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Short stories

paperback. The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, "The Two Hussars" contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Editor(s): Wilks, Ronald. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449624
ISBN
9780140449624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking sectarian violence and ending with the white-out of an Iowa blizzard and a different kind of fear, this book is about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099493037
ISBN
9780099493037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

paperback. Illustrator(s): Luchoomun, Krishna. Editor(s): Butlin, Ron. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Flambard Pr United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226247
ISBN
9781873226247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283843
ISBN
9780099283843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Turnbull, Joanne. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173190
ISBN
9781590173190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.18

Paperback. Anthony Doerr's brilliant new collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, and the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Now includes 'The Deep', which was awarded the 2011 Sunday Times Short Story Award. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367726
ISBN
9780007367726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Kelley Armstrong's first short story collection - a gripping medley of tales involving many of her much-loved characters. Series: Otherworld. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841497433
ISBN
9781841497433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Contains short stories, featuring men, who are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909309
ISBN
9780099909309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Features eighteen witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces. This book includes tales of a body double who, mistaken for the film's star, is kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious novelist forced to work on the novelization of a Three Stooges film; a nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers and more. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091920326
ISBN
9780091920326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.92

Paperback. One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. The author explores the confusing nature of human experience with compelling originality. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749399535
ISBN
9780749399535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

paperback. Includes the stories "Metamorphosis"; "Meditation"; "The Judgement"; "The Stoker"; and "The Aeroplanes at Brescia". Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105244
ISBN
9780143105244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Schocken Books
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210576
ISBN
9780805210576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Paperback. A collection of micro-fictions by one of Argentina's most prolific and distinguished authors. Translator(s): Stewart, Steven J. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220904
ISBN
9780803220904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.76

paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446869
ISBN
9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.21

paperback. Illustrator(s): Kalman, Maira. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Christine Burgin
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811220330
ISBN
9780811220330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155820
ISBN
9781903155820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.29

Paperback.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849161831
ISBN
9781849161831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Pamphlet. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343073
ISBN
9781911343073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155240
ISBN
9781903155240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Tie-in to new $80 million Spielberg blockbuster New TV series from FOX premiered September 2015 Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Film Tie-in Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575075207
ISBN
9780575075207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

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