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Paperback. Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749396985
- ISBN
- 9780749396985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. During the performances of fashionable operas, the musicians tell tales, read stories and exchange gossip to relieve the tedium of the bad music they are paid to perform. We are privy to 25 entertaining evenings with a fascinating group of distracted performers. Editor(s): Barzun, Jacques. Translator(s): Barzun, Jacques. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: AV; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043746
- ISBN
- 9780226043746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Paperback. Bookish boys and taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers and daughters, lovers and husbands, a composer and his muse, a builder-architect and his legacy - this title presents their stories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001592
- ISBN
- 9780099502586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes sixteen tales that were published by in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books. Num Pages: 944 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857865618
- ISBN
- 9780857865618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.36
€ 26.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. 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: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780099501466
- ISBN
- 9780099501466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.72
€ 11.99
€ 10.72
Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018622
- ISBN
- 9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780816655939
- ISBN
- 9780816655939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.46
€ 28.46
Paperback. Includes stories wherein: a man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own; teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods; and, a boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081209
- ISBN
- 9781847081209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
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: 197 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723212
- ISBN
- 9781444723212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664472
- ISBN
- 9781624664472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.72
€ 34.99
€ 25.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664489
- ISBN
- 9781624664489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.35€ 66.41
€ 86.35
€ 66.41
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNW0014461
- ISBN
- 9780141006536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author's native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil. Translator(s): Cosman, Carol. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188256
- ISBN
- 9780141188256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. An anthology of short graphic works by such artists as Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, and Raina Telgemeier, all on the theme of a mysterious box and the marvels, or mayhem, inside. Num Pages: 128 pages, full-colour graphic novel. BIC Classification: FX; FYB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 310. The Mystery Boxes. 128 pages, full-colour graphic novel. An anthology of short graphic works by such artists as Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, and Raina Telgemeier, all on the theme of a mysterious box and the marvels, or mayhem, inside. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: FX; FYB. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419700095
- ISBN
- 9781419700095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.57
€ 11.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062513090
- ISBN
- 9780062513090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Godfather of Nordic Noir returns with Gunnarstranda and Frolich's most challenging case yet, in Book Four of the Oslo Detectives Series. Series: Oslo Detectives. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orenda Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910633274
- ISBN
- 9781910633274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907123200
- ISBN
- 9780907123200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.35
€ 10.35
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 169. Series: Dover Thrift S. 208 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 13. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486440811
- ISBN
- 9780486440811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. A collection of nineteenth-century fantastic literature - from enchantments and horrors to subtler, psychological terrors. It includes Hoffmann's "The Sandman", Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Dickens' "The Signal-Man", and works from celebrated writers including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott and Guy de Maupassant. Editor(s): Calvino, Italo. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190129
- ISBN
- 9780141190129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282846
- ISBN
- 9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774248108
- ISBN
- 9789774248108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback. Award-winning editor Stephen Jones has tasked some of the brightest and best horror writers in Britain, America and Europe with reinterpreting some of the traditional Hausmarchen, putting a decidedly darker spin on the classic stories. Illustrator(s): Lee, Alan. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Jo Fletcher Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782064725
- ISBN
- 9781782064725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. In Fearsome Journeys, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan sets out on a quest to find the far borders of epic fantasy, with stories from Scott Lynch, Saladin Ahmed, Trudi Canavan, K J Parker, Kate Elliott, Jeffrey Ford, Robert V S Redick, Ellen Klages, Glen Cook, Elizabeth Bear, Ellen Kushner, Ysabeau S. Wilce and Daniel Abraham. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Rebellion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781081198
- ISBN
- 9781781081198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Hardcover. "Fictions" is a collection of short stories, influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes. Borges turns dry logical puzzles into enchanting fables. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151664
- ISBN
- 9781857151664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.78
€ 20.99
€ 15.78