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Paperback. Obsession, longing, deceit and even murder feature in this quartet of provocative novellas, which gives a modern twist to tales of women for whom all is not necessarily as it seems. Drawing on history, culture and lore, this is a riveting exploration of the complexities of motherhood: edgy and engrossing, moving, yet at times, disturbing. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908643575
ISBN
9781908643575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Hardcover. Presents stories which are drawn from traditions in various parts of Scotland from Islay to Inveraray and Orkney to the Lowlands. Illustrator(s): Montgomerie, Norah. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841586946
ISBN
9781841586946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson, solve these breathtaking and perplexing mysteries. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199719
ISBN
9780141199719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038018
ISBN
9780141038018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785898914
ISBN
9781785898914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.54

Paperback. A sixth volume of stories about Philip Rawley, the treatment of whose fortunes began in the early 1960s. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846945816
ISBN
9781846945816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218115
ISBN
9780811218115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.79

Paperback. Presents the story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as "troubled artistic consciousness." Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397580
ISBN
9780141397580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099586623
ISBN
9780099586623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Contains stories that include "The Melancholy Hussar", "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions", "The First Countess of Wessex", "Barbara of the House of Grebe", "For Conscience' Sake", "The Son's Veto", "On the Western Circuit", "An Imaginative Woman", "A Changed Man", and "Enter a Dragoon". Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439007
ISBN
9780140439007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571144389
ISBN
9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509830312
ISBN
9781509830312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? The stories in this title reveals these secrets. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
SORT OF BOOKS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954899547
ISBN
9780954899547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.89

Paperback. A selection of Edgar Allen Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry that demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. Illustrator(s): Miller, Harland. Editor(s): Galloway, David. Num Pages: 560 pages, further reading, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439815
ISBN
9780141439815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530318
ISBN
9780451530318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. Features a collection of the author's short stories and novellas that includes tales such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540830
ISBN
9780099540830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

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. A collection of Canadian short stories. The book includes works by Alastair Macleod, Gabrielle Roy, Wallace Stegner, George Bowering, Margaret Atwood, Sinclair Ross, Alice French, Mordecai Richler, Audrey Thomas, Sean Virgo, Sandra Birdsell, Elizabeth Smart, Alice Munro and many others. Editor(s): Ondaatje, Michael. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0008408
ISBN
9780571142767
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A selection of four stories or 'nouvelles' that date from 1945. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244614
ISBN
9780571244614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.48

Editor(s): Fiorito, Joe. Series: Exile Book of. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550961461
ISBN
9781550961461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812983371
ISBN
9780812983371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781616961879
ISBN
9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Shows the high jinks of many folk in the last stages of physical, moral and social decrepitude - a sure tonic for the young. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. 192 pages. This is a collection of thirteen tales from critically acclaimed author, Alasdair Gray, which challenge prejudice, question social imbalance and explore human foibles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight: 144.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955339
ISBN
9781841955339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this book tells stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings. Editor(s): Thompson, Mark. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396989
ISBN
9780141396989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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