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Paperback. Paris Tales is a collection of stories by French or Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this capital city. The collection brings together writers from the mid-19th century to the present day, from Maupassant and Zola to Colette and Ravalec. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: City Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 64. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006042
ISBN
9780192805744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186092
ISBN
9780141186092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. BIC Classification: FYT. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007769
ISBN
9780718182953
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Jones, W. Glyn. Series: Dedalus Europe 2013. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232303
ISBN
9781909232303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. A collection of Canadian short stories. The book includes works by Alastair Macleod, Gabrielle Roy, Wallace Stegner, George Bowering, Margaret Atwood, Sinclair Ross, Alice French, Mordecai Richler, Audrey Thomas, Sean Virgo, Sandra Birdsell, Elizabeth Smart, Alice Munro and many others. Editor(s): Ondaatje, Michael. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008408
ISBN
9780571142767
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages but otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008782
ISBN
9780486280387
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an illicit affair. But as another war threatens, everything around him starts to crumble, and the future for him and for France suddenly looks dangerously uncertain. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520368
ISBN
9780099520368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. A collection of stories appeared in New Zealand in 1951, while the author was confined in a mental hospital. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. A Collection of Short Stories. 189 pages. A collection of stories appeared in New Zealand in 1951, while the author was confined in a mental hospital. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747531890
ISBN
9780747531890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517864
ISBN
9781903517864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Editor(s): Scranton, Roy; Gallagher, Matt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260. Short Stories from the Long War. 256 pages. Editor(s): Gallagher, Matt; Scranton, Roy.
An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306821769
ISBN
9780306821769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. The winner of the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade is a unique, deeply compelling crime novel that interweaves a murder investigation with the central mystery of the theory of evolution. Translator(s): Barslund, Charlotte. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857380357
ISBN
9780857380357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In this book Hemingway shares his passion for bullfighting. The technical skills are described and explained, with chapters on individual bullfighters and the bulls. This work also contains a number of short stories inspired by the intense life and inevitable death of those violent afternoons. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099909101
ISBN
9780099909101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. Features hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: living on the raw edge, making love, and facing the inevitable reality of death. As an introduction to the author's work, or as an overview of the themes he developed in his novels, this work presents a collection of stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099909705
ISBN
9780099909705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435013
ISBN
9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010097
ISBN
9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. With passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken, this title includes stories in which the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo throughout, laying bare the unexceptional and yet inescapable pain of human contact. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458364
ISBN
9780099458364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A global phenomenon, The Alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwide. Now this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of Paulo Coelho will want to treasure forever. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780722532935
ISBN
9780722532935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261794
ISBN
9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Hardback. IN Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423054
ISBN
9780857423054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.40

Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714509389
ISBN
9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

hardcover. A title that takes us from A private Life of 1892 to Henry James' last story, A Round of Visits, published in 1910. It includes: The Death of the Lion, The Altar of the Dead, The Figure in the Carpet, The Turn of the Screw, In the Cage, The Beast in the Jungle and more. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
1168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157864
ISBN
9781857157864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.93

Paperback. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 682. 544 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prime Books
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607012337
ISBN
9781607012337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. A collection of stories from the author of "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd England
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
V9781847673466
ISBN
9781847673466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

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