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paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583133
ISBN
9780199583133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. From the epic Irish legend of Cuchulain to tales of banshees, leprechauns and wizards, these short stories and fables cover a wide range of Ireland's mythology and legends, forming a companion volume to Michael Scott's "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales." Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751512427
ISBN
9780751512427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
At Bay Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780987966582
ISBN
9780987966582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.31

Paperback. Includes stories wherein: a man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own; teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods; and, a boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First printing of this edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081209
ISBN
9781847081209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. * The B format publication of the ecstatically received collection of short stories about vengeful wives, jealous husbands, femme fatales, reluctant fiancees, daddy's girls, secretive nannies and worldly children Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087082
ISBN
9781844087082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Presents an introduction to contemporary Japanese fiction. Featuring many stories appearing in English, this title offers students at various levels the opportunity to enjoy a range of contemporary literature without having to constantly consult a dictionary. Editor(s): Emmerich, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143118336
ISBN
9780143118336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Offers an mouth-watering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, this book includes choice titbits from famous novels: the triumphant boeuf en daube served in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, and Proust's rhapsodic memories of watching the family cook prepare asparagus in Remembrance of Things Past. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596198
ISBN
9781841596198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A devastating account of a man fighting his inevitable end, and asks the existential question: why must a good person be taken before his time? Editor(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony; Wilks, Ronald; McDuff, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449617
ISBN
9780140449617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. DS Evert Backstrom is in charge of a rare kind of case. Finding a suspect for the murder of Thomas Eriksson - gangster lawyer and renowned defender of the guilty - isn't difficult, but narrowing down the long list of people who wanted him dead is almost impossible. Certainly the only thing the detective is mourning is the paperwork. Series: Backstrom. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 48. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160050
ISBN
9781784160050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. An uncompromising examination of lust, suspicion and infidelity which was once forbidden by censors in Russia and banned in the US due to its shocking content, Tolstoy's controversial novella is here presented in a new translation, along with 'The Prisoner of the Caucasus', 'Master and Man' and 'After the Ball'. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494115
ISBN
9781847494115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321094
ISBN
9781851321094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Paperback. From one of Australia's youngest and brightest literary talents comes a shining constellation of stunning short stories Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782397175
ISBN
9781782397175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 256 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008180911
ISBN
9780008180911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592976
ISBN
9780099592976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Translator(s): Asher, Linda; Cosman, Carol; Stump, Jordan M. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176641
ISBN
9781590176641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. In the dark of night, Hanan al-Hashimi awakens from a nightmare, confused and shaken. Roaming the house in search of some reassurance, she is drawn towards the streak of light under her husband's bedroom door. Little does she know that the beckoning glow will turn her life on its head.. Translator(s): Danby, Emily. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Arabia Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906697433
ISBN
9781906697433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Typical - just when Bertie thinks that God's in his heaven and all's right with the world, things start to go wrong again.. Only one man can save the day - the inimitable Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591483
ISBN
9781841591483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714534008
ISBN
9780714534008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A collection of flying stories featuring writers such as Frederick Forsyth, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe. The styles used include science fiction, horror and detective fiction. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 123 x 24. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552138963
ISBN
9780552138963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KCD0017720
ISBN
9780486277943
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of stories containing a range of emotional force and dark humour. It unfolds a series of portraits of the young, the hip, the lost, the unsettled and the unhinged of America. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260867
ISBN
9780571260867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta; romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa; revolutionary fighting in Naples; and so much more. Translator(s): Randall, Frederika. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391663
ISBN
9780141391663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.89

Paperback. My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature. My Documents is unflinchingly human and essential evidence of a sublimely talented writer working at the height of his powers. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992974787
ISBN
9780992974787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. The fiction debut of Academy Award-nominated actor, playwright and New Yorker contributor Jesse Eisenberg. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855494
ISBN
9781611855494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

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