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Paperback. Alphonse Daudet's novels established him as the most successful writer in France by the end of the XIX century. Throughout his working life in Paris Daudet never lost his almost umbilical attachment to Provence. Here, he presents tales of that region that are characterised by tenderness and delicacy, as well as wistfulness and wry humour. Illustrator(s): Ardizzone, E. Translator(s): Davies, Frederick. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443349
ISBN
9780140443349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. Across the ocean, in early sixteenth-century Mexico, the Aztec Empire is under the fatal grip of Hernan Cortes and his Mayan lover. While they scheme and conquer, fight and fuck, their domestic comedy will change the course of history, throwing the world - and Rome's tennis match - into a mind-bending reverie of assassinations, and executions. Translator(s): Wimmer, Natasha. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099598053
ISBN
9780099598053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620405437
ISBN
9781620405437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Aidoo, Ama Ata. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
48886th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558611191
ISBN
9781558611191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Open Letter
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824740
ISBN
9781934824740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages but otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008782
ISBN
9780486280387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. New Writing from the Arab World. 320 pages. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809631
ISBN
9781408809631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927101885
ISBN
9789927101885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.01

Paperback. "[Elsir is] widely regarded as a giant among Arabic fiction writers." --"Daily News," Egypt Translator(s): Hutchins, William; Hutchins, William. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789927101892
ISBN
9789927101892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.93

Paperback. Shmuel, a young, idealistic student, is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too.. Translator(s): De Lange, Nicholas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701956
ISBN
9781784701956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which the lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as the stories portray their world as a microcosm of the wider world. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Simpson, P. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982005
ISBN
9780099982005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Features characters from folklore, archetypal figures from Yoruba society, supernatural or magical happenings, acute human observation and often a moral point. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316885
ISBN
9780571316885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. A gorgeous, wise and witty new collection of stories about the complexities of love, family and friendship, from the author of Away. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081698
ISBN
9781847081698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782154
ISBN
9781783782154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. Brings together a motley assemblage of urban misfits and outsiders, and explores their love/hate relationship with their city and one another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897231630
ISBN
9781897231630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A collection of salacious reimaginings of great literary works by popular, contemporary authors based on the wildly popular SF-based reading series Shipwrecked. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB; WHP; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455566426
ISBN
9781455566426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. A collection of micro-fictions by one of Argentina's most prolific and distinguished authors. Translator(s): Stewart, Steven J. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220904
ISBN
9780803220904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.07

Paperback. Conjuring up a cascade of sexual encounters, this book evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182841
ISBN
9780141182841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A collection of erotic short stories which capture a moment of pure desire, in its complexity and paradoxical simplicity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183404
ISBN
9780141183404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The latest DCI Ewert Grens thriller, exploring Sweden's burgeoning network of child gangs. Translator(s): Dickson, Kari. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857386854
ISBN
9780857386854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

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