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Paperback. Journey Prize--winning author returns with a kaleidoscope of off-kilter short stories about parenting in its many forms. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Coach House Books Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552452585
ISBN
9781552452585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. * The B format publication of the ecstatically received collection of short stories about vengeful wives, jealous husbands, femme fatales, reluctant fiancees, daddy's girls, secretive nannies and worldly children Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087082
ISBN
9781844087082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes, six Hispanic and six English-language authors have each contributed a previously unpublished story in tribute to these giants of world literature. With Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Valeria Luiselli and others, introduced by Salman Rushdie. Editor(s): Hahn, Daniel; Valencia, Margarita. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908276780
ISBN
9781908276780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.04

Presenting a collection of four stories and a novella, this title depicts the images of rural life and human emotion. The title story chronicles the life of Lucy Delano as she bears witness to the dramatic changes that her small town confronts. In "The Telephone Girl", a young man struggles to act on his emotions for Mimi, the telephone girl. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608509
ISBN
9780815608509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.58

Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160993
ISBN
9780691160993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. A collection of thirteen spellbinding stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062356956
ISBN
9780062356956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.08

Paperback. "This deliriously affectionate tribute to the master of horror features riveting stories paired with incomparable illustrations of his wicked progeny. Celebrating Lovecraft's most famous beasts in all their grotesque glory, each story is a gripping new take on a classic mythos creature"--provided by publisher. Editor(s): Datlow, Ellen. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FH; FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tachyon Publications United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616961213
ISBN
9781616961213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348278
ISBN
9780820348278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.98

Hardcover. Brings together an assortment of short stories inspired by romantic entanglement in its many forms: first love, infatuation, obsession, unrequited love, marriage, adultery, jealousy, and the complicated bonds of those who have spent their lives together. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 125 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596020
ISBN
9781841596020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardcover. A collection of stories that reveal one woman's exploration of identity, finding it in both the sweeping backdrop of Egyptian history and the quotidian exchanges with friends and family. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609216
ISBN
9780815609216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.38

Paperback. A fabulous collection of short stories and essays by much loved and multi-million-copy bestselling author Penny Vincenzi Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755399581
ISBN
9780755399581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English manners. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181493
ISBN
9780141181493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FJM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040345
ISBN
9780268040345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063347
ISBN
9781927063347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. Takes readers into Sri Lanka, Wales, Spain, India, Morocco and the lives and minds of the characters. This book creates a sense of mild disorientation and unreality that makes readers begin to see the world in a different way. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998080
ISBN
9781906998080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. The protagonist, the 'cave-man in a lounge suit', is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. This volume includes adventures he faced such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of "The Land of Mist". Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262456
ISBN
9781853262456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.32

Paperback. Composed of many layered scenes, unforgettable characters, snapshots, and vignettes, this collection of quick-witted poems and short fiction mixes deceit and conceit with moments of tenderness and the elusive nature of humanity, asking if identity is more than a festival of masks and self-invention. Translator(s): Galasso, Regina. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780983322078
ISBN
9780983322078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
NeWest Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926455662
ISBN
9781926455662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.75

Paperback.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820766
ISBN
9781842820766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

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