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Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289609
ISBN
9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282846
ISBN
9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

hardcover. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
848
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152760
ISBN
9781857152760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289708
ISBN
9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

paperback. A collection of short stories such as "Rain", "The Letter", "The Vessel of Wrath" and "The Alien Corn". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397579
ISBN
9780749397579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287391
ISBN
9780099287391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.84

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Includes novels and stories such as The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Craddock, The Magician, "Rain," "Mackintosh," "The Pool," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard." Num Pages: 676 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737844
ISBN
9781628737844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171325
ISBN
9781590171325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. 'Hidaka' is a modern classic in Japanese literature. Based on a real-life tragedy in 1965, Wahei Tatematsu tells the story of a party of climbers on the Hidaka mountain range on Japan's northern island. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJ; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Peter Owen Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0012809
ISBN
9780720614978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Prime Books United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607014348
ISBN
9781607014348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.13

paperback. Attempts to evoke the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. This book parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition and provides insights into the civil society of Syria. Translator(s): Sallah, Asmahan; Ellery, Chris. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 204. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702820
ISBN
9780292702820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Fowlie, Wallace. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486264431
ISBN
9780486264431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784783044
ISBN
9781784783044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.14

Hardcover. A collection of short stories that starts with "Broomsticks and Other Tales of 1925", with its twelve stories, and continues with "The Lord Fish of 1933" with seven stories. The famous story called 'The Riddle' is also included as it is a story that appeals equally to adults and children. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 49. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357043
ISBN
9781900357043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.75

Paperback. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087218
ISBN
9781847087218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.02

paperback. These stories, conceived by the author as a thematic collection, have as their principal focus the city of Galway, providing an evocation of the city's life and people in the 1940s. From the author of QUENCH THE MOON and RAIN ON THE WIND. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022075
ISBN
9780863222764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Over two hundred years ago Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, was destroyed by a catastrophic firestorm. Optimus Yarnspinner, who witnessed this disaster, has since become Zamonia's greatest writer and is resting on his laurels at Lindworm Castle. Translator(s): Brownjohn, John. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578260
ISBN
9780099578260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael; Egan, Susan Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143431
ISBN
9780231143431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ghost House Publishing Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894877619
ISBN
9781894877619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.18

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870294
ISBN
9781784870294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107538
ISBN
9780143107538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service Num Pages: 840 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 211 x 48. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306808401
ISBN
9780306808401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.30

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