ISBN
9780199576951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583447
ISBN
9781905583447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.51

Paperback. Drawing on his own unhappy experiences, Goethe's account of Werther's passionate love for Lotte, who is promised to another, is one of the first great Romantic tragic novels. David Constantine's new translation captures the novel's lyric intensity, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes that illuminate Goethe's achievement. Translator(s): Constantine, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583027
ISBN
9780199583027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, Journey by Moonlight is here presented in a brilliant new translation by Peter V. Czipott. Translator(s): Czipott, Peter. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495822
ISBN
9781847495822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

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
€ 11.76

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820766
ISBN
9781842820766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

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