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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Paperback. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of a tanning to the text pages (a little heavier at the outside edges); else flawless. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. Not quite pristine, but remains Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches). 150 pages. Translated by Tim Parks. Weight: 4.6 ounces. First Edition Thus [1994], Fourth Printing. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus [1994], Fourth Printing.

Paperback. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the text pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the covers. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a single minor, unobtrusive flaw. Bright and clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.1 x 0.65 inches). 216 pages. Language: English. Weight: 6 ounces. First Edition Thus in the UK (1998), Twelfth Printing. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus in the UK (1998), Twelfth Printing.

Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 342pp. Trade Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Elliot Erwitt/Magnum (Cover Photo); Caroline Cunningham (Design) (illustrator). 467 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Minimally creased covers. Creased spine. Sticky stain on top edge.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. 420pp. '7' in number line. Index, pp. 399-420. Red wraps with title in embossed white letters in curved arc superimposed upon a transparent globe with continents only on the curved surface; author name lettering in blurred-edge embossed white across top front cover; subtitle in smaller black letters on the upward slant across bottom front cover. A crease on the diagonal across lower right front cover corner: long flat, NOT weak or floppy, else Flawless: Tight binding (NO cracks); Sharp corners; NO previous owner names; NO remainder mark. Clean Text. Appears UNREAD.

small black hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (#1 in # line) of this edition. color illustrated endpapers. b&w photo frontis. xxxvii+104p.+ publishers ad. biographical table. index of titles & first lines. poetry. english literature. world war i. biography. ~ When Wilfred Owen was killed in the days before the Armistice in 1918, he Left behind a shattering. truthful and indelible record of a soldier's experience of the First World War. His greatest war poetry has been collected, edited and introduced here by Professor Jon Stallworthy. This special edition is published to commemorate the end of the hellish war that Owen, through the hard~won truth and terrible beauty of his poetry, has taught us never to forget. Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry on 18 March 1893. Intended first for the church, Owen finally decided at the age of 20 that Literature meant more to him than evangelical religion. He was working as a tutor when war was declared in 1914. Owen joined the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. and crossed to France in 1916, but by mid~1917 he was diagnosed as suffering from shellshock, and was invalided back to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland, where he met Siegfried Sassoon. He wrote some of his most powerful war poetry at the start of 1918 before he was declared fit to return to France. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery. In the early morning of 4 November 1918 his platoon was caught in heavy fire and Owen was killed, only seven days before the Armistice.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Mr. Baker's procedure is to settle on something commonplace yet structurally intricate and then, with magnified detailing and sly humor, to unfold hitherto unimagined panoramas.- The New York Times Book Review. This copy is a near fine , first printing paperback with no issues. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good +. Reprint. 416 pages. Paperback with light wear to spine-ends and corners, little used. Nice condition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Witty, original, inventive.utterly compelling' Daily MailWinner of the Man Booker Prize The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother's house, in the winter of 1968. The Gathering is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.'It is clearly the product of a remarkable intelligence, combined with a gift for observation and deduction' A.L. Kennedy, Guardian 272 pp. Englisch.

Paperback. Zustand: VG++/VG/ND. y 1st. Edn, Thus, 1st. Imp. FNL. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Vintage/Random House.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing details from two paintings, Christian IV by Wuchters and Kirsten Munk by van Doordt. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Light reading creases to spine, none to hinge. Lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Edges very slightly aged. No tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 454 pp. text.* Product Description:- In the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realises that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Claire understands that he's come to a place where the opposing states of light and dark, good and evil, are waging war to the death. Designated the King's 'Angel' because of his good looks, he finds himself falling in love with the young woman who is the companion of the King's adulterous and estranged wife, Kirsten. With his loyalties fatally divided between duty and passion, how can Peter Claire find the path that will realise his hopes and save his soul?.* This is a NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. fnl, with minimal age & shelf wear reducing it to VG.* 2000-07-06. n.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Pinball, 1973 is Murakami's second novel, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author.Pinball, 1973 picks up three years after the events of Murakami's debut novel, Hear the Wind Sing. The narrator has moved to Tokyo to work as a translator and live with indistinguishable twin girls, but the Rat has remained behind, despite his efforts to leave both the town and his girlfriend. The narrator finds himself haunted by memories of his own doomed relationship but also, more bizarrely, by his short-lived obsession with playing pinball in J's Bar. This sends him on a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he had enjoyed playing years earlier: the three-flipper Spaceship. 192 pp. Englisch.

Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Ungeles. Mängelexpl., gestempelt o markiert, Knicke/Schmutz/Aufkleber möglich, Versand per Büchersen - Meet Kate Reddy, fund manager and mother of two. Factor in a manipulative nanny, an Australian boss who looks at Kate's breasts as if they're on special offer, a long-suffering husband, her in-laws, two needy children and an e-mail lover, and you have a woman juggling so many balls that some day soon something's going to hit the ground.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen, Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, Versand Büchersendung - An international bestseller and French publishing sensation CONSOLATION is a dazzling, heartbreaking tale of one man, two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite. Charles Balanda is forty-seven; a successful architect, he is constantly on the move. But from the moment he hears about the death of the woman he once loved his life begins to unravel until, one day, he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in blood. But fate brings him one final chance to be happy in Kate, an enchanting young woman, herself damaged but fearless and in love with life.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt, Versand Büchersendung - It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But, unkown to them, they are being watched. Each is killed by a single bullet. Soon afterwards, one of Inspector Wallander's colleagues is found murdered. Is this the same killer, and what could the connection be In this investigation, Wallander is always, tantalisingly, one step behind.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt, Versand Büchersendung - Summer, 1952. Twenty powerful men gather in secret and devise a plot to manipulate the President of the United States . Soon after, writer Eddie Wesley leaves a party hosted by affluent and influential members of black society, and discovers a body. The murdered man had an unusual gold cross gripped between his hands and Eddie is determined to find out why he was killed and what the cross signifies. But then Eddie's sister Junie becomes entangled in an underground movement and vanishes. Is her disappearance connected to the conspiracy to control the President of the United States.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen, Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, Versand Büchersendung - On a journey from the Jersey Shore to the Pacific Ocean the driver crosses an America twisted beyond all recognition, pursued by ghosts of his traumatic past, and by the police, who have discovered the horrifying secrets of his basement. On and off the road, we glimpse the lives of people who are touched by the driver in one way or another - a porn star who can no longer perform; a widower looking for love; two parents who return day after day to the spot where their son was killed. The driver meddles, mixes and murders, heading towards his own macabre realisation of the American Dream.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt, Versand Büchersendung - Every morning Håkan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval officer has vanished without trace. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but he has personal reasons for his interest in the case as Håkan's son is engaged to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier, at Håkan's 75th birthday party, Kurt noticed that the old man appeared uneasy and seemed eager to talk about a controversial incident from his past career that remained shrouded in mystery. Could this be connected to his disappearance When Håkan's wife Louise also goes missing, Wallander is determined to uncover the truth. His search leads him down dark and unexpected avenues involving espionage, betrayal and new information about events during the Cold War that threatens to cause a political scandal on a scale unprecedented in Swedish history. The investigation also forces Kurt to look back over his own past and consider his hopes and regrets, as he comes to the unsettling realisation that even those we love the most can remain strangers to us. And then an even darker cloud appears on the horizon. The return of Kurt Wallander, for his final case, has already caused a sensation around the globe. The Troubled Man confirms Henning Mankell's position as the king of crime writing.

