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Paperback. Sherlock Holmes teaches a piquant assortment of students the science of detection in an anthology of all-new stories by a dazzling array of writers. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472136879
ISBN
9781472136879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Presents a pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397429
ISBN
9780141397429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. Collects some of Jack London's allegorical tales. This volume of Jack London's stories of the North also includes "Batard", in which an abused dog takes revenge on his owner; and "Love of Life", in which an injured prospector, abandoned by his partner, must struggle home alone through the wilderness, stalked by a lone wolf. Editor(s): Sinclair, Andrew. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140186512
ISBN
9780140186512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Offers a pair of short stories about greed, charity, life and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkers. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 56.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397740
ISBN
9780141397740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782154
ISBN
9781783782154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. From her ancestors' view from Edinburgh's Catle Rock in the eighteenth century to her parents' thwarted ambitions in Ontario, and her own awakening in 1950s Canada, the author weaves fact and myth to create an epic story of past and present, proving that fiction has much to tell us about life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099497998
ISBN
9780099497998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired topics ranging from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination. This work features stories that is imbued with Christmas spirit of one kind or another. It also includes: "Green Holly"; "The Night Before Christmas"; "Vanka"; "The Burglar's Christmas"; and "Dancing Dan's Christmas". Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596006
ISBN
9781841596006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' short stories, showing just why he is considered one of the 20th century's finest writers. Also featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780227306
ISBN
9781780227306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra; Shlesinger, Miriam; Englander, Nathan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563327
ISBN
9780099563327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571317028
ISBN
9780571317028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. An outsider by birth and instinct, the author was one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes a collection of his stories. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396743
ISBN
9780141396743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198806493
ISBN
9780198806493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. A collection of tales that range from one man's honeymooning epiphany in "Hassan's Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera", and the joy of "The Merry Widow" which explore cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196435
ISBN
9780141196435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 118 pages, 39 color plates. BIC Classification: AJB; FYB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140 x 13. .
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424440
ISBN
9780857424440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.28

Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583171
ISBN
9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. An anthology that reflects upon various aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical, satirical, and realistic. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596112
ISBN
9781841596112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. A trio of intertwined novellas from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198058
ISBN
9780300198058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909762046
ISBN
9781909762046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Paired once again with top journalist Jameson Rook, NYPD Homicie Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified body stuffed inside a suitcase. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to the unsolved murder of her own mother. Will Nikki Heat finally be able to solve the dark mystery? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781166949
ISBN
9781781166949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 106 x 29. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
560
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179768
ISBN
9780804179768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. Presents an album of thirteen short stories. This title offers a flow of fiction, powerful stories that stand alone, but are interconnected in theme and tone; voices from the author of The Wolf and Taurus, voices in human form, still fierce in directness and purpose, laced with playful cruelty, originality, and the possibility of compassion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575870
ISBN
9780099575870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A jewel of a novel about art, beauty and desire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755305308
ISBN
9780755305308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177648
ISBN
9781590177648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. A collection of short stories covering the length of the author's writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. It includes fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; and a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside their mud huts. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; McLaughlin, Martin; Creagh, Patrick; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, integrated black and white. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189741
ISBN
9780141189741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

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