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Short stories
Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781253175
- ISBN
- 9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.45
€ 5.45
Hardcover. Primarily known as a dramatist, Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes "The Swedish Match", "Easter Eve", "Mire", "On the Road", "Verotchka", "Volodya", "The Kiss", "Sleepy" and "The Steppe". Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150452
- ISBN
- 9781857150452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.25
€ 18.99
€ 14.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Carver, Raymond; Jenks, Tom. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 108 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780440204237
- ISBN
- 9780440204237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.22
€ 11.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783782017
- ISBN
- 9781783782017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099458951
- ISBN
- 9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140296808
- ISBN
- 9780140296808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Reissued with new jacket and two additional stories not previously included. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340933992
- ISBN
- 9780340933992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847086518
- ISBN
- 9781847086518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
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€ 15.64
€ 20.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. A book of short stories from one of the most popular novelists of our time. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0010666
- ISBN
- 9781447221890
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160993
- ISBN
- 9780691160993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.26
€ 18.99
€ 15.26
Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195315
- ISBN
- 9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. From familiar fairy tales and legends - "Red Riding Hood", "Bluebeard", "Puss in Boots", "Beauty and the Beast", vampires and werewolves, the author has created a collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099588115
- ISBN
- 9780099588115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591063
- ISBN
- 9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300900
- ISBN
- 9781896300900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. This fascinating subject has brought together a unique collection of fiction - including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku) from an international line-up of authors. Editor(s): Chiew, Elaine. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Cooked Up: Food Fiction from Around the World
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780262147
- ISBN
- 9781780262147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
paperback. When Princess Zasyekin moves next door to the country estate of Vladimir Petrovich's parents, he instantly falls in love with his new neighbour's daughter, Zinaida. But the young woman already has many admirers and as she plays her suitors against each other, Vladimir's unrequited youthful passion soon turns to torment and despair. Translator(s): Berlin, Isaiah. Num Pages: 112 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443356
- ISBN
- 9780140443356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.98
€ 11.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Translator(s): Javadi, Hasan; Neshat, Amin. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823201
- ISBN
- 9781933823201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.00€ 14.86
€ 16.00
€ 14.86
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170519
- ISBN
- 9781590170519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.39
€ 26.99
€ 22.39
Paperback. The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. This title provides tales that range from the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers". Illustrator(s): Harvey, William. Translator(s): Dawood, N. J. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Harmondsworth, Middlesex
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442892
- ISBN
- 9780140442892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08