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Hardcover. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 215. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0008952
- ISBN
- 9781846680496
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 391 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aspekt,The Netherlands Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789059118393
- ISBN
- 9789059118393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. An actress dies in shocking circumstances. She leaves behind an unconventional extended family of three who embark on a journey through grief and suffering, memories lost and gained, forbidden romance, redemption and recovery, and a confrontation with spirits on a remote Pacific island. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571193745
- ISBN
- 9780571193745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.86
€ 12.99
€ 9.86
Paperback. The extraordinary sequel to the bestselling BIG STONE GAP: What happens when love just isn't enough? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781849834032
- ISBN
- 9781849834032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. A light-hearted and comic romp from the nation's favourite storyteller and author of The Loner. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRA0009536
- ISBN
- 9780007301430
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. In a crumbling, seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother fusses over the off-season customers. When, one night, they are forced to eject a prostitute and a middle-aged man from his room, Mari finds herself drawn to the man's voice, in what will become the first gesture of a long seduction. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099548997
- ISBN
- 9780099548997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Features eleven stories set in and around the fictional town of Spivey, Kentucky, which spotlight small-town lives that are thrown into quiet turmoil by unexpected events or outsiders. Adept at juxtaposing light and dark elements, this title displays compassion for characters searching for moments of found grace and earned redemption. Series: Kentucky Voices. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125404
- ISBN
- 9780813125404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.66
€ 29.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 222. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0007615
- ISBN
- 9780755323463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849822169
- ISBN
- 9781849822169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.71
€ 9.99
€ 8.71
Paperback. A sensitive, stirring novel of one girl's formative years during Singapore's emergence as an independent nation Editor(s): Bow, Leslie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076428
- ISBN
- 9780252076428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
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
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 222 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530208
- ISBN
- 9780714530208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.42
€ 20.99
€ 19.42
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
€ 82.90€ 64.29
€ 82.90
€ 64.29
Paperback. Tina Reilly's fourth novel has the same blend of humour and poignancy, fun and thoughtfulness that have made her first three novels bestsellers in Ireland. This is the first of her novels to be published in the UK and Ireland. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751541021
- ISBN
- 9780751541021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609530617
- ISBN
- 9781609530617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.33
€ 18.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, 'Soul Mountain' is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China. Translator(s): Lee, Mabel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007119233
- ISBN
- 9780007119233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.24
€ 18.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. The New York Times bestselling author of Be Cool and Get Shorty Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753822364
- ISBN
- 9780753822364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934824788
- ISBN
- 9781934824788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.79
€ 14.99
€ 13.79
Paperback. Cast a baleful eye on the personal relationships and social ambitions of the inhabitants of Dai Country. In this volume, the best of the author's short stories are combined with his autobiographical memoir "Days of Absence" to take us to the core of those incomparable valleys, with their lived experience stripped bare of cliche and sentiment. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998158
- ISBN
- 9781906998158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. A grave loss changes the lives of three friends in ways they never imagined in this warm and heartrending debut novel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- 5 Spot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446563512
- ISBN
- 9780446563512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.37
€ 15.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. Ari is 19, Greek, gay, unemployed and looking for something to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. Caught between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring destructive world of clubs and drugs, Ari eases his pain the only way he knows how. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 267 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099757719
- ISBN
- 9780099757719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Mahany, J.T. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Open Letter
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940953335
- ISBN
- 9781940953335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Translator(s): O Cuilleanain, Cormac. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHN0002443
- ISBN
- 9781848404632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Layland, Alison. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781720578
- ISBN
- 9781781720578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08