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Paperback. An exhilarating collection of stories from the legendary Jackie Kay Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511803
ISBN
9780330511803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Herd, David. Series: Refugee Tales. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974308
ISBN
9781910974308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

paperback. Editor(s): Kay, Jackie; Ozumba, Kachi A. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Flambard
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906601263
ISBN
9781906601263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. Features characters that highlight London's concern with social issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140183580
ISBN
9780140183580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Collects some of Jack London's allegorical tales. This volume of Jack London's stories of the North also includes "Batard", in which an abused dog takes revenge on his owner; and "Love of Life", in which an injured prospector, abandoned by his partner, must struggle home alone through the wilderness, stalked by a lone wolf. Editor(s): Sinclair, Andrew. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186512
ISBN
9780140186512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Set largely in locations along the French Riviera, these 11 short stories depict with great compassion the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this privileged region. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280076
ISBN
9780803280076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. A collection of stories describing the beauty of the natural world, as experienced by children. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230002
ISBN
9780803230002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152565
ISBN
9781472152565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A collection that gives a multi-faceted view of Scotland, the Scots and the Scottish short story, with stories ranging from Roman Britain through the trials of those at home during the Second World War to a country and people determined to assert their independence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955475
ISBN
9780241955475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

paperback. The second in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
9780007245765
ISBN
9780007245765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.53

Paperback. With 92 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories spanning five decades, and featuring such classics as Prima Belladonna and The Index, Ballard's "Complete Stories" evokes Kafka and Borges with its ability to render psychosis, modern paranoia, and fantastical creations on the page. Num Pages: 1199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339291
ISBN
9780393339291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
1970
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316769501
ISBN
9780316769501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. Num Pages: 572 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 44. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
ibooks United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596873070
ISBN
9781596873070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. Editor(s): Eugenides, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014916
ISBN
9780007291106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Freeborn, Richard. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540402
ISBN
9780199540402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

Hardcover. These stories of the 19th-century Russian rural landscape and the difficult life of those who inhabited it were universally popular with the reading public at large and contributed in no small measure to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Translator(s): Hepburn, Charles; Hepburn, Natasha. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150544
ISBN
9781857150544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Hardcover. This work contains "First Love" and "A Fire At Sea", translated by Isiah Berlin, and "Spring Torrents" translated by Leonard Schapiro. These stories record the pains and glories of youthful infatuation. Translator(s): Berlin, Isaiah; Schapiro, Leonard. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151916
ISBN
9781857151916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. First published in 1852, "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" is a loose series of lyrical stories of rural life under serfdom. This expanded edition includes all Turgenev's other short stories. Translator(s): Freeborn, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445220
ISBN
9780140445220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. One of the last artistic expressions of life under communism, this novel captures the atmosphere in Prague between 1983 and 1987, where a dance could be broken up by the secret police, a traffic offence could lead to surveillance and where contraband books were the currency of the underworld. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 279.
Publisher
Granta UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862071032
ISBN
9781862071032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A collection of nineteenth-century fantastic literature - from enchantments and horrors to subtler, psychological terrors. It includes Hoffmann's "The Sandman", Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Dickens' "The Signal-Man", and works from celebrated writers including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott and Guy de Maupassant. Editor(s): Calvino, Italo. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190129
ISBN
9780141190129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A collection of fables. It is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. It features a comic story "The Argentine Ant". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287032
ISBN
9780099287032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A collection of short stories covering the length of the author's writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. It includes fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; and a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside their mud huts. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; McLaughlin, Martin; Creagh, Patrick; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, integrated black and white. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189741
ISBN
9780141189741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin; McLaughlin, Martin; Parks, Tim; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189680
ISBN
9780141189680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Contains stories which range geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Translator(s): Martin, George. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181349
ISBN
9780141181349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

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