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Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395452
ISBN
9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Eight killer reads from eight bestselling authors - specially written for Quick Reads. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409169123
ISBN
9781409169123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307277824
ISBN
9780307277824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. This collection brings together 20 short stories of the "fin-de-siecle" and includes such writers as George Egerton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Vernon Lee, Ada Leverson and Olive Schreiner. The stories range from the lyrical to the Gothic and frequently deal with the conflicts of women writers. Editor(s): Showalter, Elaine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853815904
ISBN
9781853815904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Take three of the leading names in contemporary horror writing, commission one-third of a book's worth of stories from each, and the result is DARK VISIONS. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575402904
ISBN
9780575402904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Offers a collection of unpredictable stories about love and cruelty, crimes, desperation, and hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575078
ISBN
9780099575078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Jim Rogers once had everything: a successful career, a beautiful woman, a Manhattan penthouse and more money than he knew what to do with. He realised that the prostitute he'd just been with had stolen his wallet. Though it wasn't the money he was worried about but a sheet of folded paper, which he'd just been given by the mysterious Albert Jones. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099468486
ISBN
9780099468486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series GAME OF THRONES. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007549436
ISBN
9780007549436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. Editor(s): Martin, George R. R.; Dozois, Gardner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007549429
ISBN
9780007549429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Mafi, Maryam. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823195
ISBN
9781933823195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.88

Hardcover. A wonderful collection of short stories by the doyenne of the form, a writer known for 'the Mackay vision, suburban - as kitsch, as unexceptional, and yet as rich in history and wonder as a plain Victorian terrace house, its threshold radiant with tiling and stained-glass birds of paradise encased in leaded lights'- Guardian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349007038
ISBN
9780349007038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 20. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022516
ISBN
9780253022516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Includes stories that deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273776
ISBN
9780099273776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A unique edition of James's two complementary tales, 'Daisy Miller' and 'An International Episode', in which the young American girl irrupts into European society. This edition includes introduction and notes by Adrian Poole, and an Appendix on stage and screen versions of 'Daisy Miller'. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199639885
ISBN
9780199639885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

Paperback. Broadviews edition of this classic realist novella includes a very broad range of historical appendices. Editor(s): Boudreau, Kristin; Stoner Morgan, Megan. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110301
ISBN
9781551110301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.78

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. Editor(s): Kay, Jackie; Ozumba, Kachi A. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Flambard
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906601263
ISBN
9781906601263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

paperback. Editor(s): Rode, Linda; Gerwel, Jakes. Num Pages: 154 pages, ports. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kwela South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795700019
ISBN
9780795700019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897126592
ISBN
9781897126592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

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
€ 13.03

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. * 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. This representative selection includes five tales of very different kinds written in the 1850s and the longer Cousin Phillis. Immensely readable and sophisticated works of art, they show Gaskell's mastery of the genre, in an edition that celebrates her achievements in shorter fiction and the context in which they first appeared. Editor(s): Glen, Heather; Glen, Heather. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239498
ISBN
9780199239498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

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
€ 17.47

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