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Paperback. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Marven, Lyn. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199559381
ISBN
9780199559381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman, this book examines the hopeful and the damaged without judgement. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160999
ISBN
9781784160999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Presents a series of short stories based on the author's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. This title focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 180 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024620138
ISBN
9788024620138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 420 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490466
ISBN
9781611490466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.81

paperback. A collection of stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540328
ISBN
9780099540328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Focusing on the universe of beauty and dreams with an intensity that delves into self-recognition, this collection of stories engage the reader with questions about our public and private lives. They touch on questions of identity and belief, the phantoms of memory, and the oppositions of beauty to experiences. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550960778
ISBN
9781550960778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. English translations of short stories from around the world. Editor(s): Anderson, Jean. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864735720
ISBN
9780864735720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.18

Paperback. A collection of stories told through the movies that revisits the lower Manhattan art world and the Atlantic haven of Provincetown in the 1980s. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350446
ISBN
9781584350446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821766
ISBN
9781849821766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Outrageously funny stories about bridge in a prep school. The cast is as eccentric as in all David Bird's books, and the bridge is top class, naturally. Series: Master Bridge. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB; WDMC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cassell
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304357710
ISBN
9780304357710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
CD
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025554
ISBN
9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Great British writers, from Joanne Harris to Alasdair Gray, and Liz Jensen, devise original responses to the biggest challenge of our time Editor(s): Norminton, Gregory. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689699
ISBN
9781851689699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

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. Editor(s): Staudohar, Paul D. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613743768
ISBN
9781613743768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.63

Hardcover. After The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold and Messenger's Legacy comes Barren, an enchanting new short story set in the much-loved world of the DEMON CYCLE series Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008234126
ISBN
9780008234126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
ABACUS (LITT)
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349119762
ISBN
9780349119762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FYB; VXWK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 287 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Canada
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897448533
ISBN
9781897448533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282969
ISBN
9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007198870
ISBN
9780007198870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.54

Hardback. Young or old, they are all bachelors - a young officer (Lieutenant Gustl), a socially desirable lawyer (The Murderer), a middle-aged physician (Doctor Graesler), an aging rou (Casanova's Homecoming). This book focuses an eye on the minds of men who desire, fantasize about, and try to relate to women. Translator(s): Schaefer, Margret. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636117
ISBN
9781566636117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Fitzgerald series of lavishly produced editions with flaps and 4 b&w plates, 'Babylon Revisited' is presented here with a selection of other tales published in the same period, such as 'Crazy Sunday' - an account of alcoholism and infidelity in Hollywood - which showcase the author at his creative best. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493804
ISBN
9781847493804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Hardback. Editor(s): Paul Williams. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556433191
ISBN
9781556433191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597805407
ISBN
9781597805407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.84

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