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paperback. A Chinese writer whose marriage has fallen apart travels to Tibet. As he wanders through the countryside, he witnesses the sky burial of a Tibetan woman who died during childbirth, shares a tent with a nomad who is walking to a sacred mountain to seek forgiveness for sleeping with his daughter. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099481331
ISBN
9780099481331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225518
ISBN
9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.20

paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
At Bay Press Canada
Edition
2nd Second Edition, Second ed.
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780991761098
ISBN
9780991761098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.80

paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
At Bay Press Canada
Edition
2nd Second Edition, Second ed.
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780991761043
ISBN
9780991761043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.33

Paperback. Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039921
ISBN
9780143039921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.03

Hardback. M. R. James's classic ghost stories are some of the finest in English, creating menace and terror in lonely country houses and remote inns. This is the only one-volume edition to include all James's published stories, an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story, and a critical introduction and notes. Editor(s): Jones, Darryl. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 43. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198797364
ISBN
9780198797364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Melrose Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781912026005
ISBN
9781912026005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241299951
ISBN
9780241299951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351900
ISBN
9781584351900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Paperback. Words And Women: Three is the third showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction inside reflect the brilliance, boldness and depth of women's contemporary writing in the region. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Unthank Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910061343
ISBN
9781910061343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. An international selection of 15 short stories by distinguished modern writers including Peter Carey, Zadie Smith and Bernard Malamud. Featuring the theme of 'difference', each story has something to say about cultural encounters, often arising from experiences of migration or uprooting. With biographic and photographic portraits. Editor(s): Prescott, Lynda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202085
ISBN
9780230202085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. With titles like 'A Story of Stolen Salamis', 'Letters to a Frozen Pea Manufacturer', 'A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates', and 'Can't and Won't', this title features stories that illuminate particular moments in ordinary lives and find in them the humorous, the ironic and the surprising. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241968086
ISBN
9780241968086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Dual Language Italian. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486280912
ISBN
9780486280912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. A luminous, startling and utterly spellbinding debut which introduces a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. 240 pages. A luminous, startling and utterly spellbinding debut which introduces a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830437
ISBN
9781408830437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.64

Paperback. Features eleven stories that explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780571313518
ISBN
9780571313518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. An extraordinary debut collection of stories, which reveal how the world looks when you're young, wild and deaf Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081773
ISBN
9781847081773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179775
ISBN
9780804179775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179768
ISBN
9780804179768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. BIC Classification: FJW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179799
ISBN
9780804179799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 107 x 33. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179744
ISBN
9780804179744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179720
ISBN
9780804179720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179751
ISBN
9780804179751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.97

Paperback. Introduces the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099542025
ISBN
9780099542025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A story to celebrate the life of a dog. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429043
ISBN
9780099429043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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