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Short stories

Paperback. The instinct to make rivals; the urge to reach out to others. These competing claims - and flawed, elusive love - are the territory of these nineteen stories. This book aims to probe our darker fantasies of power, control and revenge, in a world not far removed from Grimm's icy forests, where games are seldom innocent. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638584
ISBN
9781902638584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. A unique and enthralling collection from a prize-winning author, these short stories are sure to enthrall. In addition to being shortlisted for the Best First Book Award in the Eurasia Commonwealth Writers Prize, this collection was also shortlisted for Welsh Book of the Year 2003. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638232
ISBN
9781902638232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778794
ISBN
9780552778794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
3rd Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552771795
ISBN
9780552771795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Hichens, Joanne. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Burnet Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928230182
ISBN
9781928230182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Editor(s): Fiorito, Joe. Series: Exile Book of. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550961461
ISBN
9781550961461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. A collection of spine-tingling short stories, including the sequel to the international bestseller Let the Right One In. Translator(s): Delargy, Marlaine. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857385512
ISBN
9780857385512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman, this book examines the hopeful and the damaged without judgement. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160999
ISBN
9781784160999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty roads at night. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575597
ISBN
9780099575597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. A collection by Pulitzer prize-winning novelist John Cheever that shows the power and range of one of the finest short story writers. It includes masterpieces such as "The Swimmer" and "Goodbye, My Brother" and date from the time of his honourable discharge from the Army at the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 49. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099748304
ISBN
9780099748304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170519
ISBN
9781590170519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. From the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mystery series - 'the finest crime series currently in existence' (Independent) - comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction - with two award-winning stories. Series: Nocturnes. Num Pages: 448 pages, 13 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: FF; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473619746
ISBN
9781473619746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Reissued with new jacket and two additional stories not previously included. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340933992
ISBN
9780340933992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

paperback. A whodunit without the who, this illustrated compendium of mayhem and misfortune spirals out from an investigation into two disappearances. Illustrator(s): Woods, John Dermot. Num Pages: 259 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FFH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566893718
ISBN
9781566893718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. A journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter is intrigued by the elderly artist's relationship with two beautiful young women. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480518
ISBN
9780099480518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Explains how the author became a writer. This title also contains six stories, including "The Pension Grillparzer". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552995733
ISBN
9780552995733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Series: Modern Jewish Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728592
ISBN
9780896728592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Adams, John Joseph. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Night Shade Books United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597804332
ISBN
9781597804332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780811225526
ISBN
9780811225526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. A collection of John Lennon's stories, drawings and poems. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: AFF; DCF; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530428
ISBN
9780099530428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613734759
ISBN
9781613734759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. A collection of short stories. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571237852
ISBN
9780571237852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198293
ISBN
9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Horace Rumpole lives alongside Mr Pickwick and Bertie Wooster as one of the immortal comic characters in English fiction. This title contains seven stories chosen by the author as his favourites, together with a further seven from the later period and the opening chapters of a Rumpole novel that Sir John was working on when he died in 2009. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919376
ISBN
9780670919376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

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