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Short stories
Hardcover. Inspired by the Kwangju Massacre of 1980, in which 2,000 civilians were killed for protesting the government's military rule, this novella recounts the wanderings of a girl traumatized by her mother's murder and exemplifies the injustice of state-sanctioned violence against women. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142960
- ISBN
- 9780231142960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.48
€ 45.48
India: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions...
Chandrahas Choudhury (Ed.)
Paperback. Features 14 short stories from some of India's best writers, collectively offering an insightful portrait of the beauty and complexity of Indian landscape, culture, and society. This title also offers a portrayal of the glories of India and a front row seat to its traditions of storytelling. Editor(s): Choudhury, Chandrahas. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Whereabouts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781883513245
- ISBN
- 9781883513245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.47
€ 15.99
€ 15.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Charles R. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955957
- ISBN
- 9781841955957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.12
€ 17.99
€ 13.12
paperback. Contains a selection of Beaumont's stories, including five stories that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes. This volume contains an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner, two fellow science fiction luminaries who counted themselves among Beaumont's close friends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143107651
- ISBN
- 9780143107651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Originally published: Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, c1983. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876855966
- ISBN
- 9780876855966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.62
€ 13.99
€ 10.62
paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876851890
- ISBN
- 9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
€ 20.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Previously uncollected pulp fiction by the 20th century American master. Editor(s): Calonne, David Stephen. Num Pages: 305 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866829
- ISBN
- 9780872866829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865433
- ISBN
- 9780872865433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.66
€ 18.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, the author takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753513828
- ISBN
- 9780753513828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 5.80
€ 15.99
€ 5.80
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509825400
- ISBN
- 9781509825400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.72
€ 15.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight: 190.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492272
- ISBN
- 9781847492272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.91
€ 10.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Klimaszewski, Melisa. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001439
- ISBN
- 9781843911647
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth". Illustrator(s): Landseer, Edward; Maclise, Daniel; Stanfield, Clarkson; Stone, Frank; Doyle, Richard; Leech, John; Tenniel, Sir John. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853262685
- ISBN
- 9781853262685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. This collection of 11 finely wrought stories examines the human condition across geographic and thematic boundaries. They look at luck and love, sorrow and safety, marriages falling apart and bargains struck, all with a consistent, sure voice and a pattern of recurring images. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 206 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493971
- ISBN
- 9781558493971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.56
€ 33.56
Paperback. An anthology of fiction by one of America's important feminist writers, the author of the "Yellow Wallpaper", in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry. Collected here, by Lane, are 18 stories and fragments, including a selection from "Herland", Gilman's feminist Utopia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DQ; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918761
- ISBN
- 9780813918761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.17
€ 33.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609807450
- ISBN
- 9781609807450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.50
€ 25.99
€ 21.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900715584
- ISBN
- 9781900715584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313878
- ISBN
- 9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.14
€ 27.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Chesnutt writes of the black search for identity in the period between the Civil War and the turn of the century Series: Ann Arbor Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472061341
- ISBN
- 9780472061341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.55
€ 26.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- New Internationalist Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906523138
- ISBN
- 9781906523138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447235002
- ISBN
- 9781447235002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.49
€ 15.99
€ 12.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905668
- ISBN
- 9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.10
€ 18.10
Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160674
- ISBN
- 9780231160674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084989
- ISBN
- 9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.19
€ 10.99
€ 9.19