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Fiction: special features
Paperback. In Makuck's fourth collection of short stories he once again explores the fertile territory of small, rural American towns. With tenderness and clarity, he excavates the mundane surface of everyday lives to reveal compassionate characters who are unexpectedly vulnerable. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610823
- ISBN
- 9780815610823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Paperback. Michon's exquisite short narratives transport us to the heart of the Middle Ages as witnesses to the double-edged power of belief Translator(s): Jefferson, Ann. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300179064
- ISBN
- 9780300179064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.79
€ 14.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. Isak Dinesen was the pen-name of Karen Blixen, who was born in Rungsted, Denmark in 1885. After studying art, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke. Together they went to Kenya to manage a coffee plantation. After their divorce, she continued to run the plantation until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Denmark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185880
- ISBN
- 9780141185880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A vision of contemporary Dubai from the perspective of a variety of expats from different parts of the world, telling tales of hardship and the high-life, paranoia and alienation, cruelty and love. The locations switch from parties at mansions to high-rise apartment blocks, taxi interiors to gyms, featuring an array of characters that span the citys wide social spectrum. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books GB
- Edition
- Second edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409817
- ISBN
- 9781910409817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.20
€ 16.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171067
- ISBN
- 9780226171067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.36
€ 24.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Rodel, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671701
- ISBN
- 9780914671701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.68
€ 21.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Orenda Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910633724
- ISBN
- 9781910633724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This collection of short stories details the plight of urban Algerian women and raises serious issues. The stories criticise the post-colonial regime, for denying and subjugating women whilst celebrating men's liberation. Clarisse Zimra's afterword includes an informing interview with the author. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918808
- ISBN
- 9780813918808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.07
€ 30.07
Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166624
- ISBN
- 9789774166624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.73
€ 20.99
€ 20.73
Paperback. Ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585275
- ISBN
- 9780747585275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Words And Women: Three is the third showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction inside reflect the brilliance, boldness and depth of women's contemporary writing in the region. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Unthank Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910061343
- ISBN
- 9781910061343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Paperback. Includes stories such as - "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "Period Piece"; "On Guard"; "An Englishman's Home"; "Excursion in Reality"; "Bella Fleace Gave a Party"; "Winner Takes All"; "Work Suspended"; "Scott-King's Modern Europe"; "Basil Seal Rides Again"; and "Charles Ryder's Schooldays". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184517
- ISBN
- 9780141184517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A collection of short stories that reveals various facets of an extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery and word-play, it creates physical and psychological worlds that are at once familiar and yet shockingly strange. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Trafalgar Square
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099274537
- ISBN
- 9780099274537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806491
- ISBN
- 9781609806491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.27
€ 19.99
€ 17.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Deitz, Paula. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637817
- ISBN
- 9781566637817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.54
€ 30.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677535
- ISBN
- 9780816677535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.63
€ 17.99
€ 17.63
Hardcover. How does one translate experience into fiction? This work includes specific and practical guidance on the art, craft, and business of writing short stories. It offers advice on exploring sources, galvanizing the imagination, studying stories, and then writing them. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 figures, glossary, index. BIC Classification: CBV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629191
- ISBN
- 9780815629191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.65
€ 50.65
Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women ...
. Ed(S): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella
hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038746
- ISBN
- 9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
Paperback. Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Bronte was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389271
- ISBN
- 9780141389271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights, and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire's limestone north and moorland south, drawing out the importance of the region's slaveholding society. Editor(s): Bronte, Emily; Heywood, Christopher. Num Pages: 519 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 221 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112473
- ISBN
- 9781551112473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.75
€ 33.99
€ 30.75
Paperback. Zahra has just returned to her hometown after being divorced by her husband for being too traditional and unable to keep up with his modern way of life. Having devoted herself to the creation of independent Morocco, she had expected to share the fruits of independence with him, but instead she finds herself cast out into a strange world. Translator(s): Parmenter, Barbara McKean. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721722
- ISBN
- 9780292721722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.43
€ 17.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. Whether set in Maxim Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, this title features eight stories that explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609186
- ISBN
- 9780815609186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Eight stories that explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609988
- ISBN
- 9780815609988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.97
€ 17.99
€ 16.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914049
- ISBN
- 9781909914049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.47
€ 7.47