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Paperback. A terrifying collection of short stories that showcase the macabre genius of Richard Laymon Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747264637
ISBN
9780747264637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'Laymon has established a style that has often been imitated but never equalled' Dean Koontz Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 21. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747255253
ISBN
9780747255253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Migrants, immigrants, travellers, and holidaymakers feature in Dylan Thomas Prize-winner Rachel Trezise's second collection of short fiction: in eleven dazzling stories of lives lived on either side of boundaries, and on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946942
ISBN
9781908946942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140020403
ISBN
9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. All The Places We Lived is a collection of disparate, yet inextricably connected stories that are bound by the common threads that exist amongst young people in and out of love with each other and life in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409657
ISBN
9781910409657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Richard Yates examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518549
ISBN
9780099518549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

paperback. A collection of seven short stories themed around troubled relations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099518594
ISBN
9780099518594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220405
ISBN
9781583220405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.07

Presenting a collection of four stories and a novella, this title depicts the images of rural life and human emotion. The title story chronicles the life of Lucy Delano as she bears witness to the dramatic changes that her small town confronts. In "The Telephone Girl", a young man struggles to act on his emotions for Mimi, the telephone girl. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608509
ISBN
9780815608509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.85

Paperback. This collection of stories digs deep into American society and reveals the loss of connection that lurks under the surface. Cast in many forms - domestic comedy, pseudo-fairytale, philosophical argument - these stories are linked by themes of loss, pleasure, and the difficulty of expressing love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0200950
ISBN
9780571204984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729635
ISBN
9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168180
ISBN
9780813168180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.82

Paperback. Includes ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955802
ISBN
9780241955802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; FYB; YDC; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582434493
ISBN
9780582434493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.16

Paperback. Offers a collection dark and sinister adult stories, in which, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a harmless bet suddenly becomes anything but; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955703
ISBN
9780241955703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Includes terrifying ghost stories such as Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Editor(s): Dahl, Roald. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955710
ISBN
9780241955710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Features four tales of seduction and suspense such as The Visitor, Bitch, The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955727
ISBN
9780241955727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki. This volume includes the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 48. Weight in Grams: 892.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
888
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593005
ISBN
9781841593005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955345
ISBN
9780241955345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Includes eight tales such as 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405910118
ISBN
9781405910118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

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