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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. When his sister's boat is wrecked in the Pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2,000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529989
- ISBN
- 9780099529989
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paperback. Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530091
- ISBN
- 9780099530091
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Paperback. John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530220
- ISBN
- 9780099530220
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Paperback. When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530145
- ISBN
- 9780099530145
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Paperback. The mysterious death of a young woman on an Australian farm reveals a heartrending story of doomed wartime romance. Alan Duncan returns to his family home in Australia after the war and several years of study in England. But his homecoming is marred by the mysterious suicide of his parents' quiet and reliable parlour-maid. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530237
- ISBN
- 9780099530237
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Paperback. Stanton Laird is sent from his town in America to work in a remote outpost in Western Australia. While out there he befriends Regan family and falls in love with the daughter Mollie. However, when Mollie travels to America to visit him the couple realize that their differences in background make their plans for a future together hard to realize. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529996
- ISBN
- 9780099529996
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Paperback. After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious savior is an escaped convict, and his determination to help him leads Stenning into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530077
- ISBN
- 9780099530077
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Paperback. John Turner, a young man with a checkered past, has been told he has just one year to live. He decides to use his time in search of three very different men he met briefly during the war: a snobbish British pilot, a young corporal accused of murder, and a black G I accused of attempted rape. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530022
- ISBN
- 9780099530022
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Paperback. After the war is over, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds, gradually poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530251
- ISBN
- 9780099530251
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Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle - an experience that leads to the deaths of many. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor creases to the cover.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- 9780099530268
- ISBN
- 9780099530268
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Condition: Used, Very Good
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Paperback. A young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099530039
- ISBN
- 9780099530039
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Nevil Shute was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099530176
- ISBN
- 9780099530176
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Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other women and children whom the Japanese force to walk for miles through the jungle leading to the deaths of many. Due to her courageous spirit, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9781784870027
- ISBN
- 9781784870027
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Condition: New
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Paperback. New translation of a classic from Italian literature. This edition contains a new translation of G.W.F. Hegel's 'Machiavelli's The Prince and Italy', notes and apparatus on Machiavelli's life and works, four pages of pictures and the first pages of The Prince in the original Italian. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493231
- ISBN
- 9781847493231
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309451
- ISBN
- 9780822309451
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Paperback. Presenting Gogol's comic novel about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims, this translation is accompanied by an introduction and by appendices that outline excerpts from the translator's work on other Gogol texts, and by letters Gogol wrote around the time he was writing this novel. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne. Translator(s): Guerney, Bernard Guilbert. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300060997
- ISBN
- 9780300060997
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Condition: New
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Hardback. Relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143122487
- ISBN
- 9780143122487
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Condition: New
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Paperback. A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls, here presented in a brand new translation, is part of Alma Classics Evergreens series of popular classics. Translator(s): Rayfield, Donald. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496287
- ISBN
- 9781847496287
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paperback. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these 'dead souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a aristocrat. Translator(s): Maguire, Robert A. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448078
- ISBN
- 9780140448078
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paperback. Collected here are superb new translations of the finest tales - from the founding master of Russian surreal allegory and irony Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084217
- ISBN
- 9781847084217
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
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