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Paperback. Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts a new name and a new persona - Eric Kennedy - in the hopes that it will help him fit in. This fateful white lie will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571296729
- ISBN
- 9780571296729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
paperback. This powerful debut novel by an award-winning journalist explores the challenges of fatherhood for three generations of black men. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Agate Bolden United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932841435
- ISBN
- 9781932841435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.84
€ 19.99
€ 18.84
Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0000189
- ISBN
- 9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Set in his native Northern Ireland, John Lynch's debut novel is a lyrically told and exquisitely tender story of innocence and loss. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback in very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0036774
- ISBN
- 9780007202690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0003858
- ISBN
- 9781857024043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756963
- ISBN
- 9781876756963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.00
€ 26.99
€ 19.00
Paperback. Documents the infancy of film in Europe - complete with proto-divas, laughable production schedules, and cost-cutting measures with priceless effects - and offers a glimpse of the modern world through the camera's lens. This book captures early twentieth-century Italian filmmaking and reveals its truths as only a parody can. Series Editor(s): Moncrieff, Scott. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669823
- ISBN
- 9780226669823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.27
€ 24.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141186351
- ISBN
- 9780141186351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. 320 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Central Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953600113
- ISBN
- 9780953600113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. The dazzling new novel by the author of the international bestseller, WHAT I LOVED, about the secrets and ghosts that haunt families from one generation to the next Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001440
- ISBN
- 9780340897089
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602822344
- ISBN
- 9781602822344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.89
€ 18.99
€ 16.89
Paperback. Travelling from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec, the narrator meets an intriguing set of acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly, he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin, the mysterious Albertine, who becomes the love of his life. Translator(s): Kilmartin, Terence; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099362319
- ISBN
- 9780099362319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. A riveting, subtle novel about an undetected crime and its corrosive legacy for the schoolboy culprits, by a highly praised young writer Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340834688
- ISBN
- 9780340834688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. "Courtney Brkic gracefully interweaves three generations of family stories and lies..all with authority and wisdom..An intimate portrayal of life in exile." ---O, the Oprah Magazine Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316217361
- ISBN
- 9780316217361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.08
€ 16.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Ahmad, a middle-class shopkeeper runs his household strictly according to the Qur'an while at night he explores the pleasures of Cairo. A tyrant at home, Ahmad forces his gentle, oppressed wife and two daughters to live cloistered lives behind the house's latticed windows, while his three very different sons live in fear of his harsh will. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552995801
- ISBN
- 9780552995801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players, and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1647.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724050
- ISBN
- 9780804724050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.95
€ 190.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312642709
- ISBN
- 9780312642709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.44
€ 20.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290. 154 pages, illustrations. Fifteen journeys (fourteen of them inside Poland) over six years, 1940 1946. The traveler is a young girl, who we meet at age seven. Along the way, she loses her home, her family, her name, her hair, and finally, her fear. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787200
- ISBN
- 9781564787200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.79
€ 15.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553263503
- ISBN
- 9780553263503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345482
- ISBN
- 9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. A hilarious and romantic novel about marriage, motherhood and mid-life crises Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0000980
- ISBN
- 9780755341504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Bright Young Things of twenties Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade - whether promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182872
- ISBN
- 9780141182872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780141185095
- ISBN
- 9780141185095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ibooks United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596873650
- ISBN
- 9781596873650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04