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Paperback. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784871291
ISBN
9781784871291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241978535
ISBN
9780241978535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241974599
ISBN
9780241974599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Harrowing short stories that range from horror to humor; Brian Evenson's fifth story collection constructs a human landscape as unearthly as it is mundane. Replete with the brutality, primordial waste, and savage blankness familiar to readers of his earlier works, Evenson's Kafkaesque allegories entice the mind while stubbornly disordering it. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661133
ISBN
9781573661133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.51

CD-Audio. AUDIOBOOK Volume 1 of The Inimitable Jeeves also follows the trials and tribulations of one of the more idiotic of Bertie's chums, Bingo Little, who has a tendency to fall in love.. frequently and disastrously! BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canongate CSA Audio
Condition
New
SKU
9781906147372
ISBN
9781906147372
CD
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.67

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

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. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KOG0001580
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 8.87

Hardback. Offers a collection of short fictions, philosophical vignettes and aphoristic interludes. Drawing on memoir and a life lived in pursuit of sensation, but always ignited by the flame of fiction, this book takes us further into the imagination of one of the most radically original prose stylists of the past decade. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414. Offers a collection of short fictions, philosophical vignettes and aphoristic interludes. Drawing on memoir and a life lived in pursuit of sensation, but always ignited by the flame of fiction, this book takes us further into the imagination of one of the most radically original prose stylists of the past decade. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571298389
ISBN
9780571298389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141398044
ISBN
9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 39. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345505460
ISBN
9780345505460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556435195
ISBN
9781556435195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 17. Weight in Grams: 125.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553580419
ISBN
9780553580419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.11

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270609
ISBN
9780486270609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

Hardcover. A collection of three stories, "Between Camelots", "I'll Be Home", and "The Movements of the Body", about loss and fear; but also about the courage that drives us all to continue to reach out to the people around us. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942689
ISBN
9780822942689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. In the tradition of Alice Munro, an ambitious coming of age novel-in-stories set against the backdrop of the political turmoil in 1980s Nicaragua. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444792683
ISBN
9781444792683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Washington Irving (1783--1859) was the first American literary artist to earn his living solely through his writings and the first to enjoy international acclaim. In addition to his long public service Num Pages: 840 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 211 x 48. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306808401
ISBN
9780306808401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.78

Paperback. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
9780747585282
ISBN
9780747585282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Translator(s): Tennant, Martha. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226. Three Novellas. 149 pages, illustrations. In these three haunting novellas by Catalan literature s great maverick and recluse, Miquel Bauca, there is a pungent reminder, like a Mediterranean Beckett or Thomas Bernhard, of the ways the world fails its prophets and pariahs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 13. Weight: 226. Translator(s): Tennant, Martha.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787705
ISBN
9781564787705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.30

Paperback. Ranging from the ultra realistic "Some Hours in the Life of a Witch" to the surreal fantasy world of "Fulfilment" and "The Wife of Bath", the stories in this book describe ordinary and not so ordinary lives, and the lives of women in particular, in the feminist and post-feminist era in Ireland. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781855942011
ISBN
9781855942011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS1077917
ISBN
9780755332755
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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