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Short stories
Paperback. This collection of short stories reveals the plight and strength of the common Chinese people. There are contradictions between the "new" and the "old", and also between human values with enough integrity to nurture life, versus corruption that leads to the decline and death of a culture. Translator(s): Kinkley, Jeffrey C. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961107
- ISBN
- 9789629961107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.76
€ 20.76
Paperback. To celebrate her forthcoming biography of Constance Fenimore Woolson, Anne Boyd Rioux has selected the best of this classic writer's stories. Editor(s): Rioux, Anne Boyd. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352009
- ISBN
- 9780393352009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.37
€ 16.99
€ 16.37
Paperback. Drawing inspiration from traditional horror movies to the sophistication of Japanese works in this genre, this title brings together the literary and the popular in a Black British mix. It is a collection of stories where there is a delight in the dark, the grotesque, and the uncanny. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845230401
- ISBN
- 9781845230401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.80
€ 20.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Series: Tell Tales. 212 pages. Editor(s): Newland, Courttia; Roffey, Monique. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845230791
- ISBN
- 9781845230791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.84
€ 22.84
Paperback. Set mainly in the Midwest, these tales are inhabited by ordinary, decent people who, often to their surprise, find joy and meaning under difficult circumstances. Many of the stories depict isolated moments of perfection in a world that forces its imperfections on us. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214812
- ISBN
- 9780826214812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.84
€ 21.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. A vision of contemporary Dubai from the perspective of a variety of expats from different parts of the world, telling tales of hardship and the high-life, paranoia and alienation, cruelty and love. The locations switch from parties at mansions to high-rise apartment blocks, taxi interiors to gyms, featuring an array of characters that span the citys wide social spectrum. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books GB
- Edition
- Second edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409817
- ISBN
- 9781910409817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Hardcover. A vision of contemporary Dubai from the perspective of a variety of expats from different parts of the world, telling tales of hardship and the high-life, paranoia and alienation, cruelty and love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946706
- ISBN
- 9781908946706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 1397
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151800
- ISBN
- 9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.76
€ 33.99
€ 22.76
Hardcover. Writers have always been uniquely inspired by New York City, this title collects stories that provide a kaleidoscopic vision of the metropolis in all its grittiness and glamour. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 121 x 29. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596075
- ISBN
- 9781841596075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.98
€ 19.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Presents a collection of ten stories, which develops from early realism towards myth and fairy tale, murder, and ghost stories. Editor(s): Wilson, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441658
- ISBN
- 9780141441658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KCD0017720
- ISBN
- 9780486277943
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946416
- ISBN
- 9781908946416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946430
- ISBN
- 9781908946430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. A white-knuckle fiction ride through the South Wales Valleys during the 20th century. Power, sex, money and ambition all twist through the pages as Smith creates a feast of intellectual and physical provocation stories that send a shudder of fearful recognition through to the reader. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910901922
- ISBN
- 9781910901922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.34
€ 12.34
Hardback. A deluxe edition of original and classic short stories, packed with monsters, vampires and the weird. Tales of shadows and voices in the dark from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Hope Hodgson are cast with previously unpublished stories by some of the best writers of horror today. Series: Gothic Fantasy. Num Pages: 480 pages, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783613748
- ISBN
- 9781783613748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.29
€ 26.99
€ 19.29
Hardback. A deluxe edition of super-charged, original and classic short stories. Dystopia, Post-Apocalypse, time travel, robots and more this brilliant collection brings together the best of today's writers with an eclectic range of sf masters including H. Rider Haggard, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Philip Frances Nowlan, Edward Page Mitchell and Jack London. Series: Gothic Fantasy. Num Pages: 480 pages, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783616503
- ISBN
- 9781783616503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.38
€ 26.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Easy Rider short fiction--gritty, unsparing snapshots of just getting by in barrooms and diners on the margins of 1970s America. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893770
- ISBN
- 9781566893770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.39
€ 16.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616954840
- ISBN
- 9781616954840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.24
€ 20.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. A collection of glimpses of the here and now. The random chatter of strangers, encountered fleetingly, provides details of the exotic and banal, critical and trivial. One moment we are in Ireland, the next in Los Angeles. The stories leave the characters lives as quickly as we entered them. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNW0008591
- ISBN
- 9780099286684
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Suitable for those who is, has ever been, or might one day be married. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007103
- ISBN
- 9780857868497
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99