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Paperback. Enter Rosamunde Pilcher's world of simple joys, of crisp country air and crackling log fires, the pleasures of family reunions and rediscovered friendships. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444761740
ISBN
9781444761740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. In two closing essays, the author considers how her experiences as a Latin American woman with ties to the United States has brought to her writing a dual cultural perspective. Her works include Sweet Diamond Dust and The House on the Lagoon. Translator(s): Ferre, Rosario. Series: Latin American woman writers. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803268746
ISBN
9780803268746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749396985
ISBN
9780749396985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756215
ISBN
9781876756215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909807259
ISBN
9781909807259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232887
ISBN
9781845232887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection from award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152770
ISBN
9781472152770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author. Series: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Gollancz
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575115057
ISBN
9780575115057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This authoritative edition contains all fifty of Canadian literary icon Rudy Wiebe's short stories. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 552 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
529
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645401
ISBN
9780888645401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261794
ISBN
9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Presents a collection of ten stories by an award-winning fiction writer, "Chicago Tribune" reporter, and former foreign correspondent. These stories explore the emotional repercussions of fragile humans caught in often harsh situations beyond their control. It chronicles the fictive lives that all too clearly resonates with our world. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044084
ISBN
9780268044084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877133855
ISBN
9781877133855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. This collection of long and short stories probes the patterns of everyday life to pinpoint the frailties, the desires of deception, and the guilty secrets of human beings. It ends with "The Strawberry Tree", a novella-length tale of lost innocence set on the island of Majorca. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 132. Tear to front cover, otherwise v good
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Edition
Later printing
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KTJ0007422
ISBN
9780099784616
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

CD-Audio. Features a range of unabridged stories that celebrate the very best of contemporary writers and writing. Among others, this collection features thriller writer Ruth Rendell, witty William Boyd, the Japanese literary sensation Haruki Murakami, ever-inventive Helen Simpson, and Patrick O'Brien, world-famous for his nautical series. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904605508
ISBN
9781904605508
CD
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. A wife plots her husband's psychological destruction - then his murder; a son is ruined by his mother's obsession; a man marries the woman he rescues from suicide, only to become the victim of her obsessiveness; and a family feud brings unimaginable horror. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 12. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099214601
ISBN
9780099214601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Murder, corruption, blackmail. All these are part of someone else's world, not part of the everyday lives of ordinary people..or are they? This is a collection of sinister stories from the bestselling author who won "The Sunday Times" Literary Award for 1990. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470304
ISBN
9780099470304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397726
ISBN
9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.74

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mosaic Press
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771610674
ISBN
9781771610674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143039846
ISBN
9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.10

Paperback. The fourth volume in the Black Wings of Cthulhu series, edited by the leading authority on H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi Editor(s): Joshi, S T. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783295739
ISBN
9781783295739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations. Editor(s): Munro, H. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184494
ISBN
9780141184494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Explores the buttoned-up world of the British upper classes. This book includes stories, in which, an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life, the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core, and 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 40. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784871918
ISBN
9781784871918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172. 136 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970009
ISBN
9781907970009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 400 pages, Please figure on drawing one simple map of the Arab world. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149228
ISBN
9780231149228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.03
€ 86.38

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