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Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. This title presents an eclectic collection of stories and ballads gathered by an early master of Gothic horror. It also includes ballads by Lewis, and the young Walter Scott. Editor(s): Thomson, Douglass H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118352
ISBN
9781551118352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.35

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
€ 30.58

Paperback. Broadviews edition of this classic realist novella includes a very broad range of historical appendices. Editor(s): Boudreau, Kristin; Stoner Morgan, Megan. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110301
ISBN
9781551110301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.72

Paperback. This collection of stories is essentially a frame tale set in the New York Museum of Natural History, where two children discover displays that come to life and admit them into a series of exciting adventures that include talking animals and magical travels through the vast landscapes of the pre-Columbian continent. Illustrator(s): Winter, Milo. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874175882
ISBN
9780874175882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

Paperback. Noted for narrative complexity, stylistic variety, and feminist themes, Pardo Bazan's stories, written a century ago, explore many aspects of the relationships between men and women." Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527842
ISBN
9780873527842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.02

Paperback. In his brief life, Chekhov was a doctor, essayist, dramatist and a humanitarian. He saw no conflict between art and science or art and medicine. This collection of stories presents powerful portraits of doctors in their everyday lives, struggling with their own personal problems. Editor(s): Coulehan, Jack. Series: Literature and Medicine Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873387804
ISBN
9780873387804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.55

Paperback. Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysantheme" (1888) enjoyed great popularity during the author's lifetime. More broadly, Loti's novel helped define the terms in which Occidentals perceived Japan as delicate, feminine, and, 'preposterous' - in short, ripe for exploitation. Presented as the diary of Chrysantheme, this title retells Loti's story. Num Pages: 112 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824834371
ISBN
9780824834371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348285
ISBN
9780820348285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348278
ISBN
9780820348278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. On the surface, Treadway s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their ability to do the right thing, and even their sanity. But Treadway s psychic landscapes are tinged with a sense of the surreal, inviting readers to recognize that very little is actually as it seems." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820342214
ISBN
9780820342214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. With a reporter's eye for the inside story and a historian's grasp of the ironies in our collective past, Downs affectionately observes some of the last survivors of what Greil Marcus has called the old, weird America. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820342184
ISBN
9780820342184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.34

Paperback. Written with humor but often poignant when they reveal the veins of longing that run through men and women, the stories in "Spirit Seizures" follow the elusive currents that link us to the eternal, the fluid boundaries that wash between love and mourning. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820341057
ISBN
9780820341057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.85

Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820334219
ISBN
9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.70

Paperback. A collection of linked short stories that explore the borderland between Israelis and American Jews, emigrants and expatriates, and vanished homelands and the dangerous world in which we live. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820333311
ISBN
9780820333311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. The stories in "Silent Retreats "trace the tentative journeys of men as they redefine who they are in a changed world while still coping with memory and desire in the old ways. Above all, these stories chronicle a search for absolution for the elusive freedom lurking among the very syllables of the word." Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330662
ISBN
9780820330662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. The Collected Short Stories of William March" Num Pages: 514 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817356866
ISBN
9780817356866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.92

Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633693
ISBN
9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.67

Paperback. This is a grouping of some 40 short stories that attempts to capture the essence of everyday life in the small Middle East country of Kuwait. The stories explore life in Kuwait from an American expatriate's perspective. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610144
ISBN
9780815610144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. Features 22 stories, an excerpt from a novella, and fifteen poems rendered into English by some of the best-known translators of Turkish literature. Sait Faik's chiaroscuro world is brought into focus by an introductory essay on utopian poetics and lyrical stylistics of this Turkish writer. Editor(s): Halman, Talat Sait; Warner, Jayne L. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608042
ISBN
9780815608042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.80

Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
David Philip, Publishers
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864864871
ISBN
9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.55

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

€ 100.68

Paperback. Translator(s): Cullen, Adam. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Open Letter
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940953441
ISBN
9781940953441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908343208
ISBN
9781908343208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240741
ISBN
9781634240741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.56

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