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Paperback. Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. Translator(s): Drew, Flora. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572268
ISBN
9780099572268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Caldwell, Helen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970504
ISBN
9781907970504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.16

Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
151
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848534
ISBN
9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.11

Paperback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
151
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848527
ISBN
9781603848527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Spellbinding stories of love, loss, revelation and reconciliation from the bestselling author of A FEW OF THE GIRLS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTM0006266
ISBN
9781409103462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A superb new collection from the No.1 bestselling author: 'Reading her books is like gossiping with old friends' DAILY EXPRESS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 293.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409161448
ISBN
9781409161448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. A society hostess entertains her husband's mistress to dinner; a country girl savours the delights of city life; a student faces the dilemma of unmarried pregnancy; and a drink-ridden photographer tries to relaunch a shattered career.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498582
ISBN
9780099498582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A superb collection of short stories from the No. 1 bestselling author. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0022297
ISBN
9780752893761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Spellbinding stories of love, loss, revelation and reconciliation from the bestselling author of A FEW OF THE GIRLS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0035667
ISBN
9781409103462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Spellbinding stories of love, loss, revelation and reconciliation from the bestselling author of A FEW OF THE GIRLS Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294. Well-read copy in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0009492
ISBN
9781409103462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A superb collection of short stories from the No. 1 bestselling author. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Orion
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0022294
ISBN
9780752893761
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

CD-Audio. Maeve Binchy is one of Britain's most popular storytellers. This title features four of her tales: 'Homecoming'; 'Telling Stories'; 'Needy'; and, 'The Interview'. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Condition
New
SKU
9781408400630
ISBN
9781408400630
CD
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.92

paperback. This title gathers 20 stories from the "glory days" of "The New Yorker", some of them set in her native Dublin, but mostly in and around her adopted Manhattan. The collection's centrepiece is a suite of satirical scenes from suburban life. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Counterpoint LLC
Condition
New
SKU
9781582431192
ISBN
9781582431192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Counterpoint Berkeley, CA
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582435008
ISBN
9781582435008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Tramp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993459207
ISBN
9780993459207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Bill. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Archipelago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914671848
ISBN
9780914671848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. 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: 166 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt. Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788170461401
ISBN
9788170461401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.63

Hardcover. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107044
ISBN
9781405107044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.52

Paperback. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107051
ISBN
9781405107051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.19

Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Devi, Mahasweta; Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9788170461449
ISBN
9788170461449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.59

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
€ 13.55

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
€ 10.43

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
€ 19.67

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

€ 9.41

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