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Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To Be. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306822780
ISBN
9780306822780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 127 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Number of pages
190
Publisher
Amazon Publishing United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611099584
ISBN
9781611099584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.05

Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282969
ISBN
9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099387817
ISBN
9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160993
ISBN
9780691160993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.26

Hardback. Bea Britt lives alone in her grandmother's house in Oslo. Early one morning, there are people out in the garden, and drama unfolding on her living room TV. Volunteers are scouring the neighbouring woods looking for Emilie, a twelve-year-old girl who has disappeared. This novel is about enduring oneself and others, delicately revealing the choices. Translator(s): Kinsella, Sean. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910701805
ISBN
9781910701805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. An anthology of Decadent short stories reflecting a variety of fin-de-siecle themes. It showcases the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. It stresses the role of the magazine culture in the unprecedented explosion of the Decadent short story in the 1890s. Editor(s): Boyiopoulos, Kostas; Choi, Yoonjoung; Tildesley, Matthew Brinton. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692149
ISBN
9780748692149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.86

Paperback. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident - a man who has lost his face and, with it, connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such mask is more than a disguise. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188539
ISBN
9780141188539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, searches the scorching desert for beetles. As night falls he is forced to seek shelter in an eerie village, half-buried by huge sand dunes. He awakes to the terrifying realization that the villagers have imprisoned him with a young woman at the bottom of a vast sand pit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188522
ISBN
9780141188522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Twenty tales of lust and loss. These stories feature clockwork hearts, lascivious queens, paper men, island circuses, and a flooded world; some are radical retellings of classic stories, some are modern-day fables, but all explore substitutions for love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773754
ISBN
9781907773754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Offering a collection of stories, this book includes tales of lust, deceit, resentment, regret, secrets and lies that can chip away at human relationships. It features a series of interwoven dramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571308927
ISBN
9780571308927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Series: A Year of Weddings Novella. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FR; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310395881
ISBN
9780310395881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.24

Paperback. Includes a collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. In this book, the stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable style and wit of one of Britain's writers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195292
ISBN
9780141195292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789136
ISBN
9781564789136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Vinciguerra, Inrae You. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789594
ISBN
9781564789594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Brings together a mix of stories and tales. This title includes tales such as original Hollows novella, Million-Dollar Baby, about Trent Kalamack's secret elven quest in Pale Demon; two original short stories, Pet Shop Boys and Temson Woods, that explore just what happens when humanity and the supernatural collide. Series: A Hollows Novella. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062197634
ISBN
9780062197634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Caitlin Press Canada
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894759663
ISBN
9781894759663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardback. Translator(s): Rojas, Carlos. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168120
ISBN
9780231168120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Series: THE WICKED THE DIVINE VOLUME 1. BIC Classification: FY. .
Publisher
Image Comics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632156310
ISBN
9781632156310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. 1980s Syria, our young narrator is living a secluded life behind the veil in the vast and perfumed house of her grandparents in Aleppo. Her three aunts, Maryam the pious one; Safaa, the liberal; and the free-spirited Marwa, bring her up with the aid of their ever-devoted blind servant. Translator(s): Price, Leri. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776134
ISBN
9780552776134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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