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Hardcover. Celebrate "an authentic American genius" (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection. Num Pages: 752 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406699
ISBN
9780871406699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

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

€ 17.99
€ 16.34

Paperback. Since the publication of "Self-Help", her first collection of stories, Lorrie Moore has been hailed as one of the greatest and most influential voices in American fiction. This title gathers together her complete stories and also includes: "Paper Losses", "The Juniper Tree", and "Debarking". Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571239368
ISBN
9780571239368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.87

Paperback. Including "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "Everything That Rises Must Converge", this collection contains a complete collection of stories from one of the most original American writers of the twentieth-century. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571245789
ISBN
9780571245789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. The stories in this debut collection present a harsh and unsentimental view of the mundane, underscored by moments of beauty, humour and pathos. The characters inhabit a world that can seem dangerously indifferent to human feeling, but alive to the thrills of living on the edge. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571206544
ISBN
9780571206544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.05

Paperback. A collection of stories exploring a host of female parts - rites of passage, love, loss, danger, revelations, strange relationships, - the pleasures and pains of growing up female. Editor(s): Lefanu, Sarah. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Aurora Metro Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000994
ISBN
9780951587744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of short stories from Alice Walker. Opening with an account of her early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in racist Mississippi, the collection goes on to cover themes of idealism, lost love and hope. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Women's Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000620
ISBN
9780704346888
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Contains six of her finest stories that have been selected to demonstrate the variety and accomplishment of her shorter fiction, and to trace the development of her art. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224511
ISBN
9781840224511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

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

Paperback. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world. This title deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001472
ISBN
9780099273769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A collection of short stories about the downside of civilization where the reader will encounter long marriages, the polite English countryside, missed opportunities and a child's view of the adult world. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002128
ISBN
9780860686125
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. For readers of Melissa Bank or Jhumpa Lahiri: witty, seductive stories of expatriate women, their loves and losses. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002932
ISBN
9780007135042
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Includes stories that examine the moments where lives split like a stone, where people are healed or broken by a word or the touch of a hand. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 178. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0000642
ISBN
9780099453116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Contains diverse writing from the Spanish-speaking world. This book explores stylistic contrasts and gives an insight into the cultural and social milieu of the Spanish-speaking world. It includes notes on unusual Spanish words and phrases and is suitable for English students of the language as well as Spanish-speaking students of English. Editor(s): Lawaetz, Gudie. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001703
ISBN
9780140033786
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Stories of searching, desire and grief that radically rewrite the South African experience from the perspective of a diaspora generation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0003077
ISBN
9781908276445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Luis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811221801
ISBN
9780811221801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. The Saint is back - the thirty-five original books starring the debonair classic crime hero are being republished in print and ebook with new introductions and extra content. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444766103
ISBN
9781444766103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. * Reissued to coincide with her new book 'Feisty and wise stories about sex and the wild..touching and clever and as gripping as good gossip' - Nicolette Jones, SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
SKU
KSS0003516
ISBN
9781853817311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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

Paperback. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. A highly acclaimed collection of short stories set in the great outdoors of New England, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0003858
ISBN
9781857024043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Shot through with the colours and flavours of the Parisian world and fertile French countryside, this title includes such short stories as "Bella-Vista", "The Tender Shoot" and "Le K-pi" that reverberate with the fine-spun desire, wit and psychological acuity. Editor(s): Phelps, Robert. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 44. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449089
ISBN
9780099449089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. A collection of ten stories of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. It conveys the reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141189659
ISBN
9780141189659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This collection is a companion to "Modern Short Stories One". The 15 short stories included are by writers from Africa, America, Australia, India, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain. The writers include Dino Buzzati, Dorothy Parker, Primo Levi, Maeve Binchy, Garrison Keillor and Peter Carey. Editor(s): Hunter, Jim. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 178 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006264
ISBN
9780571169863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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