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Short stories
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€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
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€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
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€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
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€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
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
€ 122.68
€ 122.68
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
€ 172.14
€ 172.14
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
€ 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
€ 19.99€ 18.16
€ 19.99
€ 18.16
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
€ 35.99€ 31.37
€ 35.99
€ 31.37
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
€ 12.99€ 11.80
€ 12.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870294
- ISBN
- 9781784870294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
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€ 12.54
€ 16.99
€ 12.54
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€ 16.69
€ 24.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. A collection of short stories that starts with "Broomsticks and Other Tales of 1925", with its twelve stories, and continues with "The Lord Fish of 1933" with seven stories. The famous story called 'The Riddle' is also included as it is a story that appeals equally to adults and children. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357036
- ISBN
- 9781900357036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.91
€ 29.99
€ 19.91
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
€ 21.99€ 20.96
€ 21.99
€ 20.96
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
€ 21.68
€ 21.68
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€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
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€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
paperback. A collection of short stories such as "Rain", "The Letter", "The Vessel of Wrath" and "The Alien Corn". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749397579
- ISBN
- 9780749397579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289708
- ISBN
- 9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01