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Paperback. When Victorio learns that his home is about to be demolished he leaves his job, burns his possessions and takes to the streets. Wandering the city, he meets 2 people who change his life: Salma, a young prostitute, and Don, an enigmatic old man who performs as a clown. This is a novel about human resilience and joy in the face of crushing odds. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099468660
- ISBN
- 9780099468660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (LI) ELT intermediate. Dimension: 121 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848401020
- ISBN
- 9781848401020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.72
€ 9.72
Paperback. Lucy Nolan has everything she could wish for - until tragedy intervenes Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 252. Some shelf wear, but remains very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 480
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KTJ0006591
- ISBN
- 9780747249566
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Lucy Nolan has everything she could wish for - until tragedy intervenes Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 31. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 480
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KRF0009155
- ISBN
- 9780747249566
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Grumpy old women meet Bridget Jones in the continuing story of Marie Sharp, first met in the bestseller 'No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878607
- ISBN
- 9781780878607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Illustrator(s): Lada, Josef. Translator(s): Parrott, Cecil. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449914
- ISBN
- 9780140449914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education - and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241953938
- ISBN
- 9780241953938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
CD-Audio. Round the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, bringing laughter to Sunday lunchtimes throughout the land. This book features sixteen episodes of this comedy series. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785291098
- ISBN
- 9781785291098
CD
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.94
€ 36.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300306
- ISBN
- 9781896300306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.09
€ 18.99
€ 14.09
Paperback. Presents the author's high school experiences as a sporting jock in Massachusetts and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198217
- ISBN
- 9780141198217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. A deeply moving and daring new novel from the Richard and Judy bestselling writer Saskia Sarginson, author of The Twins, Without You and The Other Me. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 42. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349403366
- ISBN
- 9780349403366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. When her partner disappears, a young woman drifts towards Open Door, a small town in the Argentinean Pampas named after its psychiatric hospital. She finds herself living with an ageing ranch-hand, although a local girl also proves irresistible. This evocative book makes a quiet case for the possibility of finding contentment in unexpected places. Translator(s): Fowler, Beth. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276032
- ISBN
- 9781908276032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. The kids are out of school, trying to start a band, trying to find work; looking for something to do within the degraded terrain of their suburban hometown. This novel captures the lyricalism of their lives in an intense story of friendship and betrayal. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 16. Weight in Grams: 163. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- SKU
- KEX0201030
- ISBN
- 9780571200610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the "Everyman Wodehouse" contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. This collection of eleven short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman's gentleman - Jeeves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591407
- ISBN
- 9781841591407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Megan Cartwright has never been outside the small town she was born in but one winter's day in 1966 she leaves everything behind and sets out for London. Ahead of her is a glittering new life, just waiting for her to claim it. But left behind, her family begins to unravel. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587293
- ISBN
- 9780099587293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives in Miami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. 300 pages. Using the credit card and identity of a handcuffs salesman, professional failure Tyndale Corbett arrives in Miami for a law enforcement conference to discover the joys of luxury hotels and above all the delight of being someone else, someone successful. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 22. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846880841
- ISBN
- 9781846880841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. A heart-warming engaging story about sisters and second chances from this bestselling author .. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444799729
- ISBN
- 9781444799729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. Lisbon, late-1940s. The inhabitants of an old apartment block are struggling to make ends meet. There's the elderly shoemaker and his wife who take in a solitary young lodger; the woman who sells herself; the cultivated family come down in the world, who live only for each other and for music; and the typist whose boss can't keep his eyes off her. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581826
- ISBN
- 9780099581826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590175811
- ISBN
- 9781590175811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.53
€ 26.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. *'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' THE TIMES Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349116150
- ISBN
- 9780349116150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks writes novels that real women want to read. With her trademark tell-it-like-it-is style, she gets right to the heart of the dilemmas people face in their lives and takes her stories to unexpected places. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755394296
- ISBN
- 9780755394296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. By the author of "A White Merc with Fins", this is the sharp and comic story of a modern man in all kinds of trouble. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0201270
- ISBN
- 9780099759713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. In slightly worn dust jacket, remains in good to very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0003766
- ISBN
- 9780842332262
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552163330
- ISBN
- 9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.62
€ 16.99
€ 12.62