Domestic And Family Fiction from Books of the World
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As Time Goes By, Series 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9 [DVD]
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 2005
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- DVD
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BBC Video, 2002-2005. Four DVD Sets. Five Discs total. 17 hours, 46 minutes runtime. Fine DVDs in Near Fine cases. No scratches, no cracks. From a private collections. Not from a library or rental. Item Price
$14.95
The Book of Salt: A Novel
by Monique Truong
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- Used - Near Fine
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- June 2004
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- Trade Paperbac
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- 9780618446889
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- 1
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$8.95
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Boston: Houghton Mufflin / Mariner Books, June 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 261 pages.
A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Viewing… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Hundred Shades of White
by Preethi Nair
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- As New
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- First Indian Edition
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- March 2003
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9788172235321
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$29.95
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New Delhi: HarperCollins, March 2003. Trade Paperback. First Indian Edition. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 294 pages. Nalini and her children move from India to London, only to be abandoned. Survival is a struggle, but Nalini turns to what she does best - cooking. Her daughter's sense of history, lost with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Staying On
by Paul Scott
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1997
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780749318659
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- 1
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London: Arrow, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine creased. Covers clean. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 255 pages.
In this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims a degree of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Impressionist
by Hari Kunzru
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780241141694
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- 1
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$17.95
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London: Penguin / Hamish Hamilton, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Pages lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight. Sticker from Giggles bookshop Madras to rear pastedown. Jacket clean with reading wear to top edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 481 pages.
This is the extraordinary story of a child conceived… Read more about this item Item Price
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Brick Lane
by Monica Ali
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- June 2003
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780385606738
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- 1
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$10.45
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London: Doubleday, June 2003. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Pages lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 413 pages.
Set in the gritty Tower Hamlets area of East London, Brick Lane is the story of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi immigrant… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pearls of Coromandel
by Keron Bhattacharya
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
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- June 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312143893
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- 1
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$11.45
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New York: St. Martin's Press, June 1996. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 254 pages.
Hoping to begin a career in the British government, John Sugden joins the Indian Civil Service during the final days of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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This Body
by Tessa McWatt
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- Used - Fine
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- First Paperback Edition
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- August 2005
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780006393146
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- 1
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Toronto: Harper Perennial, August 2005. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages.
Victoria, a chef living in North London, can't seem to shake her ghosts. But when her sister dies in Guyana, leaving behind a young son, Victoria's life… Read more about this item Item Price
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Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2004
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780571218745
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New Delhi: Penguin Books India, December 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Dust stains to top edge, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 500 pages.
Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1968
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780140028782
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- 1
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$9.65
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Pages tanned. Light reading and shelfwear to covers. Not from a library. 160 pages.
Antoinette Cosway is a Creole heiress - product of an inbred, decadent, expatriate community - a sensitive girl at once beguiled and repelled by the lush Jamaican landscape. Soon… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Harafish
by Naguib Mahfouz; Naguib Mahfuz; Najib Mahfouz; Najib Mahfuz; Najīb Maḥfūẓ; Catherine Cobham (trans)
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- April 1995
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780385423359
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- 1
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New York: Anchor Books, April 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior tanned, but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight dogear to top front corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 406 pages.
An epic novel that chronicles the dramatic history of the al-Nagi family: a family that moves, over many generations, from the height… Read more about this item Item Price
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Heidi (Young Readers' Classics) (Abridged)
by Johanna Spyri; Barbara Greenwood
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550135503
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Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition Thus / full number line. Fine book in pictorial covers / no jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 94 pages. Profusely illustrated glossy hardcover. Abridged version for younger readers. An orphan sent to live with her grandfather learns to love both the old man and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Muse of the Department, A Prince of Bohemia, and other stories (Novels of Balzac, Centenary Edition)
by Honoré de Balzac; Honore de Balzac; James Waring (trans); Jno. Rudd (trans); George Saintsbury (preface)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Centenary Edition
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- 1899
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- Hardback
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$34.95
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Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good book / no jacket. No markings. Corners and spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Father Goriot, Ursule Mirouët, and other stories (Novels of Balzac, Centenary Edition)
by Honoré de Balzac; Honore de Balzac; Ellen Marriage (trans); Clara Bell (trans)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Centenary Edition
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- 1899
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- Hardback
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Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co., 1899. Hardcover. Gray linen over boards, spine faded to a handsome beige. Crimson leather title band with gold lettering and border design; gilded top edge. Frontis and eight B&W plates. Very Good+ book / no jacket. No markings. Spine ends bumped. Not from a library. Very handsome on the shelf. Two volumes in one. Contents: Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
$34.95
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Printing of the Movie Tie-In Edition
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- November 2001
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 9780743225403
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- 1
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$5.95
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New York: Simon & Schuster / Scribner, November 2001. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing of the Movie Tie-In Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Interior unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and lightly creased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 364 pages.
A vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical… Read more about this item Item Price
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Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- May 2000
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780006551799
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- 1
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London: HarperCollins / Flamingo, May 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Asia Books stamp to first page, otherwise Unmarked. Pages lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 198 pages. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection of short stories unerringly charts the emotional… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Witch of Exmoor
by Margaret Drabble
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
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- September 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151003631
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New York: Harcourt Brace, September 1997. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Prior owner's name to front pastedown. Text block unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Light reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 281 pages. Item Price
$10.95
One Last Look
by Susanna Moore
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- September 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679450412
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 288 pages. Calcutta in 1836: an uneasy mix of two worlds-the patient, implacably unchangeable India and the tableau vivant of English… Read more about this item Item Price
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Six of One (Runnymede, 1)
by Rita Mae Brown
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- Used - Fine
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- July 1999
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553380378
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- 1
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New York: Bantam, July 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 270 pages.
Perched right on the Mason-Dixon line, tiny Runnymede, Maryland, is ripe with a history almost as colorful as the women who live there-from Celeste Chalfonte, headstrong and aristocratic, who murders for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Baby Teeth: A Novel
by Zoje Stage
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
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- July 2019
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781250170767
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- 1
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin, July 2019. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition, second printing. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 304 pages.
MEET HANNA: Seven-year-old Hanna is a sweet-but-silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father Alex. He's the only person who understands her. But her… Read more about this item Item Price
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