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The Tale of Senyor Rodriguez

Lou Gilmond

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Publisher: Fairlight Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2016
Condition: New
SKU: V9781912054053
ISBN: 9781912054053

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Tuscan Soup

Paperback. A hilarious romantic comedy which takes place during a momentous summer holiday in Tuscany Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 25. Weight in Grams: 213. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KKD0004435
ISBN: 9780340733806

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The Water Museum: Stories

Louis Alberto Urrea

Hardcover. A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the bestselling The Humingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Condition: New
SKU: V9780316334372
ISBN: 9780316334372

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Anicet Or The Panorama: A Dadaist Novel (Atlas Anti-Classics: Dadaist)

Louis Aragon

Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.

Publisher: Atlas Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Condition: New
SKU: V9781900565691
ISBN: 9781900565691

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Blue Dog

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. When a family tragedy means Mick is sent to the outback to live with his Granpa, it looks as if he has a lonely life ahead of him. The cattle station is a tough place for a child, where nature is brutal and the men must work hard in the heat and dust. However, after a cyclone hits, things change for Mick. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2017
Condition: New
SKU: V9781784704179
ISBN: 9781784704179

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Red Dog. Louis de Bernires

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. A story to celebrate the life of a dog. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.

Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2002
Edition: New Ed
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099429043
ISBN: 9780099429043

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A Partisan´s Daughter

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a prostitute into his car. Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London. She's in her twenties, but has already lived a life filled with danger and misadventure. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.

Edition: 01st Edition
Publisher: Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2009
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099520283
ISBN: 9780099520283

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Captain Corelli´s Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages: 560
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099540861
ISBN: 9780099540861

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The Dust That Falls from Dreams

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.

Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099597834
ISBN: 9780099597834

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Birds without Wings

Louis de Bernieres

paperback. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd who has courted her since infancy are but two of the many casualties. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.

Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2005
Edition: 1st Vintage
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099478980
ISBN: 9780099478980

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Louis de Bernieres - The Dust That Falls from Dreams - 9781846558771 - 9781846558771

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The Dust That Falls from Dreams

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 782.

Publisher: Harvill Secker
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Condition: New
SKU: 9781846558771
ISBN: 9781846558771

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Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. Introduces the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
Condition: New
SKU: V9780099542025
ISBN: 9780099542025

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Vintage
Condition: Used, Good
Edition: First Paperback Edition
SKU: KSS0006148
ISBN: 9780749397548

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, and a consumate musician. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 400. Good copy with some shelf wear

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Vintage
Condition: Used, Very Good
Edition: First Paperback Edition
SKU: KKD0011027
ISBN: 9780749397548

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War Of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. Good copy with some shelf wear

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KKD0011028
ISBN: 9780749391300

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The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, with whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by his own private daemons, their hedonistic fiestas represent the epicentre of all heresies that must be challenged. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1993
Publisher: Minerva
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KAC0002009
ISBN: 9780749398576

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Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord

Louis de Bernieres

Paperback. Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosphy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policement in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy with minor shelf wear

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1992
Publisher: Vintage
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KAC0003058
ISBN: 9780749399627