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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

Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289609
ISBN
9780099289609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276520
ISBN
9781908276520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Offers a collection of stories. From achingly sad lost lives, through moments of exquisitely distilled happiness, to biblical innocence and savagery, the author's characters are redeemed, abandoned, beloved and laid bare. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206. 288 pages. Offers a collection of stories. From achingly sad lost lives, through moments of exquisitely distilled happiness, to biblical innocence and savagery, the author's characters are redeemed, abandoned, beloved and laid bare. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight: 204.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957777
ISBN
9781841957777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583256
ISBN
9781905583256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Morpho Eugenia and The Conjugal Angel are two fascinating novellas and, like A. S. Byatt's Booker Prize-winning novel, Possession, they are set in the mid-nineteenth century, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224310
ISBN
9780099224310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki. This volume includes the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 48. Weight in Grams: 892.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
888
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593005
ISBN
9781841593005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 132 x 199 x 11. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583522
ISBN
9781905583522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. This new translation includes Kafka's most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his Father. The edition includes a detailed introduction, notes, and other helpful items. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Critical ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199238552
ISBN
9780199238552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Vintage Classics Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679733751
ISBN
9780679733751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Three crime stories by three of Italy's most renowned crime writers. Translator(s): Farrell, Joseph; Thawley, Alan; Horne, Eileen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067870
ISBN
9781782067870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Two young boys make midnight trips to a boat graveyard in search of their dead sister, who set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab; a boy whose dreams foretell implacable tragedies is sent to 'Sleepaway Camp for Disordered Dreamers' (Cabin 1, Narcoleptics; Cabin 2, Insomniacs; Cabin 3, Somnambulists..). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507321
ISBN
9780099507321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. * Regarded as one of the finest short story writers in America - this volume presents her collected works 'A voice like no one else's: funny, sad, lean, modest, energetic, acute' - SUSAN SONTAG Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860495212
ISBN
9781860495212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Lordan, Dave. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848402966
ISBN
9781848402966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers. Suitable for Angela Carter aficionados, this title gathers together her work. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099592914
ISBN
9780099592914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and more. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533016
ISBN
9780099533016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701987
ISBN
9781784701987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.11

Paperback. The collected stories of one of the world's great living writers are published in one volume for the first time Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 458. Stories 1952-2007. 560 pages. The collected stories of one of the world's great living writers are published in one volume for the first time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 152 x 197 x 37. Weight: 374.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596189
ISBN
9780747596189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. From Las Vegas to the Blackrock Desert, Vaye Watkins's stories of hardship, violence and redemption take the reader right to the heart Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084873
ISBN
9781847084873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking sectarian violence and ending with the white-out of an Iowa blizzard and a different kind of fear, this book is about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099493037
ISBN
9780099493037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 106 x 15. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
1970
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316769501
ISBN
9780316769501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179720
ISBN
9780804179720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. This title provides tales that range from the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers". Illustrator(s): Harvey, William. Translator(s): Dawood, N. J. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442892
ISBN
9780140442892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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