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paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031526
ISBN
9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

paperback. Num Pages: 61 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90. Very good clean copy showing minor age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025624
ISBN
9780946211272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old alike Num Pages: 144 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142. Very good copy with minor wear and age
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Orion Books London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025554
ISBN
9780753807743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Includes eight stories which offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. This anthology is suitable for the German student of English as well as the English student of German. It reflects trends in German literature. Editor(s): Constantine, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140041194
ISBN
9780140041194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. Containing eight stories by 20th century French writers, this work offers insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them suiatble for both French and English language students. It includes "Green Tobacco" by Clair Sainte-Soline, and the tale of "The Ants" by, Boris Vian. Editor(s): Lee, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140034141
ISBN
9780140034141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

paperback. A collection of stories, which represent the diversity of the time and include satires, explorations of private obsessions and experiments in form and language. Editor(s): Newnham, Richard. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780140020403
ISBN
9780140020403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Paperback. M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
9781840225518
ISBN
9781840225518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749386870
ISBN
9780749386870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

hardcover. Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility. Num Pages: 955 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150995
ISBN
9781857150995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.89

paperback. First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
New
SKU
9780007242290
ISBN
9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.83

paperback. A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446869
ISBN
9780140446869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

mass_market. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872731
ISBN
9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.67

paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780749399467
ISBN
9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749386696
ISBN
9780749386696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Features a collection of short stories. This book explores the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771054
ISBN
9780552771054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels--"Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row," and "The Pearl." Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 41. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105770
ISBN
9780143105770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.14

paperback. Includes the stories "Metamorphosis"; "Meditation"; "The Judgement"; "The Stoker"; and "The Aeroplanes at Brescia". Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143105244
ISBN
9780143105244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198293
ISBN
9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099586623
ISBN
9780099586623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

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