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Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083333
ISBN
9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. Series: The Emma Press Pamphlets. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123. .
Publisher
The Emma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910139684
ISBN
9781910139684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Two exquisite collections of stories and a Whitbread Award-winning novel brought together with an introduction from Alan Hollinghurst Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330457200
ISBN
9780330457200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.77

Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Frank O'Connor Award, BURNING BRIGHT confirms Ron Rash 'could sit comfortably beside Cormac McCarthy on any bookshelf' (Guardian) Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158. 224 pages, ill. Winner of the 2010 Frank O'Connor Award, BURNING BRIGHT confirms Ron Rash 'could sit comfortably beside Cormac McCarthy on any bookshelf' (Guardian). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight: 158.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861177
ISBN
9780857861177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Talks about the Civil War, and one Union soldier's struggle with his inner demons as he prepares for, and fights his first battle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039358
ISBN
9780143039358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486289182
ISBN
9780486289182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282969
ISBN
9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Features stories which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. In this book, the stories range from haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460923
ISBN
9780099460923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737599
ISBN
9780198737599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160919
ISBN
9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847087294
ISBN
9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. A volume of short stories collected and published by the author's widow after his death. It explores the boundaries between life and death, known and unknown, animal and human, dream and reality. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441719
ISBN
9780141441719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268. New and Selected Stories. 256 pages. A collection of short stories ranging from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 163 x 200 x 21. Weight: 268.
Publisher
B&W Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845024918
ISBN
9781845024918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. 'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. Collecting short stories that cover many generations and moods of Irish writing, this title answers the question. It features the stories that range from Lady Gregory's retelling of an ancient love story through to the prolific William Trevor. Editor(s): Kiely, Benedict. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955451
ISBN
9780241955451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
PULP Faction
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899571062
ISBN
9781899571062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 4.34

Hardcover. Brings together an assortment of short stories inspired by romantic entanglement in its many forms: first love, infatuation, obsession, unrequited love, marriage, adultery, jealousy, and the complicated bonds of those who have spent their lives together. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 125 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596020
ISBN
9781841596020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. BIC Classification: FJW; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804179799
ISBN
9780804179799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. An anthology of Decadent short stories reflecting a variety of fin-de-siecle themes. It showcases the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. It stresses the role of the magazine culture in the unprecedented explosion of the Decadent short story in the 1890s. Editor(s): Boyiopoulos, Kostas; Choi, Yoonjoung; Tildesley, Matthew Brinton. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692149
ISBN
9780748692149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214. Very good copy .First edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
And Other Stories
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KEX0303211
ISBN
9781908276162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

Paperback. Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson, solve these breathtaking and perplexing mysteries. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199719
ISBN
9780141199719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

paperback. A collection of seven tales, whose settings range from Tuscany and Elsinore, to a dhow on its way from Lamu to Zanzibar. It is shot through with themes of love and desire - from the maiden lady who now believes herself to have been the grand courtesan of her time to the Count whose wife is so jealous that she cannot bear him to admire her jewels. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187198
ISBN
9780141187198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A collection of spine-tingling short stories, including the sequel to the international bestseller Let the Right One In. Translator(s): Delargy, Marlaine. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857385512
ISBN
9780857385512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540419
ISBN
9780199540419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

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