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Paperback. From the beginning, Oliver Walzel is a natural - at ping-pong; he can chop, flick and half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not a natural, but with tuition his game improves. This is the story of coming-of-age in 1950s Manchester. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099274728
- ISBN
- 9780099274728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593491
- ISBN
- 9781882593491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.60
€ 14.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. No-one thought she had the courage.. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0011030
- ISBN
- 9780007419951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This hilarious new novel by America's best-selling cowboy poet, Baxter Black, offers a funny, fast-paced inside look at the lives of rodeo cowboys and the women the love--or that they want to love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780464
- ISBN
- 9780762780464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.40
€ 24.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306. As new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd Kerry
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0220829
- ISBN
- 9780863222511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The powerful bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller and author of The Loner and The Journey Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346. Good, clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0006539
- ISBN
- 9780007221172
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Make no mistake, Martha Bragg Picket is a headstrong southern woman with a rebellious spirit, a characteristic her son Michael shares. Both heartfelt and shrewdly humorous, this widely acclaimed first novel from author Fenton Johnson is an affecting look at one woman's reawakening and her son's coming of age in the heartland of America. Series: Kentucky Voices. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813166476
- ISBN
- 9780813166476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.06
€ 25.06
Paperback. An army doctor investigates a plague in a Polish village. What he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowing. Meanwhile, a colleague is unravelling a similar tale 300 years old - one that arose only to be twisted into its current form, as the fairy-story, the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007345
- ISBN
- 9780006550778
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000762
- ISBN
- 9780714528243
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. It's 1977 and Jack Sheffield is appointed headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. So begins Jack's eventful journey through the school year and his attempts to overcome the many problems that face him as a young and inexperienced headmaster. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Corgi London
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552155281
- ISBN
- 9780552155281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
€ 16.99
€ 12.60
Paperback. Mixing fiction and nonfiction, Skinner breathes new imaginative life into the story of a twentieth century icon. Bewitched by the beauty of a troupe of native dancers and the strange music of the gamelan, Margaretha changes her name to Mata Hari and goes to Paris, where she is drawn into a web of espionage resulting in her death by firing squad. Num Pages: 240 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; BTM; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001295
- ISBN
- 9780571209347
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. David Cunane is Manchester's most off-beat private eye. Fond of drink, fatally attracted to the wrong women and champion of the lost cause, he walks a thin line. Rachel Elsworth is missing. Nineteen years old, she has mysteriously vanished into the city's seamy underworld. Her father employs Cunane to find her. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594826
- ISBN
- 9780099594826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Hardback. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162746
- ISBN
- 9780231162746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.82€ 63.74
€ 82.82
€ 63.74
Paperback. On a holiday with her father, Lara meets the Willoughby family, rife with illicit alliances and vendettas. The more embroiled Lara becomes with them, and with the beautiful Kip, the more consumed she is with doubt, curiosity and dread. And so begins her journey into self discovery and across the fine line between childhood and what lies beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- V9780747593195
- ISBN
- 9780747593195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.64
€ 13.00
€ 11.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brindle & Glass
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142424
- ISBN
- 9781897142424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. 'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela Carter The characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437390
- ISBN
- 9780099437390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. A moving, funny novel of romance and horrible mistakes.. from the bestselling author of ONE LAST THING BEFORE I GO. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Orion United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752883021
- ISBN
- 9780752883021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373779
- ISBN
- 9781908373779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. The highly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Bonesetter's Daughter'. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007216161
- ISBN
- 9780007216161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.37
€ 19.99
€ 14.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439134535
- ISBN
- 9781439134535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.95
€ 9.95
Paperback. Where has she come from? Why can't she remember who she is - or what happened? She's wearing an old-fashioned dress and her hair has been hacked off. She's obviously been bound by the wrists and ankles. But without knowing her own name or who did this to her, she can't begin to piece together who she is and what led her to this unfamiliar place. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030500
- ISBN
- 9780141030500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 207 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811801805
- ISBN
- 9780811801805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.98
€ 24.99
€ 21.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Brandon
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHS0044091
- ISBN
- 9780863222801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Julia worries that her relationship with Mark has turned stale. She thinks a baby will put love back into their lives. But is a child really the answer? Julia's best friend Samantha is besotted with her new baby. But what's her sudden obsession doing to her marriage? And does Samantha's infatuation hide something much darker? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0011634
- ISBN
- 9780140295931
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99