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Paperback. Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin's rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G. Wells and a biting, brilliant satire of the consequences of the abuse of power and knowledge. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 200 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493712
- ISBN
- 9781847493712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
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
€ 124.45€ 118.01
€ 124.45
€ 118.01
Paperback. Series: Persephone book. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155158
- ISBN
- 9781903155158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXL; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 291 x 20. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- New York Review Comics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590179833
- ISBN
- 9781590179833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.70
€ 31.99
€ 22.70
Paperback. In these six late stories Tolstoy explores human relationships and moral choices, raising profound questions about life in gripping fictional form. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a harrowing tale of the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. Newly translated, and with a wide-ranging Introduction. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Slater, Nicolas Pasternak. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199669882
- ISBN
- 9780199669882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.73
€ 11.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Mindblowingly inventive and beautifully written short stories from the most exciting new name in SF Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473210233
- ISBN
- 9781473210233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy's Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard; Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099542322
- ISBN
- 9780099542322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 29. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007420308
- ISBN
- 9780007420308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.40
€ 5.40
Paperback. Set against the backdrop of Russian high society, this novel charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Translator(s): Maude, Louise Shanks; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540663
- ISBN
- 9780099540663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.21
€ 11.99
€ 10.21
Paperback. As the 2022 French Presidential election looms, two candidates emerge as favourites: Marine Le Pen of the Front National, and Muhammed Ben Abbes of the growing Muslim Fraternity. Ben Abbes sweeps to power, and overnight the country is transformed. This proves to be the death knell of French secularism, as Islamic law comes into force.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; FA; FW; FYT; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702052
- ISBN
- 9781784702052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781252833
- ISBN
- 9781781252833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.25
€ 10.25
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
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0014006
- ISBN
- 9780007517367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Stefan's Zweig's posthumously-published Journey into the Past (Widerstand der Wirklichkeit) is a beautiful meditation on the effect of time on passion - one of the most intense and compelling works from a master of the novella form. Published by Pushkin Press with a cover designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968364
- ISBN
- 9781908968364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232044
- ISBN
- 9781909232044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
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
€ 14.51
€ 14.51
Paperback. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099433521
- ISBN
- 9780099433521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A heartbreaking collection of stories from one of America's finest living writers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447250722
- ISBN
- 9781447250722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. A collection of short stories, in which, the lives of a kid with peculiar superpowers, a lonely girl discovering herself in the big city, and a businessman on a long night out will make you laugh, and even maybe shed a tear. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FM; FXA; FYB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 193 x 258 x 11. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632152428
- ISBN
- 9781632152428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.19
€ 24.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. Gold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man and beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life and death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of limitless and waterless wastes, and a parable of the struggle to survive in the most dangerous landscape of all: human society. Translator(s): Colla, Elliott. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906697020
- ISBN
- 9781906697020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. 168 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight: 182. Translator(s): Landry, Judith.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650567
- ISBN
- 9781907650567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. A collection of glimpses of the here and now. The random chatter of strangers, encountered fleetingly, provides details of the exotic and banal, critical and trivial. One moment we are in Ireland, the next in Los Angeles. The stories leave the characters lives as quickly as we entered them. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNW0008591
- ISBN
- 9780099286684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Translator(s): Noweira, Amira. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260. (English Edn). 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Dimension: 130 x 200 x 21. Weight: 262. Translator(s): Noweira, Amira.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194720
- ISBN
- 9789992194720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Num Pages: 776 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150185
- ISBN
- 9780691150185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49