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Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261794
ISBN
9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261893
ISBN
9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. A new annual best of collection from the likes of Neil Gaiman, Greg Egan, Joe Abercrombie and KJ Parker. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Rebellion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781083086
ISBN
9781781083086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Kwela Books South Africa
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795701009
ISBN
9780795701009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. Previously uncollected pulp fiction by the 20th century American master. Editor(s): Calonne, David Stephen. Num Pages: 305 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866829
ISBN
9780872866829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Includes such characters as: a frustrated housewife who is seeking extreme experience or a young woman contemplating the death of her lover, dark devices and desires rise to the surface. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230181
ISBN
9780571230181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974278
ISBN
9781910974278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.46

paperback. A whodunit without the who, this illustrated compendium of mayhem and misfortune spirals out from an investigation into two disappearances. Illustrator(s): Woods, John Dermot. Num Pages: 259 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FFH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Coffee House Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566893718
ISBN
9781566893718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' stories, including her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and "Wunderkind". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183695
ISBN
9780141183695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Turnpike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993591310
ISBN
9780993591310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444723533
ISBN
9781444723533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Presents a pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397429
ISBN
9780141397429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. As well as 'The Aspern Papers', this selection includes 'The Death of the Lion', 'The Figure in the Carpet', and 'The Birthplace'. All four stories concern the figure of the artist and the cult of celebrity. This new edition includes extracts from James's Prefaces and Notebooks that shed light on the genesis of the stories. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199639878
ISBN
9780199639878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. A collection of stories featuring the characters from The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber's 150,000 copy-selling masterpiece Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164. Crimson Petal Stories. 208 pages. Michel Faber revisits the world of his bestselling novel The Crimson Petal and the White. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860859
ISBN
9780857860859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729635
ISBN
9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dzanc Books United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938103155
ISBN
9781938103155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. 'Robustly brilliant .. This collection will provide manna to his admirers, and serve as the perfect introduction for those who have yet to discover his obsessive world.' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447207566
ISBN
9781447207566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Stories of searching, desire and grief that radically rewrite the South African experience from the perspective of a diaspora generation Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
And Other Stories
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0003077
ISBN
9781908276445
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
151
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848527
ISBN
9781603848527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
151
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848534
ISBN
9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183831
ISBN
9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The characters in this collection by the author of "Trainspotting" are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Stereotypes are at once celebrated and destroyed, as the protagonists find themselves on unfamiliar ground. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
9780099435013
ISBN
9780099435013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Composed in a series of web-like sketches, this novel is narrated by a young woman writer who leaves the city to work one summer in the Maine seaport of Dunnet Landing. She writes a New England idyll rooted in friendship, weaving stories and conversations, the tang of salt air and aromatic herbs into an organic 'fiction of community'. Illustrator(s): Burke, Shirley. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434767
ISBN
9780140434767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.71

paperback. This is the description of "The New Blazing World" (1666) - one of the earliest pieces of science fiction writing. It attempts, in the manner of contemporary utopian fantasies, to tell the story of a voyage to another world where speculative science reigns. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433722
ISBN
9780140433722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.21

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