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Hardback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Publisher
Irish Texts Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870166355
ISBN
9781870166355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.54

Hardback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1940
Publisher
I.T.S.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870166393
ISBN
9781870166393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.54

Paperback. Ben Marcus's highly anticipated new short story collection - his first since his extraordinary debut The Age of Wire and String Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086365
ISBN
9781847086365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. "A delight" says Nobel-prize winning poet Derek Walcott. Lawrence Scott explores a Caribbean world of yearnings and memory, of escape and return underpinned by the disturbing tensions wrought by religion, race, sexuality and crime. Sensuous and evocative, Scott's prose has a glorious lightness of touch and tone that exhilarates and illuminates. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Papillote Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957118782
ISBN
9780957118782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

paperback. A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007166442
ISBN
9780007166442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

paperback. Drenched by rain, the town has been decaying ever since the banana company left. Its people are sullen and bitter, so when the doctor - a foreigner who ended up the most hated man in town - dies, there is no one to mourn him. But also living in the town is the Colonel, who is bound to honour a promise made many years ago. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
9780241968765
ISBN
9780241968765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 9.99

Hardcover. Series: Bluechrome Select Fiction. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
bluechrome Publishing
Edition
Limited edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906061180
ISBN
9781906061180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.73

Paperback. This collection contains stories about the sport of love - Don Juanism, ageing, male and female power and seductions undertaken for all kinds of intriguing motives. Milan Kundera is author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting". Translator(s): Rappaport, S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571206926
ISBN
9780571206926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A heartbreaking collection of stories from one of America's finest living writers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447250722
ISBN
9781447250722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. A collection of stories such as "Peasants", "The House with the Mezzanine" and "My Life", in which, the author paints a picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447873
ISBN
9780140447873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. An outsider by birth and instinct, the author was one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes a collection of his stories. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396743
ISBN
9780141396743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231798
ISBN
9781845231798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386. Fine copy, with fine D.J. 1st Ed
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Timewell Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KST0004737
ISBN
9781857252200
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Danticat, Edwidge. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Soho Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616957001
ISBN
9781616957001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. This book captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. Translator(s): Glad, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140186956
ISBN
9780140186956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. 'Forget mere sex and the city.. Kissing in Manhattan features die-hard romantic strivers in a surreal turn-of-the-millennium New York ruled by the spirit of improbable happy endings' New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback, in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KRF0038019
ISBN
9780747265115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955345
ISBN
9780241955345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. This dazzling and often moving collection displays the depth and range of Grafton's writing and reminds us of her unique talent as a storyteller Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447237655
ISBN
9781447237655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Bradwell Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909914056
ISBN
9781909914056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.57

Paperback. In 1945, W. H. Auden remarked that Kafka stands in the same relation to his century as Shakespeare does to his-Kafka is the representative of the twentieth century, the poet who gives it its voice. Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393924794
ISBN
9780393924794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.68

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983202
ISBN
9780141983202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723175
ISBN
9781444723175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300597
ISBN
9781896300597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222. 272 pages, Illustrations. Features a collection of sixteen stories. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747511892
ISBN
9780747511892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.70

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