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paperback. Viktor Zolotaryov - last seen in 'Death and the Penguin' fleeing mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha - seizes, once there, a heaven-sent opportunity to return to Kiev with a new identity. Translator(s): Bird, George. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461692
ISBN
9780099461692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection that gives a multi-faceted view of Scotland, the Scots and the Scottish short story, with stories ranging from Roman Britain through the trials of those at home during the Second World War to a country and people determined to assert their independence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955475
ISBN
9780241955475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955451
ISBN
9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. An autobiographical portrait of Post-War Paris and a tumultuous childhood - by the 2014 Nobel Laureate Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054937
ISBN
9780857054937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Sargent, Geoffrey W. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 116 x 7. Weight in Grams: 60.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
57
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218542
ISBN
9780811218542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Paris Tales is a collection of stories by French or Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this capital city. The collection brings together writers from the mid-19th century to the present day, from Maupassant and Zola to Colette and Ravalec. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: City Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 64. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006042
ISBN
9780192805744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736790
ISBN
9780198736790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

paperback. Includes eight stories which offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. This anthology is suitable for the German student of English as well as the English student of German. It reflects trends in German literature. Editor(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140041194
ISBN
9780140041194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455631
ISBN
9781926455631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195315
ISBN
9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Series: Dedalus Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213483
ISBN
9781910213483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189659
ISBN
9780141189659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Includes ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955802
ISBN
9780241955802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

paperback. The selected stories of one of Wales's leading writers, "Outside Paradise" is a testament to women of all ages. Sometimes bright and uplifting, sometimes dark and moving, Sian James's work celebrates life. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638195
ISBN
9781902638195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. Reykjavik, Saturday night. He offered her another margarita, and, as he returned from the bar, he carefully slid the pill into her glass. They were getting along fine, and he was sure she would give him no trouble.. 48 hours later, a young man is found dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in at his flat. Translator(s): Yates, Anne. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099549352
ISBN
9780099549352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DN; FYB. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 17. Weight: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Luath Press Limited
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820551
ISBN
9781842820551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events - the accidental death of a child, his best friend's feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father's decision to leave the family for another woman - will change his life forever. Translator(s): Born, Anne. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000468
ISBN
9780099506133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the Tokyo suburbs four women work the draining graveyard shift at a boxed-lunch factory. Burdened with chores and heavy debts and isolated from husbands and children, they all secretly dream of a way out of their dead-end lives. Translator(s): Snyder, Stephen. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472285
ISBN
9780099472285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, ILLUSTRATED. BIC Classification: FY. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Square Peg
Condition
New
SKU
9781910931752
ISBN
9781910931752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.34

Paperback. An outstanding collection of new and classic stories, from one of America's greatest living short story writers Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330. New and Selected Stories. 400 pages. An outstanding collection of new and classic stories, from one of America's greatest living short story writers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight: 270.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747597438
ISBN
9780747597438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Patterson, Robin. Series: Dedalus Africa. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213070
ISBN
9781910213070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl's first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother's yearlong struggle with the death of her daughter, this book includes stories that make their world ours. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217904
ISBN
9780803217904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

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