Fiction: special features
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Fiction: special features
Hardback. Strange and fantastical, the fairy tales of Bela Balazs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of "Bluebeard's Castle", reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist philosophy. This title features sixteen stories of Balazs. Illustrator(s): Lydes, Mariette. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147116
- ISBN
- 9780691147116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The first novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer Translator(s): Beecher, Merike Lepasaar. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2018
- SKU
- V9781784299781
- ISBN
- 9781784299781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Melrose Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909757141
- ISBN
- 9781909757141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.17
€ 14.17
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition, First ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486794648
- ISBN
- 9780486794648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.38
€ 10.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. This volume covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the "golden age" of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars", and "E.T.") would soon dominate box offices. Editor(s): Gunn, James E. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842458
- ISBN
- 9780810842458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.57
€ 36.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486499888
- ISBN
- 9780486499888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.81
€ 9.81
hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781857150483
- ISBN
- 9781857150483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
paperback. Born in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198477
- ISBN
- 9780141198477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover
Apple, Max; Brouwer, Joel. Ed(S): Martone, Mi...
paperback. Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take an individual approach to storytelling. This book contains 33 tales that showcase the wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known writers. Editor(s): Martone, Michael. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Quarry Books United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253210227
- ISBN
- 9780253210227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.14
€ 24.99
€ 23.14
hardcover. A 72-year-old Australian writer encounters an alluring woman in his apartment block. When he discovers she is 'between jobs' he claims failing eyesight and offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya has no interest in politics but the job provides a distraction, as does the writer's evident and not unwelcome attraction toward her. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001223
- ISBN
- 9781846551208
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. The irresistible new bestselling mystery featuring Inspector Montalbano. Series: Inspector Montalbano Mysteries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mantle London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000899
- ISBN
- 9781447249115
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. The irresistible Inspector Montalbano returns for his sixteenth mystery Series: Inspector Montalbano Mysteries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 418. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Mantle London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000891
- ISBN
- 9781447228783
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. The girl with the dragon tattoo is back: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in the #1 bestselling continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. Translator(s): Goulding, George. Series: Millennium Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350. Good clean copy, showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000859
- ISBN
- 9781848667785
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear. Light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000677
- ISBN
- 9781910701089
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Keith Lee Morris, author of The Dart League King, returns with a new story collection as acute, funny, and heartbreaking as we've come to expect from him. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982503089
- ISBN
- 9780982503089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.38
€ 15.99
€ 15.38
Paperback. The characters of these irreverent stories work at widely varying occupations, both prosaic and absurd. Hilarious and lonely, they are often aimless but surrounded by passionate devotees of everything from decluttering to good old-fashioned piracy. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977698912
- ISBN
- 9780977698912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.88
€ 13.99
€ 13.88
paperback. Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth". Illustrator(s): Landseer, Edward; Maclise, Daniel; Stanfield, Clarkson; Stone, Frank; Doyle, Richard; Leech, John; Tenniel, Sir John. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853262685
- ISBN
- 9781853262685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 103 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781909621565
- ISBN
- 9781909621565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. The reissue of four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- SKU
- 9781473637221
- ISBN
- 9781473637221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.12
€ 12.99
€ 11.12
paperback. Contains a selection of Beaumont's stories, including five stories that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes. This volume contains an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner, two fellow science fiction luminaries who counted themselves among Beaumont's close friends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143107651
- ISBN
- 9780143107651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. American Short Stories since 1945 appeals to a broad segment of the undergraduate literature studies market. Its coverage of the modern period will be significantly more comprehensive than that found in other anthologies of Modern American Short Stories. Editor(s): Parks, John G. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131321
- ISBN
- 9780195131321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 237.57
€ 237.57
paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853261893
- ISBN
- 9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
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
€ 7.01
paperback. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780375701160
- ISBN
- 9780375701160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.04
€ 24.99
€ 19.04