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Paperback. Exploring family ties and small coincidences, the stories in this title are united by recurring imagery, echoing a kind of collective unconscious, and the magnetic force of place. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780224102193
ISBN
9780224102193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 8.99

Paperback. Features characters who begin their journeys on Prosperity Drive, appear and disappear, bump into each other in chance encounters, and join up again through love, marriage or memory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0020204
ISBN
9781784700577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. From the bestselling author of the award winning The English Passengers, a collection of stories - funny, wise, audacious and exquisitely told - which, combined, build a powerful literary meditation on Britain today. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KIN0005106
ISBN
9780330435352
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The stories in 'The Coast of Good Intentions' evoke the landscape of the Pacific Northwest with impressive ease - crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, the Seattle skyline. Here are ordinary lives in all their messy, unresolved glory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136. 163pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KNW0007114
ISBN
9781862076495
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true. Illustrator(s): Shimizu, Yuko. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 264 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780008140403
ISBN
9780008140403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.95

Paperback. A collection of Canadian short stories. The book includes works by Alastair Macleod, Gabrielle Roy, Wallace Stegner, George Bowering, Margaret Atwood, Sinclair Ross, Alice French, Mordecai Richler, Audrey Thomas, Sean Virgo, Sandra Birdsell, Elizabeth Smart, Alice Munro and many others. Editor(s): Ondaatje, Michael. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008408
ISBN
9780571142767
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. From the epic Irish legend of Cuchulain to tales of banshees, leprechauns and wizards, these short stories and fables cover a wide range of Ireland's mythology and legends, forming a companion volume to Michael Scott's "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales." Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751512427
ISBN
9780751512427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. What is it about Ireland's past that so haunts the imagination? More than one answer can be found in Michael Scott's powerful series of 29 tales, spanning the centuries with the ease of - a ghost. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751501544
ISBN
9780751501544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Arthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future. But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Gallic Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781910477281
ISBN
9781910477281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Michel is a civil-servant, an account manager at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered and he comes into some money, Michel takes leave of absence to go on a package tour to Thailand. Relieved to get away, he is nonetheless infuriated by the shallow hypocrisy and mediocrity of his fellow travellers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437888
ISBN
9780099437888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The celebrated debut short story collection from the author of Solar Bones, winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize and BGE Irish Book of the Year Series: Canons. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781786891396
ISBN
9781786891396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. With the ink still wet on his diploma, the twenty-five-year-old Dr Mikhail Bulgakov was flung into the depths of rural Russia in 1916-17. This book show how his alter-ego copes (or fails to cope) with the new and often appalling responsibilities of a lone doctor in a vast country practice - on the eve of the Revolution. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9780099529569
ISBN
9780099529569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.86

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186092
ISBN
9780141186092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

paperback. The extraordinary stories of 'Saki' are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260711
ISBN
9781853260711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. France's greatest food critic is dying, after a lifetime in single-minded pursuit of sensual delights. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0037347
ISBN
9781906040314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025624
ISBN
9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. With five of the contributors who are Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, this work presents stories that capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures. The contributors also include Margaret Atwood, and John Updike. Editor(s): Gordimer, Nadine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good copy with some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KTG0012705
ISBN
9780747574309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. With five of the contributors who are Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, this work presents stories that capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures. The contributors also include Margaret Atwood, and John Updike. Editor(s): Gordimer, Nadine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9780747574309
ISBN
9780747574309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. A collection of stories by a young American writer. They are centred around the Orthodox Jewish community and span the Jewish experience from the Holocaust and Stalin's Russia to modern-day New York and Jerusalem. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232015
ISBN
9780571201310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Arvin, Newton. Num Pages: frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307741219
ISBN
9780307741219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141391885
ISBN
9780141391885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

paperback. Deals with the friendship between a young man and an enigmatic elder whom he calls Sensei. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106036
ISBN
9780143106036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Fall in love with a delicious novel about Paris, food and romance. Translator(s): McCann, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0010116
ISBN
9781848662452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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