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Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling - about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. This book includes stories which are all about human beings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472711
ISBN
9780099472711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world. This title deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001472
ISBN
9780099273769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A novel which combines enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy. It is a tale of a brilliant and eccentric family, fatefully divided. The author won the Booker Prize and the "Irish Times"/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize in 1990 for "Possession". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478010
ISBN
9780099478010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugal Angel are two fascinating novellas and, like A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, they are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224310
ISBN
9780099224310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Fed up with stultifying criticism, Phineas decides to study the messiness of 'real life'. Doing nothing by halves, he sets out to write a biography of a great biographer. But a 'whole life' is hard to find. How do we put the idea of a person together? Everywhere he looks, he finds fragments and gaps. Trails run cold and mysteries are unresolved. Num Pages: 272 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001474
ISBN
9780099283935
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. In this sequel to "The Virgin in the Garden", Byatt illuminates the conflicts between ambition and domesticity, confinement and self-fulfilment, while providing a observation of intellectual and cultural life in England during the 1950s. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479918
ISBN
9780099479918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. A sequel to "Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life". A cast of characters play out their personal dramas amid the clashing politics, passionate ideals and stirring languages of the early-1960s. Their crises mirror some of the major world events of the age in which they live. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 462. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000111
ISBN
9780099839408
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features short fictions that explore the fragile ties between generations, the dizzying abyss of loss and the elaborate memories we construct against it. This title compels us to inhabit other lives and returns us to our own with new knowledge, compassion, and a sense of wonder. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099599319
ISBN
9780099599319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Tells the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. This book features a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099503927
ISBN
9780099503927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Cassandra, an Oxford don, and Julia, a best-selling novelist, are sisters who share disturbing memories of a bizarre childhood game - and of Simon, who loved them both. The memories re-surface when they see Simon on a television programme, and their relationship is played out to a fatal finish. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099998402
ISBN
9780099998402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521310
ISBN
9780099521310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Tells the story of Anna Severell's struggle at the age of seventeen to evolve her own personality in the shadow of her father, Henry Severell, a famous English novelist. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vinatge 1991
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099889601
ISBN
9780099889601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.07

Paperback. Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, this novel describes the romance between two 19th-century poets and the parallel relationship of their two biographers and includes passages of "Victorian verse". It is structured in the form of a literary and biographical treasure hunt. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
1st, First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099800408
ISBN
9780099800408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh, the children play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535454
ISBN
9780099535454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. While Frederica - the spirited heroine of "The Virgin in the Garden", "Still Life" and "Babel Tower" - falls almost by accident into a career in television in London, tumultuous events in her home county of Yorkshire threaten to change her life, and those of the people she loves. This work depicts the clashing forces in English life. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443391
ISBN
9780099443391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 354. 384 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FW; HRCV. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 28. Weight: 354.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764207822
ISBN
9780764207822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. 400 pages, B/W ILLUSTRATIONS. 'First Command' is the second in a three-volume collection of the legendary John Grimes books! After moving on from the Terran Navy, John Grimes tries his hand at leading a private life, and finds he likes being his own man. The only problem is, his ship The Far Traveller has a (very stubborn and very feminine) mind of its own - and a penchant for getting Grimes into the worse sort of interplanetary pickles!. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 173 x 109 x 38. Weight: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Baen
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451638509
ISBN
9781451638509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.75

576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 117 x 170 x 30. Weight: 296.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Baen
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451638233
ISBN
9781451638233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.58

Paperback. Combining steampunk and fey fantasy elements, this title creates a unique and multi-layered universe. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781169513
ISBN
9781781169513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.08

Paperback. Janus Mikani and Celeste Ritsuko work all hours in the Criminal Investigation Division, keeping the citizens of Dorstaad safe. They're assigned a potentially volatile case where one misstep could end their careers. A killer is stalking the streets, weaving blood and magic in a lethal ritual that could mean the end of everything they hold dear.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781169490
ISBN
9781781169490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 171 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor nicks and tears to cover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Prime Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0010456
ISBN
9780809557738
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The sky over Bradford is heavy with foreboding. This morning a body has been found. And it's not just any body. Detective Harry Virdee should be at home with his wife. Impending fatherhood should be all he can think about but he's been suspended from work just as the biggest case of the year lands on what would have been his desk. Series: D.I. Harry Virdee. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 289.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552172783
ISBN
9780552172783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Tells a detective story, where secret passages, uninvited guests, a sinister valet and a puzzling murder lay the foundations for a classic crime caper. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Vintage Book Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521273
ISBN
9780099521273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

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