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Paperback. A scintillating story collection by the young Australian author of the Guardian First Book Award- shortlisted novel The Night Guest. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444776737
ISBN
9781444776737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443554
ISBN
9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

paperback. Editor(s): Durrell, Lawrence. Num Pages: 397 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201117
ISBN
9780811201117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905668
ISBN
9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.26

Paperback. A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152565
ISBN
9781472152565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225334
ISBN
9781840225334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039921
ISBN
9780143039921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.03

Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003066
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261237
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

paperback. In this literary and accomplished collection of stories, Ahmed Essop presents entire worlds, and, at the same time, microcosmic glimpses into the complexities and ironies of life and human relationships. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Picador South Africa
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770100053
ISBN
9781770100053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. A collection of some of the most famous stories from the master of tomb-dark fear.. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 34. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Grafton
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063231
ISBN
9780586063231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. Crawling, clawing, sliming horror, seeping from the night-tipped pen of that Grand Master of heart-stopping supernatural terror - H.P. Lovecraft. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Voyager
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063248
ISBN
9780586063248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. A pioneering collection of stories about the Nepali-speaking world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780872964
ISBN
9781780872964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The Edgar-winning short story from the author of GONE GIRL. The perfect stocking filler for Flynn fans. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474603041
ISBN
9781474603041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Paperback. The Man Booker prize-winning author's critically acclaimed selection of the best Irish short stories of the last sixty years, following Richard Ford's best-selling Granta Book of the American Short Story. Editor(s): Enright, Anne. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847082558
ISBN
9781847082558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083333
ISBN
9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

paperback. A humorous look at golf by the acclaimed author of the "Jeeves and Wooster" stories. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hutchinson
Condition
New
SKU
9780091745752
ISBN
9780091745752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Illustrator(s): "Callot". Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 pp line drawings by Callot. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552474
ISBN
9780199552474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac's mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century's richest explorations of life and art. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199571284
ISBN
9780199571284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? This title deals with these questions. Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. Folktales from Africa. Adult Edition. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956299
ISBN
9781841956299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957296
ISBN
9781841957296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583560
ISBN
9781905583560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221640
ISBN
9781840221640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Paperback. Contains fifteen stories, many of which are set in the author's native New Zealand, and others in England and the French Riviera. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441801
ISBN
9780141441801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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