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Paperback. Giant freak waves send an unsinkable cargo ship to the bottom of the Atlantic and a herd of killer whales attack a party of kayakers in the Pacific - random events, or evidence of polar shift? For Kurt Austin of NUMA these two seemingly unconnected incidents are harbingers of a global phenomenon that will mark the end of civilization. Series: The NUMA Files. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955864
- ISBN
- 9780241955864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780956613585
- ISBN
- 9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
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Paperback. A wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal and lovesick billionaires from the internationally bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760290788
- ISBN
- 9781760290788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Planet savage is a story narrated by Leungo, a nine-year old with a very interesting outlook on life; he views his parents as good-for-nothing savages who care only for themselves; who drink themselves silly with friends who come round every day, leaving any concern for his education by the wayside. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770097513
- ISBN
- 9781770097513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.45
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Paperback. Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutionary War, is shipped to Nova Scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552775489
- ISBN
- 9780552775489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
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Paperback. Soon after John McPake's marriage falls apart he starts hearing voices. An obsession with the works of Breughel develops into a full blown delusion, and he assumes the personna of Johannes, a 16th century Dutch weaver who travels with his friends, Balthazar and Cornelius, in pursuit of his son who has been abducted by the Spanish mercenaries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908737694
- ISBN
- 9781908737694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
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Paperback. Jonathan Taylor's debut novel, Entertaining Strangers, is a tragi-comedy about the eccentric Edwin Prince - a depressive intellectual obsessed with high culture .. and ants. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773273
- ISBN
- 9781907773273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
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Paperback. At moments when reality shows itself to be unstable or uncanny, we experience a form of vertigo. This experience is further complicated when we try to transform experience into writing, and fact clashes with memory. Sebald's novel, part fiction, part travelogue explores this theme. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448891
- ISBN
- 9780099448891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. The warm, wise and witty new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471140235
- ISBN
- 9781471140235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486797038
- ISBN
- 9780486797038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.71
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Paperback. Joseph Connolly's comic outrage skewers over-inflated celebrity culture and dethrones child stardom in this violently funny satire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848666313
- ISBN
- 9781848666313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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Paperback. Features disturbing stories that vividly capture an Ireland in flux and crisis where the coping classes, "the squeezed middle", increasingly face the threat of economic and emotional meltdown. In this title, the protagonists must seek whatever salvation they can as certainties collapse around them. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Liffey Pr
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908308177
- ISBN
- 9781908308177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.56
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Paperback. The story of two brilliant women and the men to whom they ransomed their hearts. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 49. Weight in Grams: 542. Some shelf wear, but remains good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KTJ0007304
- ISBN
- 9780586058480
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536. A Morgan & McCoy Chronicle. 320 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 536.
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847284143
- ISBN
- 9781847284143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 5.58
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Paperback. Five dynamic, powerful and famous couples are invited on the maiden voyage of a Russian billionaire's yacht. Could this be the trip of a lifetime? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KIN0034978
- ISBN
- 9781849831420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Kalika loses one of her twins at childbirth, a daughter she longs for. Her son survives but loses the love of his mother because he can't be what she wants him to be. An Indian tale of history, religion & gender in a family scarred by its past and struggling with the present. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 600 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Bluemoose Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910422144
- ISBN
- 9781910422144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
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Paperback. Lynne Truss's first novel, in which she shows herself to be one of the very best comic writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007355280
- ISBN
- 9780007355280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
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Paperback. Jane's son David is eight years old and Jane is filled with doubts as he grows up without a father. Toby, her first love, has gone to Israel after the collapse of his marriage to Melissa. Then there is Andy, close at hand, a complex personality with his own problem son. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529088
- ISBN
- 9780099529088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
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Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KAK0002142
- ISBN
- 9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 388. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 28. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764228919
- ISBN
- 9780764228919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183725
- ISBN
- 9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
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Paperback. A deceptively simple story, by the author of "Pig Tales", about a deserted wife whose loneliness and fright become tangible. When her husband goes to buy bread but never returns, the narrator's life falls apart. She enters a distorted world, mesmerized by visions and besieged by childhood terrors. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203369
- ISBN
- 9780571203369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Hardcover. Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307226
- ISBN
- 9781906307226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113799
- ISBN
- 9781782113799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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€ 10.74