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Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0216213
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909807259
ISBN
9781909807259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. A young boy discovers the ambiguity of adult affection. A camp comedian cracks up on stage. A picture-restorer learns to accept her husband's true nature. A honeymoon couple take an unconventional route to love . This collection of stories employs a host of characters and a range of voices. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Maia Press
Edition
New
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904559085
ISBN
9781904559085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Drawing inspiration from traditional horror movies to the sophistication of Japanese works in this genre, this title brings together the literary and the popular in a Black British mix. It is a collection of stories where there is a delight in the dark, the grotesque, and the uncanny. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845230401
ISBN
9781845230401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Arvin, Newton. Num Pages: frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307741219
ISBN
9780307741219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. A collection of 19 tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone. Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint; of the near future, the recent past; of old habits, new technology; of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers; and of houses, ancient and modern. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0023761
ISBN
9780006550983
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182452
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946898
ISBN
9781908946898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 60.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486414164
ISBN
9780486414164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.15

Hardcover. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Series: Everyman' s Library. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 49. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
1008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157581
ISBN
9781857157581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Features two affecting short stories that combine the fantastical with the allegorical. This book includes "The Machine Stops" and "A Celestial Omnibus". Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141195988
ISBN
9780141195988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.71

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: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843101154
ISBN
9781843101154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.58

Hardcover. Covers the period from 1866 to 1891, the years in which Henry James was evolving and perfecting his art as a storyteller. This title includes: Daisy Miller, The Aspern Papers, The Siege of London and the Lesson of the Mast, and many other tales in which james established his favourite characters and situations. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
1280
Condition
New
Edition
New Edition
SKU
V9781857157857
ISBN
9781857157857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Paperback. A collection of stories from the author of "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd England
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
V9781847673466
ISBN
9781847673466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 682. 544 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Welcome to the dark. You may never want to leave. This volume of the year's best dark fantasy and horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of the finest writers of the fantastique. Chosen from a variety of sources, it includes stories that are as eclectic and varied as the genre itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 39. Weight: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prime Books
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607012337
ISBN
9781607012337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.25

hardcover. A title that takes us from A private Life of 1892 to Henry James' last story, A Round of Visits, published in 1910. It includes: The Death of the Lion, The Altar of the Dead, The Figure in the Carpet, The Turn of the Screw, In the Cage, The Beast in the Jungle and more. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 48. Weight in Grams: 950.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
1168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157864
ISBN
9781857157864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.83

Paperback. Translator(s): Vennawitz, Leila; Vennewitz, L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714509389
ISBN
9780714509389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Series: Tell Tales. 212 pages. Editor(s): Newland, Courttia; Roffey, Monique. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845230791
ISBN
9781845230791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.40

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

€ 6.31

Paperback. With passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken, this title includes stories in which the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo throughout, laying bare the unexceptional and yet inescapable pain of human contact. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099458364
ISBN
9780099458364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A collection of Vargas Llosa's short fiction whose domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The author has published many novels, including "The Storyteller". Translator(s): Kolovakos, Gregory; Christ, Ronald J. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 133. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0010097
ISBN
9780571162123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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. Features hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: living on the raw edge, making love, and facing the inevitable reality of death. As an introduction to the author's work, or as an overview of the themes he developed in his novels, this work presents a collection of stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099909705
ISBN
9780099909705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

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