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paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. This book captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. Translator(s): Glad, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186956
ISBN
9780140186956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. The collected shorter works by the author of Life and Fate and Everything Flows, published in English for the first time. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 400 pages, B and w photographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857381941
ISBN
9780857381941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Tay, Verena. BIC Classification: 1FMS; FRD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Monsoon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814625494
ISBN
9789814625494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A collection of short stories by Russia's new writers. Editor(s): Pelevin, Viktor. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
FABER & FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571200184
ISBN
9780571200184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025554
ISBN
9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Classics
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417840
ISBN
9780862417840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Rich in fictional delights, this complete collection of Woolf's shorter fiction ranges from 1906 until the month before she committed suicide in 1941. It offers a valuable insight into the writer's development, demonstrating her evolving characterizations, narrative methods and themes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442165
ISBN
9780099442165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241302484
ISBN
9780241302484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183459
ISBN
9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446869
ISBN
9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781616961879
ISBN
9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289609
ISBN
9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282846
ISBN
9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289708
ISBN
9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. A collection of short stories such as "Rain", "The Letter", "The Vessel of Wrath" and "The Alien Corn". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397579
ISBN
9780749397579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A collection of stories including "Rain" and "The Three Fat Women of Antibes". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287391
ISBN
9780099287391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.53

Paperback. Includes novels and stories such as The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Craddock, The Magician, "Rain," "Mackintosh," "The Pool," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard." Num Pages: 676 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737844
ISBN
9781628737844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.68

paperback. Attempts to evoke the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. This book parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition and provides insights into the civil society of Syria. Translator(s): Sallah, Asmahan; Ellery, Chris. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 204. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702820
ISBN
9780292702820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Frank, Frederick S. Num Pages: 357 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 207 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Illustrated ed
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113043
ISBN
9781551113043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.06

Hardcover. A collection of short stories that starts with "Broomsticks and Other Tales of 1925", with its twelve stories, and continues with "The Lord Fish of 1933" with seven stories. The famous story called 'The Riddle' is also included as it is a story that appeals equally to adults and children. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357036
ISBN
9781900357036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 19.97

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.93

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