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paperback. When seven-year-old Irish orphan Lavinia is transported to Virginia to work in the kitchen of a wealthy plantation owner, she is absorbed into the life of the kitchen house and becomes part of the family of black slaves whose fates are tied to the plantation. But Lavinia's skin will always set her apart, whether she wishes it or not. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552779128
- ISBN
- 9780552779128
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.83
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paperback. Features a collection of short stories. This book explores the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552771054
- ISBN
- 9780552771054
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess' own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552164542
- ISBN
- 9780552164542
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Condition: New
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paperback. Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552163293
- ISBN
- 9780552163293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241961766
- ISBN
- 9780241961766
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
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paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955468
- ISBN
- 9780241955468
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Condition: New
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paperback. Includes two of the author's critically acclaimed stories. This title contains a story that recounts the author's meeting with a young girl before being sent into combat. It also contains a story that features the Glass family, the loveable and idiosyncratic family. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241950456
- ISBN
- 9780241950456
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Condition: New
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paperback. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241238622
- ISBN
- 9780241238622
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Condition: New
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paperback. Includes the stories "Metamorphosis"; "Meditation"; "The Judgement"; "The Stoker"; and "The Aeroplanes at Brescia". Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143105244
- ISBN
- 9780143105244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
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paperback. The author called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in 1930s Paris his rosy crucifixion. In this volume, he looks back to his early sexual escapades in Brooklyn, and his growing infatuation with the playful, teasing dance hall hostess who will become the great obsession of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141399119
- ISBN
- 9780141399119
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Condition: New
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paperback. Trapped in a bizarre menage-a-trois with his fiery wife Mona and her lover Stasia, the author finds his life descending into chaos. He decides to leave America and sail for Paris, to discover his true vocation as a writer. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141399102
- ISBN
- 9780141399102
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Condition: New
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paperback. Tells a provocative story about the return home of teenage war hero and war victim, Francis Joseph Cassavant. This book gets to the heart of human nature and the moral issues and choices we have to make. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141302003
- ISBN
- 9780141302003
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
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paperback. With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her complex feelings, first for school's English doctor and then for dictatorial professor. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141199887
- ISBN
- 9780141199887
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Condition: New
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paperback. Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter - his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful wife endures his moods with saintly patience. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192192
- ISBN
- 9780141192192
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Condition: New
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Paperback. At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd London
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141190174
- ISBN
- 9780141190174
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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paperback. A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188089
- ISBN
- 9780141188089
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Condition: New
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paperback. A collection of stories of the author whose stories - whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, or in England itself - contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186191
- ISBN
- 9780141186191
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185385
- ISBN
- 9780141185385
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141044842
- ISBN
- 9780141044842
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
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paperback. Malta, Summer 1551. Here, in a brilliant arena clouded by corruption and violence, Lymond is precipitated into an intricate and potentially lethal duel with a man famed for his leadership - Graham Reid Malett. Malett holds in his sway the hearts and minds of many men and so, in another fashion, does the dangerous child-woman, his sister. Series: The Lymond Chronicles. Num Pages: 560 pages, map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140282450
- ISBN
- 9780140282450
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.59
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paperback. An historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in thirteenth-century England, Wales and France. It focuses on King John of England, younger brother to the brilliant Richard Lionheart, Joanna, his illegitimate but recognised daughter and Llewellyn Ab Iowerth, and Prince of Gwynedd, a bitter opponent of English ways. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140133400
- ISBN
- 9780140133400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.91
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paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140081954
- ISBN
- 9780140081954
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Condition: New
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paperback. When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099914709
- ISBN
- 9780099914709
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Condition: New
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099909200
- ISBN
- 9780099909200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
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€ 9.85