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Paperback. With London in the grip of a heat-wave, a man takes refuge from the scorching sun in a nearby tea-shop, only to share his table with a stranger who seems determined to make conversation. Too polite to ignore him, he becomes his reluctant confidant as harmless small talk gives way to dark memories. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
109
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843914297
ISBN
9781843914297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

Paperback. * Margaret Atwood's classic short fictions reissued with a stunning new jacket style along with others from Margaret Atwood's backlist Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086955
ISBN
9781844086955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. * Margaret Atwood's classic short stories reissued with a stunning new jacket style along with other titles from her backlist Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086924
ISBN
9781844086924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. * 'Margaret Atwood deserves an adjective - Atwoodian - in recognition of her vituoso wit ad unmistakable style' CHICAGO TRIBUNE * Reissue, in a wonderful new look, of one of her best collections of short stories Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086610
ISBN
9781844086610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155387
ISBN
9781903155387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

paperback. This is the description of "The New Blazing World" (1666) - one of the earliest pieces of science fiction writing. It attempts, in the manner of contemporary utopian fantasies, to tell the story of a voyage to another world where speculative science reigns. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433722
ISBN
9780140433722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection of tales that range from one man's honeymooning epiphany in "Hassan's Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera", and the joy of "The Merry Widow" which explore cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196435
ISBN
9780141196435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Paul Dry Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589880894
ISBN
9781589880894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Rees, Eleanor; Crossan, Maria. Series: Reading the City. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583096
ISBN
9781905583096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.42

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950600
ISBN
9781841950600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631257
ISBN
9781629631257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.28

Paperback. A collection of linked short stories that explore the borderland between Israelis and American Jews, emigrants and expatriates, and vanished homelands and the dangerous world in which we live. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820333311
ISBN
9780820333311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.68

Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443554
ISBN
9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677535
ISBN
9780816677535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Presents a compilation of short stories from fourteen of best Basque writers. This title provides an insight into modern Basque society and literature. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 62. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Parthian Books
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762170
ISBN
9781905762170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609381141
ISBN
9781609381141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033187
ISBN
9780268033187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. A long-awaited new collection of Marina Warner's short stories. Like her award-winning novels, Marina Warner's stories conjure up mysteries and wonders in a physical world, treading a delicate, magical line between the natural and the supernatural, between openness and fear. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784630386
ISBN
9781784630386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010097
ISBN
9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Life in all its richness is reflected in this collection from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Love and loss, sex and death, and the great pleasures of food, wine and reading all populate its pages. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294. 240 pages. Life in all its richness is reflected in this collection from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers. Love and loss, sex and death, and the great pleasures of food, wine and reading all populate its pages. In the end, though, it is a collection of stories about happiness, its circuitous routes, and the consequences when we fail in its pursuit. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 152 x 208 x 18. Weight: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742376677
ISBN
9781742376677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.59

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