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Paperback. In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283621
ISBN
9780099283621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.25

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Allison Markin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276026
ISBN
9781846276026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

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
€ 10.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906523138
ISBN
9781906523138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories-two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident-that speak to each other in interesting ways. Editor(s): Peters, John G. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 624 pages, 6. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393936339
ISBN
9780393936339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Hardcover. Translator(s): Kinsella, Sean. Num Pages: 551 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 46. Weight in Grams: 711. Fine copy in dust wrapper
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0009209
ISBN
9781909807600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. * 'Margaret Atwood deserves an adjective - Atwoodian - in recognition of her vituoso wit ad unmistakable style' CHICAGO TRIBUNE * Reissue, in a wonderful new look, of one of her best collections of short stories Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086610
ISBN
9781844086610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A dapper Paris doctor dispenses a treatment for dissatisfied wives. A mother auditions for her first porn movie. A writer working on a study of pain makes himself the subject of his experiments. A voyeur mistakes a murderer for a fellow peeping tom.. these are some of the characters observed by the narrator of these chilling stories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389264
ISBN
9780141389264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Hardback. The universe isn't made of atoms; it's made of tiny stories. This title offers a selection of stories small in scope but outsize in impact. Num Pages: 128 pages, Black and White Illustrations Throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062121653
ISBN
9780062121653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. A new annual best of collection from the likes of Neil Gaiman, Greg Egan, Joe Abercrombie and KJ Parker. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Rebellion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781083086
ISBN
9781781083086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.75

Paperback. It was indeed a photograph, a picture of a woman. But the face was completely hidden, scribbled all over in red ink. Someone had tried to obliterate the head, someone very angry. The pen had bitten into the paper. There were so many criss-crossed lines that not a single square millimetre had been left visible. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393506
ISBN
9780141393506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
1397
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151800
ISBN
9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826667
ISBN
9781509826667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy, Karl Ove arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations. Soon though, he is stripped of his youthful illusions. His writing is revealed to be puerile and cliched, and his social efforts are a dismal failure. He drowns his shame in drink and rock music. Translator(s): Bartlett, Don. Series: Knausgaard. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590187
ISBN
9780099590187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Includes stories such as: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Wordsworth Edition
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262128
ISBN
9781853262128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

paperback. A collection of 100 of author's finest stories; it describes life south of the Rio Grande and chronicles the activities and concerns of 'the four million' ordinary citizens who inhabited turn-of-the-century New York. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 492.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262418
ISBN
9781853262418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Introduces the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542025
ISBN
9780099542025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Jim; Franco, Bianchini; Bloomfield, Jude. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Antonia; Constantine, Helen; Braun, Rebecca. Num Pages: 150 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583232
ISBN
9781905583232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Sinha, Arunava; Haq, Kaiser; Islam, Khademul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583805
ISBN
9781905583805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199672066
ISBN
9780199672066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038018
ISBN
9780141038018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. As the 24-hour Arctic summer is transformed into darkness by a volcanic eruption, Ari Thor must find a killer before someone else dies.. NEXT in the international, bestselling Dark Iceland series Translator(s): Bates, Quentin. Series: Dark Iceland. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Orenda Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910633465
ISBN
9781910633465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

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