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Paperback. Collects adult short stories, in which the author begins by using his experiences in the war to write fiction. In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, this title includes tales such as 'Man from the South'; 'Lamb to the Slaughter'; and 'The Sound Machine'. Num Pages: 624 pages, portraits (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405910101
- ISBN
- 9781405910101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.64
€ 16.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Includes eight tales such as 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405910118
- ISBN
- 9781405910118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955345
- ISBN
- 9780241955345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Hardcover. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki. This volume includes the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 48. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 888
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593005
- ISBN
- 9781841593005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. Features four tales of seduction and suspense such as The Visitor, Bitch, The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955727
- ISBN
- 9780241955727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Includes terrifying ghost stories such as Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Editor(s): Dahl, Roald. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955710
- ISBN
- 9780241955710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. Offers a collection dark and sinister adult stories, in which, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955703
- ISBN
- 9780241955703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Hardcover. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; FYB; YDC; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582434493
- ISBN
- 9780582434493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
Paperback. Includes ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955802
- ISBN
- 9780241955802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729635
- ISBN
- 9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
€ 46.99
€ 41.92
Paperback. This collection of stories digs deep into American society and reveals the loss of connection that lurks under the surface. Cast in many forms - domestic comedy, pseudo-fairytale, philosophical argument - these stories are linked by themes of loss, pleasure, and the difficulty of expressing love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0200950
- ISBN
- 9780571204984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. A collection of seven short stories themed around troubled relations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099518594
- ISBN
- 9780099518594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Richard Yates examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099518549
- ISBN
- 9780099518549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. All The Places We Lived is a collection of disparate, yet inextricably connected stories that are bound by the common threads that exist amongst young people in and out of love with each other and life in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409657
- ISBN
- 9781910409657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.44
€ 12.44
paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140020403
- ISBN
- 9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.03
€ 13.99
€ 11.03
Hardcover. Migrants, immigrants, travellers, and holidaymakers feature in Dylan Thomas Prize-winner Rachel Trezise's second collection of short fiction: in eleven dazzling stories of lives lived on either side of boundaries, and on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946942
- ISBN
- 9781908946942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. 'Laymon has established a style that has often been imitated but never equalled' Dean Koontz Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747255253
- ISBN
- 9780747255253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. A terrifying collection of short stories that showcase the macabre genius of Richard Laymon Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747264637
- ISBN
- 9780747264637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Crimes, drama, hard choices and the dark side of sunny California feature in this awardwinning short story collection from critically acclaimed author Richard Lange. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444790023
- ISBN
- 9781444790023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914469
- ISBN
- 9781909914469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.43
€ 7.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914070
- ISBN
- 9781909914070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.57
€ 7.57
Paperback. Ranges from the northern plains of Montana to the streets of Paris and the suburbs of Chicago. The tragedies that stalk the characters are unfolded with an indelible wit and clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585275
- ISBN
- 9780747585275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.87
€ 18.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. This is a story collection about ordinary women, men and children. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585251
- ISBN
- 9780747585251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.38
€ 13.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585282
- ISBN
- 9780747585282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.08
€ 11.99
€ 11.08