Paperback. First Ed Thus; First Printing indicated. Very Good++ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; mild a crease along the front hinge; the pages have tanned slightly, due to aging; binding leans a bit, but remains perfectly secure; text clean. Remains close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 422pp. Trade Paperback. Short-Listed for the Booker Prize. Alan Hollinghurst is certainly a crafty wordsmith. This book is beautifully written. The story is basically that of an aging gay male becoming obsessed with his beautiful young student. Edward Manners becomes the tutor for a wealthy high school aged fellow, Luc. At first Edward sees a thin immature youth but as the story progresses, Edward becomes more obsessed with Luc and the descriptions of Luc change to match Edward's changing perception. This portion of the story is well told and certainly accurately portrays the process of obsession that seduces gradually, obliterating common sense and good judgement. Edward recognizes that he has lost his bearings when he finds himself continually thinking about Luc, spying on him when he is on holiday with his friends, imagining him having sex with other young men or women, remaining fixated as to whether Luc is gay or straight, and even leaving tutoring sessions to use the bathroom so that he can smell Luc's dirty laundry. Hollinghurst then begins to break the bubbles or desire that Edward has created. Luc becomes more realistic and less idealized. He becomes more human and more mundane. Eventually all the questions Edward has about Luc are answered, or at least many of the questions are answered. Edward begins the painful process of healing the wounds left by obsession as Luc drifts out of his life. I found the book to be one of the best descriptions of the natural history of obsession since Robert Plant's The Catholic. Obsession is revealed to be a wounding, out of mind experience, from which we only gradually recover. Hollingshurst caught it well in this exquisitely written book. First Ed Thus; First Printing indicated.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback. 2010. London, U.K. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 550 pp. Numbered Line: 10-1. Book: Bright and clean. Only light creasing to spine. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE ORDERING THIS BOOK TO CONFIRM BOOK CONDITION AND EDITION (most of our books are 1st editions). We can send you photos of this book with a detailed description. No foxing. Shipping is normally same day from the UK. "UK BASED SELLER ALL OVERSEAS SHIPPING VIA AIRMAIL". If you do not want this service please make it clear to Abebooks you wish by Ship. In Stock.- THANKS! We do not stock Ex-Library or Book Club editions. We do not stock ex-library or Book Club editions. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not fully satisfied, please contact us if you have any questions. Bookseller Inventory #O. 122616163206.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM AND CAROL ANN DUFFYIn this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeAfter a lifetime's struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London's Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum's closed world and Nature's paradise outside the walls: Clare's dream of home, of redemption, of escape. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer. A perfect reading companion for runners.In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and on his writing.Equal parts travelogue, training log and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and settings ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston.By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must-read for fans of this masterful yet private writer as well as for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.\*Murakami's new book Novelist as a Vocation is available now\*'There can never have been a book quite like this memoir of running and writing before. In its self-contained way, it's nothing less than an inspiration' Evening Standard'Hugely enjoyable.You don't have to have run a marathon to be captivated' Sunday Telegraph'Comical, charming and philosophical.an excellent memoir' GQ 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Satan is out for revenge. His rebellion has failed, he has been cast out from heaven and is doomed to spend eternity in hell. Somehow he must find a way to prove his power and wound his enemies. He fixes upon God's beloved new creations, Adam and Eve, as the vehicles of his vengeance. In this dramatic and influential epic, Milton tells the story of the serpent and the apple, the fall of man and the exile from paradise in stunningly vivid and powerful verse. 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover five short stories from the bestselling author of Trainspotting.In 'Rattlesnakes', three young Americans find themselves lost in the desert, held captive by armed Mexicans; in 'The DOGS of Lincoln Park', a mysterious Korean chef may or may not have something to do with the disappearance of a socialite's pooch; an English bar owner battles to keep all his balls in the air on the Costa Brava; a film biographer becomes a piece of movie memorabilia himself in 'Miss Arizona'; and in the 'Kingdom of Fife'; an ex-jockey and table-football star of Cowdenbeath takes on the charms of Jenni Cahill and her remarkable jodhpurs.'Vigorous, stunningly funny.whimsical, warm, surreal, grotesque and brilliant' Guardian'A rambunctious return to the glory days of Trainspotting. Dazzlingly diverse. Sick and vigorous, written with Welsh's inimitable in-yer-face energy' Sunday Telegraph 400 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been given his chance to fight back and he takes it with a vengeance, to the increasing discomfort and surprise of those around him. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WITH AN AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHOR 'A major work of mounting tensions in which the human mind is the guinea-pig. Mr Fowles has taken a big swing at a difficult subject and his hits are on the bull's eye' Sunday TimesOn a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration of human complexities. By turns disturbing, thrilling and seductive, The Magus is a feast for the mind and the senses. 720 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When archaeologist Louise Cantor's son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place.In her grief she begins to investigate Henrik's death and when Louise finds a photograph of an unknown girlfriend in Mozambique she decides to travel there. She sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the AIDS clinic set up by an American businessman. Slowly Louise realises she has immersed herself in something far bigger than her son's death. 464 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the author of the bestselling Suite Française.In a French courtroom, the trial of a woman is taking place. Gladys Eysenach is no longer young, but she is still beautiful, elegant, cold. She is accused of shooting dead her much-younger lover. As the witnesses take the stand and the case unfolds, Gladys relives fragments of her past: her childhood, her absent father, her marriage, her turbulent relationship with her daughter, her decline, and then the final irrevocable act. With the depth of insight and pitiless compassion we have come to expect from the author of Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky shows us the soul of a desperate woman obsessed with her lost youth.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown.Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. In a world transformed by battles over resources, he teaches them how to steal.In time we see him struggle through strange, horrific and unexpectedly funny terrain as he goes about the no longer simple act of survival. Despite the chaos of his world, he keeps his eyes on the exit door, his heart open and his mind on what he thinks is going to happen next.Longlisted for the Guardian first book award.