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Hardback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160902
ISBN
9780231160902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.88

Hardback. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390. And Other Stories of China. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 256 pages. Depicts the violence, chaos, and dark comedy of China in the post-Mao era. This book offers an account of the often hedonistic individualism that is taking root. It depicts a spiritually bankrupt society, periodically rocked by spasms of uncontrolled violence. It presents a story about casual sex in a provincial city. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FYB. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136945
ISBN
9780231136945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160919
ISBN
9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.81

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 stories are keenly observant, darkly humorous, and absurdly fatalistic. Editor(s): Gioia, Dana. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278066
ISBN
9780803278066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.55

Hardback. Designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers, this volume presents a group of works by O'Brien (1828-1862), an early innovator in the short story form, that explore one of his special interests-the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the thirteen stories are reprinted here for the first time Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611494020
ISBN
9781611494020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 420 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490466
ISBN
9781611490466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.81

Paperback.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780956613585
ISBN
9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A collection of short stories; or one long one. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zero Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785350030
ISBN
9781785350030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service Num Pages: 840 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 211 x 48. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306808401
ISBN
9780306808401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107538
ISBN
9780143107538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870294
ISBN
9781784870294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ghost House Publishing Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894877619
ISBN
9781894877619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

paperback. These stories, conceived by the author as a thematic collection, have as their principal focus the city of Galway, providing an evocation of the city's life and people in the 1940s. From the author of QUENCH THE MOON and RAIN ON THE WIND. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022075
ISBN
9780863222764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Fowlie, Wallace. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486264431
ISBN
9780486264431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

paperback. Attempts to evoke the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. This book parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition and provides insights into the civil society of Syria. Translator(s): Sallah, Asmahan; Ellery, Chris. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 204. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702820
ISBN
9780292702820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. Includes novels and stories such as The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Craddock, The Magician, "Rain," "Mackintosh," "The Pool," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard." Num Pages: 676 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737844
ISBN
9781628737844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.68

Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287391
ISBN
9780099287391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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