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Fiction: special features

Paperback. At an end-of-the London season soiree, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Batky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumours. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Batky receives a mysterious phone-call warning him not to go. Translator(s): Rix, Len. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901285895
ISBN
9781901285895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189659
ISBN
9780141189659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. A superb collection of writing from multi-award-winning, million-copy bestseller Andrea Levy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472222695
ISBN
9781472222695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Children of the New World introduces readers to a near future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. The book grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250098993
ISBN
9781250098993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. An intimate and remarkably human novel of modern Iraq by an acclaimed Arab-American author, shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Translator(s): Tabet, Maia. Series: Hoopoe Fiction. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 13. .
Publisher
Hoopoe Fiction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168208
ISBN
9789774168208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assistant who travels with him and a woman in every town. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197609
ISBN
9780141197609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Translator(s): Seidensticker, Edward G. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192628
ISBN
9780141192628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Contains the author's short works that are rich in the insights and passion that characterize his explorations in love, war, courage, and civilization. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445060
ISBN
9780140445060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Offers a collection of the haunting German stories from the past 200 years. This title includes Hoffmann's hallucinatory portrait of terror and insanity "The Sandman"; Chamisso's influential black masterpiece "Peter Schlemiel", where a man barters his own shadow; and Kafka's chilling, disturbing satire "In the Penal Colony". Translator(s): Wortsman, Peter. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DQ; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 125 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198804
ISBN
9780141198804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. A poetic and infinitely moving novel - sure to become a classic of literature about childhood. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849164016
ISBN
9781849164016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006482024
ISBN
9780006482024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.34

Paperback. This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007560707
ISBN
9780007560707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism, manhood, religion, race, & nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture. It is the oldest known surviving major work of French literature based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. Editor(s): Gaunt, Simon; Pratt, Karen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; DCF; FJH; FYT; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199655540
ISBN
9780199655540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. A poignant tale which touches on the themes of yearning and lost youth that are central to many of Fitzgerald's novels and stories, 'The Love Boat' is here presented with other lesser-known pieces which he wrote in the 1920s and explore the many facets of his creative talents. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494146
ISBN
9781847494146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174920
ISBN
9781590174920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.74

Paperback. Meet the characters from the hit BBC series, Beck. The seventh 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 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007439171
ISBN
9780007439171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.37

Paperback. A collection of stories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189451
ISBN
9780141189451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. A collection of the best of Sciascia's gritty, darkly glittering short stories Translator(s): Bardoni, Avril; Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847089281
ISBN
9781847089281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.12

Hardcover. This international bestseller tells the bittersweet story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth, to the intense love and painful losses of her adult years. Translator(s): Cummings, Ora. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KNH0011926
ISBN
9780007353668
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian emigres. Alone in his room, he dreams of his first love, Mary. Awash with memories of youth and idyllic scenes of pre-Revolution Russia, Ganin becomes convinced that Mary is in fact the wife of a fellow-boarder, due to arrive at this very house soon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191478
ISBN
9780141191478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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