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Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003066
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439693
ISBN
9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. In the human zoo it's hard to tell who has the keys to the cage. Series: Zoo (Novel). Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421525877
ISBN
9781421525877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. A novella about an eccentric North-Eastern American family whose personal strife mirrors the political turmoil of the year 2000. This edition includes five additional short stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 195.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227259
ISBN
9780571227259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.52

hardcover. Set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 307 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841591490
ISBN
9781841591490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

paperback. A humorous look at golf by the acclaimed author of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hutchinson
Condition
New
SKU
9780091745752
ISBN
9780091745752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Hardcover. Includes stories that reflect author's own happy schooldays at Dulwich College but they also do a good deal more. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591797
ISBN
9781841591797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591063
ISBN
9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

CD-Audio. The second instalment of Jeeves and Wooster's bally spiffing adventures is chock-full of unabridged stories of sparkling brilliance. Martin Jarvis is on top form, voicing a whole range of colourful characters, including the hapless incurable romantic Bingo Little, superbly. Num Pages: 3 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 108. The second instalment of Jeeves and Wooster's bally spiffing adventures is chock-full of unabridged stories of sparkling brilliance. Martin Jarvis is on top form, voicing a whole range of colourful characters, including the hapless incurable romantic Bingo Little, superbly. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 151 x 128 x 30. Weight: 130.
Publisher
Csa Word Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906147549
ISBN
9781906147549
CD
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 15.84

CD-Audio. Bertie's chums from bowls of proverbial soup, or arranging unhingeing performances of 'Sonny Boy', Jeeves' genius (and Wodehouse's) is unparalleled. Especially concerning the extraordinary incident of the punctured hot-water bottle! But Jeeves' greatest achievements is, of course, in saving Bertie from himself. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906147525
ISBN
9781906147525
CD
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.75

Hardcover. Presents a collection of stories in which familiar characters and places are reintroduced in unfamiliar circumstances. This volume includes longest and shorter fictions. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591148
ISBN
9781841591148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardcover. Typical - just when Bertie thinks that God's in his heaven and all's right with the world, things start to go wrong again.. Only one man can save the day - the inimitable Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591483
ISBN
9781841591483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

CD-Audio. AUDIOBOOK Volume 1 of The Inimitable Jeeves also follows the trials and tribulations of one of the more idiotic of Bertie's chums, Bingo Little, who has a tendency to fall in love.. frequently and disastrously! BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canongate CSA Audio
Condition
New
SKU
9781906147372
ISBN
9781906147372
CD
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.67

paperback. A collection of eight short stories, which help students gain deeper insights into French literature and life. Editor(s): Lyon, Pamela. Series: Parallel Text. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140023855
ISBN
9780140023855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A translation of a 1927 short-story collection that was the first work of Hindi fiction to focus on male same-sex relations; its publication sparked India s first public debates about homosexuality. Translator(s): Vanita, Ruth. Num Pages: 152 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2BMH; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343820
ISBN
9780822343820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099433521
ISBN
9780099433521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. This fascinating subject has brought together a unique collection of fiction - including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku) from an international line-up of authors. Editor(s): Chiew, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Cooked Up: Food Fiction from Around the World
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780262147
ISBN
9781780262147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616962180
ISBN
9781616962180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. A collection of dark, satiric sketches that upset conventional notions of female character, revealing the devastating power of these once familiar creatures. "The Dancer", "The Female Novelist", and "The Prude" end up destroying themselves and the men around them. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393323375
ISBN
9780393323375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.70

Paperback. From a farmer's romance and his skin condition to one man's culinary relationship with Bruce Lee, Mondo Desperado and its blackly comic series of stories will make you howl with laughter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
9781447259619
ISBN
9781447259619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

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