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Paperback. Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan ..or all fake? Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099388616
- ISBN
- 9780099388616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
paperback. In the spirit of James Joyce's "Dubliners," Mueenuddin's collection of linked stories illuminates a place and a people through an examination of the entwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in Lahore, Pakistan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337204
- ISBN
- 9780393337204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.12
€ 16.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Nine-year-old Phineas William Walsh has an encyclopedic, obsessive knowledge of the natural world. He knows that rockfish have swim bladders that can burst and push their intestines out their butts, and he knows that barnacles have the longest penises in the animal kingdom. What he doesn't know is why his granddad had to die. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452141
- ISBN
- 9781552452141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed. It's the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. The girls. Hair long and uncombed, jewelry catching the sun. And at their centre, Suzanne black-haired and beautiful. If not for Suzanne, she might not have gone. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784701741
- ISBN
- 9781784701741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
First published in 1977, this novel of ideas follows Konrad Rutkowski - professor of medieval history and former Gestapo officer - as he returns to the scene of his war crimes determined to renounce, or perhaps justify, his Nazi past. Translator(s): Rakic, Bogdan; Dickey, Stephen M. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 121 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117198
- ISBN
- 9780810117198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.52
€ 95.52
Paperback. A warm and spirited story of two East End friends and their struggle to find happiness in the midst of World War II Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KSG0021477
- ISBN
- 9780747241133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Maggie lives a life of careful routines and measured pleasures. But everything changes when, walking through Gatwick airport, she is approached by a young woman who whispers a single word: 'Help.' Maggie's actions save Anja from her brutal trafficker. Then Anja makes contact, and quickly insinuates herself into Maggie's ordered life.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0019441
- ISBN
- 9780571316687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McBooks Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590130421
- ISBN
- 9781590130421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.46
€ 24.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742198477
- ISBN
- 9781742198477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.00
€ 26.99
€ 19.00
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Baen Books United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781476736198
- ISBN
- 9781476736198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.97
€ 9.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tramp Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992817060
- ISBN
- 9780992817060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00€ 10.90
€ 12.00
€ 10.90
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529394
- ISBN
- 9780714529394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. From Nigel Williams, acclaimed master comic genius of suburbia and author of the much-loved Wimbledon Poisoner: R.I.P. is a sublime comedy told from beyond the grave. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472118585
- ISBN
- 9781472118585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone - the war took it away. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000706
- ISBN
- 9780099494058
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602821453
- ISBN
- 9781602821453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.95
€ 16.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Opens as Lilly Bere mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is clear and remains a fine copy. Signed by the author.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027444
- ISBN
- 9780571226535
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 40.00
€ 40.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638487
- ISBN
- 9781566638487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, this novel satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184241
- ISBN
- 9780141184241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
hardcover. Grady Service, Detective for Michican Upper Peninsula's DNR, investigates a case on the shores of Lake Superior involving "bleeding sand" and a centuries-old mystery surrounding a Native American archaeological site .. not to mention an enormous forest fire. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 41.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lyons Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762772841
- ISBN
- 9780762772841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.32
€ 26.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027630
- ISBN
- 9780141027630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496700704
- ISBN
- 9781496700704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
Paperback. Series: Czech Literature Series. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564785770
- ISBN
- 9781564785770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.27
€ 15.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Conceived of as a set of fragmentary manuscripts from an unpublished Joseph Roth novel, Jacob the Mutant is a novella in a perpetual state of transformation -- a story about a man named Jacob, an ersatz rabbi and owner of a roadside tavern. But when reality shifts, so does Jacob, mutating into another person entirely. Translator(s): Steinberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Phoneme
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939419101
- ISBN
- 9781939419101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.71
€ 16.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. What would you do if your sister disappeared without a trace? This is an emotionally fraught and at some times terrifying story about two sisters and the strength that binds them. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. 8vo. Good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Piatkus
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0271890
- ISBN
- 9780749942014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99