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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

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

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Melrose Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909757141
ISBN
9781909757141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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