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Paperback. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve. An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701963
- ISBN
- 9781784701963
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Breda, Spain, is in the midst of the housing boom that has swept up the country. Although there are differences of opinion and the ambitious project is not without risk, the expectation of sumptuous profits drives the partners to continue. Then the corpse of one of the partners is discovered inside one of the newly constructed buildings. Translator(s): Schifino, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- FICTC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147373
- ISBN
- 9781905147373
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
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paperback. When the new managers of the Paris Opera House ignore their predecessors' warnings about the hideous 'Opera ghost' stalking the theatre, it is a fatal mistake. The Phantom haunts the imagination of the talented singer Christine Daae, appearing to her as the 'Angel of Music' - a disembodied voice, coaching her to sing as she never could before. Translator(s): Ribiere, Mireille; Ribiere, Mireille. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191508
- ISBN
- 9780141191508
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Paris is in mourning. At the firework display marking the Dauphin's marriage to Marie Antoinette, hundreds of people have been injured or crushed to death. Yet not all the victims died accidentally. The tragic incident on Place Louis XV yields a new case for Commissioner Le Floch when a strangled woman is found amongst the other corpses. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Series: Nicolas Le Floch Investigation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906040154
- ISBN
- 9781906040154
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- new edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213278
- ISBN
- 9781910213278
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. * A new collection that is a masterclass in the art of the short story from Jane Gardam, bestselling author of OLD FILTH Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349118451
- ISBN
- 9780349118451
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Presents the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. This title offers an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391571
- ISBN
- 9780141391571
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952863
- ISBN
- 9780241952863
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952856
- ISBN
- 9780241952856
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Editor(s): Zwagerman, Joost. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395722
- ISBN
- 9780141395722
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952849
- ISBN
- 9780241952849
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Condition: New
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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
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. A beautiful, haunting novel by the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781255278
- ISBN
- 9781781255278
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
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Paperback. G H, a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous objects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black, dusty, prehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and, panicking, slams the door on it. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141197357
- ISBN
- 9780141197357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. The first collection of Ken Liu's multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975692
- ISBN
- 9781784975692
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
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Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845233488
- ISBN
- 9781845233488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
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paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583133
- ISBN
- 9780199583133
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. From tales of the supernatural to pungent social realism, and from the humorous to the disturbing, whether rural or urban, this anthology shows the vitality of the Scottish short story. Editor(s): Dunn, Douglas. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199556540
- ISBN
- 9780199556540
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
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Paperback. The definitive collection of the twentieth century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering. Editor(s): Shippey, Tom. Num Pages: 624 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192803818
- ISBN
- 9780192803818
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
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Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Oxford
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199583140
- ISBN
- 9780199583140
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199583171
- ISBN
- 9780199583171
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561605
- ISBN
- 9780199561605
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
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Paperback. Presents the full range of classic English ghost fiction, including some of the very best and most frightening ghost stories ever written. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199556304
- ISBN
- 9780199556304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96