Short stories
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Short stories
Paperback. How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? This title deals with these questions. Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. Folktales from Africa. Adult Edition. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841956299
- ISBN
- 9781841956299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. A collection of stories set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, which capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism and the tiger economy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552774529
- ISBN
- 9780552774529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.96
€ 25.99
€ 21.96
Paperback. With pathos and humour, the author imagines the unexamined life of a servant girl. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397504
- ISBN
- 9780141397504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. A collection of short stories from an award-winning writer. The characters in these stories are driven by paranoia and doubts, as well as hopes and fears of things only half-glimpsed. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KST0006822
- ISBN
- 9781841958088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling - about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. This book includes stories which are all about human beings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472711
- ISBN
- 9780099472711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. The best collection ever of Arthur C. Clarke's short fiction, including the stories on which 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood's End were based. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- HarperVoyager
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586212042
- ISBN
- 9780586212042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
€ 13.99
€ 10.65
paperback. These stories cover the whole span of Kafka's writing career, from "Looking to See" written in his twenties, to his last work, "Josephine", and culminating in "The Metamorphosis" Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106595
- ISBN
- 9780349106595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Daley, James. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 207 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206. 236 pages. Editor(s): Daley, James. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 136 x 207 x 16. Weight: 200.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486447162
- ISBN
- 9780486447162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.19
€ 10.19
Paperback. A collection of outstanding short stories by a master storyteller. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447221883
- ISBN
- 9781447221883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471137402
- ISBN
- 9781471137402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.96
€ 17.99
€ 12.96
Paperback. Includes eight tales such as 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405910118
- ISBN
- 9781405910118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. This collection of stories digs deep into American society and reveals the loss of connection that lurks under the surface. Cast in many forms - domestic comedy, pseudo-fairytale, philosophical argument - these stories are linked by themes of loss, pleasure, and the difficulty of expressing love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0200950
- ISBN
- 9780571204984
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538652
- ISBN
- 9780199538652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Freeborn, Richard. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540402
- ISBN
- 9780199540402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.73
€ 11.73
Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084989
- ISBN
- 9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Valley Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908853608
- ISBN
- 9781908853608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. These eclectic, captivating tales - dealing with topics such as mysterious jungles in the sky, seventeenth-century torture techniques, an enigmatic Brazilian cat and a train mysteriously disappearing between two stations - showcases Arthur Conan Doyle at his creative best. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493842
- ISBN
- 9781847493842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.97
€ 10.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 776
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862416430
- ISBN
- 9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.71
€ 18.99
€ 13.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447299394
- ISBN
- 9781447299394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 296 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088147
- ISBN
- 9781847088147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.79
€ 17.99
€ 12.79