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Short stories

paperback. Steve Almond's stunning first collection of short stories explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099443629
ISBN
9780099443629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.57

Hardback. From the Pulitzer and Story Prize winner: sixteen new stories - provocative, funny, disturbing, magical - that delve into the secret lives and desires of ordinary people, alongside retellings of myths and legends that highlight the aspirations of the human spirit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114303
ISBN
9781472114303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Bringing together contributions from major figures and work of Caribbean writers, this collection of short stories is pan-Caribbean, ranging beyond the Anglophone territories to include stories originally published in Spanish, French, and Dutch. Editor(s): Wickham, John; Brown, Stewart. Series: Oxford Books of Prose. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802293
ISBN
9780192802293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447280583
ISBN
9781447280583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters - DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008141769
ISBN
9780008141769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A brilliant debut from a striking and original American voice Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447202431
ISBN
9781447202431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.41

Paperback. This dazzling and often moving collection displays the depth and range of Grafton's writing and reminds us of her unique talent as a storyteller Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447237655
ISBN
9781447237655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520089037
ISBN
9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035037
ISBN
9780268035037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. A jewel of a novel about art, beauty and desire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755305308
ISBN
9780755305308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King". Num Pages: 256 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. and Other Stories. 256 pages, B&W. Contains stories from the world of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is illustrated by Charles Vess. This book includes the characters of a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself and the Raven King". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FV; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight: 242.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747592402
ISBN
9780747592402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Showcases some of the best erotic writing from both sides of the Atlantic, bringing together a collection of unashamed, wildly entertaining fantasies all on the theme of holiday romances and sensual encounters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FRD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Black Lace
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780352347794
ISBN
9780352347794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Gambrell, Jamey. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590171974
ISBN
9781590171974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Prize-winning collection of short stories about finding happiness, and the pain necessary to achieve such bliss Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232617
ISBN
9780803232617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749395810
ISBN
9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823140
ISBN
9781933823140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.88

Paperback. The first-ever collection of Anniiih/Gros Ventre narratives to be published in the Aaniiih/Gros Ventre language, this book contains traditional trickster tales and war stories. Some of these stories were collected by Alfred Kroeber in 1901, while others are contemporary, oral stories, told in the past few years. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC; FF; FJM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774803
ISBN
9780889774803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. Charts the course of the author's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, "The Carpet People"; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful "Discworld" series. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163330
ISBN
9780552163330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.66

Paperback. Includes fairy tales: imaginative reinterpretations of the familiar, evocative new myths, speculations beyond the traditional realm of "once upon a time." Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Prime Books
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607014041
ISBN
9781607014041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Hardback. Editor(s): Paul S. Williams. Num Pages: 400 pages, ports. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556434600
ISBN
9781556434600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Paul S. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556433986
ISBN
9781556433986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. Playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of parable-like anecdotes--some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some even from hearsay--this satire portrays an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster. Translator(s): Northcott, Kenneth. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044026
ISBN
9780226044026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393329469
ISBN
9780393329469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.13

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