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Hardcover. A sequel to the author's collection of stories "Two Jews on a Train". Through twenty-nine tales, it spins stories of characters coping with the vicissitudes and reverses of daily life, while painting a portrait of a world of unassimilated Jewish life. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226052175
ISBN
9780226052175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Nine stories make up Haslett's first collection. They are set in Los Angeles, the Midwest, New England and England, but each summons its own distinctive world. The characters include a widower, a young couple, middle-aged siblings and an orphaned boy who finds solace in a classmate's violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443643
ISBN
9780099443643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 9. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604565744
ISBN
9781604565744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.79

paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight: 208.
Publisher
Comma Press
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583508
ISBN
9781905583508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

mass_market. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583041
ISBN
9781905583041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Presents a collection of stories that expose the characters' deepest desires, their catastrophic fears, and their perilous frailty in the face of the responsibilities they carry. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479895
ISBN
9780099479895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497051
ISBN
9780929497051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 59. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Fifth Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006513773
ISBN
9780006513773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. A brand new bumper omnibus gathering together over 50 classic Agatha Christie stories featuring Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, Harley Quin, Parker Pyne and Hercule Poirot, plus her rare Christmas Stories not available in any other volume. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007284191
ISBN
9780007284191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Agatha Christie's classic short story collection, published to tie-in with a new BBC TV adaptation of the book's most enduring and shocking thriller, The Witness for the Prosecution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
TV tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008201258
ISBN
9780008201258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A brand new omnibus of 55 short stories, presented for the first time in chronological order. Series: Miss Marple. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007284184
ISBN
9780007284184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.05

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583720
ISBN
9781905583720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

paperback. In this literary and accomplished collection of stories, Ahmed Essop presents entire worlds, and, at the same time, microcosmic glimpses into the complexities and ironies of life and human relationships. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador South Africa
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770100053
ISBN
9781770100053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516415
ISBN
9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Limited signed edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781851320677
ISBN
9781851320677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.00

Hardback. Contains nine gothic tales that are Japan's celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film "Ugetsu". Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony H. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139120
ISBN
9780231139120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 51.02

Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755336623
ISBN
9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Includes such stories as: "Father! Father! Burning Bright"; "The Clothes They Stood Up In"; "The Laying on of Hands"; and "The Lady in the Van". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Profile Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861978196
ISBN
9781861978196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Brooker, Alana. Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
At Bay Press
Edition
Annual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780991761081
ISBN
9780991761081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.62

Paperback. Includes sixteen tales that were published by in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857865618
ISBN
9780857865618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Shows the high jinks of many folk in the last stages of physical, moral and social decrepitude - a sure tonic for the young. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. 192 pages. This is a collection of thirteen tales from critically acclaimed author, Alasdair Gray, which challenge prejudice, question social imbalance and explore human foibles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight: 144.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955339
ISBN
9781841955339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author's native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil. Translator(s): Cosman, Carol. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188256
ISBN
9780141188256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 140. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Huia Publishers New Zealand
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775500377
ISBN
9781775500377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.79

Paperback. A electrifying collection of stories from one of the most blazing talents working in English today Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005397
ISBN
9780330393485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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