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Short stories

Paperback. A collection of stories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189451
ISBN
9780141189451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940666986
ISBN
9780940666986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 39. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345505460
ISBN
9780345505460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Remakes old stories: of Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, and Beauty (who married her Beast and spends a lifetime suffering his doggy stink). Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192956
ISBN
9780141192956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. From the reign of the Tsars to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, this short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature alongside tales by long-suppressed figures. They offer a representation of an enduring form of Russian literature. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448467
ISBN
9780140448467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Contains eight stories that show off author's powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571311743
ISBN
9780571311743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Baraka Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926824932
ISBN
9781926824932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. "Sudden Fiction International is even better than its predecessor. It's a fine teaching tool, a good gift, it's Around-the-World-in-Sixty-Stories, with many surprises, new friends, old friends, almost every stop a brief wonder in itself." -Alan Cheuse Editor(s): Shapard, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393306132
ISBN
9780393306132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865378
ISBN
9781408865378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

paperback. Includes seven tales of the bizarre and unexpected. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955789
ISBN
9780241955789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, the author brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions to life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955734
ISBN
9780241955734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189659
ISBN
9780141189659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

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

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
€ 15.04

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

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
€ 18.90

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
€ 11.01

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

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

€ 14.99
€ 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

€ 22.16

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