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Paperback. A family saga imbued with mythic qualities, set in Sardinia during the early twentieth century. Translator(s): Mazzarella, Silvester. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848667945
ISBN
9781848667945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. 'Asharat nisaa' offers a kaleidoscopic look at the contemporary troubles of women, exploring themes ranging from old age to lesbianism and classic problems with roles: as daughters, mothers and wives. The novel is based on the author's conviction that wounds can be healed through sharing and working together. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194775
ISBN
9789992194775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. The foremost Proust scholar of our time offers a brilliantly revised and annotated edition of the first volume of the twentieth century's most acclaimed novel Editor(s): Carter, William C. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. Series: In Search of Lost Time. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 192 x 28. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300185430
ISBN
9780300185430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving, Proust's stories - presented here in Andrew Brown's nuanced translation, the only edition currently in print - are layered with imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological atmosphere of his later masterpiece. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Only edition in print
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493170
ISBN
9781847493170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002293
ISBN
9781782270638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422439
ISBN
9780857422439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.90

paperback. A book that is full of personal stories, set against a background of the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath at home, and the wider world as Coca-Cola sets up a factory nearby and news comes in of men landing on the moon. It is a philosophical take on memory, belonging, and the nature of storytelling itself. Translator(s): Dunne, Jonathan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597438
ISBN
9780099597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.88

Paperback. A beautiful love story, full of humanity and tenderness, in the dark days of a civil war and the following dictatorship. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194898
ISBN
9789992194898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181006
ISBN
9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.93
€ 77.70

Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181013
ISBN
9780231181013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863133
ISBN
9780864863133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.10

hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
FrontPage
Condition
New
SKU
V9788190884150
ISBN
9788190884150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.17

Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952863
ISBN
9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Women's writing in Cameroon has so far been dominated by Francophone writers. This title includes short stories that represent the yearnings and vision of an Anglophone woman, who writes both as a Cameroonian and as a woman whose life has been shaped by the minority status her people occupy within the nation-state. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; FA; FYB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896802063
ISBN
9780896802063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.57

Paperback. Translator(s): Lewis, Tess. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671466
ISBN
9780914671466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. The ninth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007439195
ISBN
9780007439195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439119
ISBN
9780007439119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The third book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439133
ISBN
9780007439133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.46

Paperback. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583027
ISBN
9781905583027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391458
ISBN
9780141391458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an Iraqi journalist is given a tour of a military prison. He is informed by the major in charge about what is expected of him: he is to write a fabricated report about a murder that has occurred in the camp, in order to demoralise the enemy soldiers. Translator(s): Weir, Martin E. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908323392
ISBN
9781908323392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.31

Hardback. Deals with beheadings, both literal and metaphorical. This narrative takes us from the most archetypal beheading in Arabo-Islamic history, that of al-Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, via the torture of communists in Nasser's detention camps, and the meanderings of a Cairene teenager unwittingly caught in the bread riots of 1977. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161889
ISBN
9789774161889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970337
ISBN
9781907970337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

paperback. A novel that focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9788170461395
ISBN
9788170461395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.76

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