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paperback. A collection of seven short stories themed around troubled relations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099518594
ISBN
9780099518594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. A Chinese writer whose marriage has fallen apart travels to Tibet. As he wanders through the countryside, he witnesses the sky burial of a Tibetan woman who died during childbirth, shares a tent with a nomad who is walking to a sacred mountain to seek forgiveness for sleeping with his daughter. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099481331
ISBN
9780099481331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Steve Almond's stunning first collection of short stories explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099443629
ISBN
9780099443629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.57

hardcover. Written over a period of more than half a century, this volume include short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Num Pages: 1856 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 91. Weight in Grams: 1826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152432
ISBN
9781857152432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.99
€ 55.00

paperback. Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing skill in a range of literary styles. The stories include: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Happy Prince". Editor(s): Small, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439693
ISBN
9780141439693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.75

hardcover. A collection of stories such as: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; and, "The Lost Decade". Series: Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 139 x 41. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141194103
ISBN
9780141194103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.68

paperback. A story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. It exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435306
ISBN
9780140435306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. The first collection of classic and contemporary German-language science fiction in English Editor(s): Rottensteiner, Franz. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819568311
ISBN
9780819568311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Woidat, Caroline. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811205
ISBN
9781554811205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. This title presents an eclectic collection of stories and ballads gathered by an early master of Gothic horror. It also includes ballads by Lewis, and the young Walter Scott. Editor(s): Thomson, Douglass H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118352
ISBN
9781551118352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Frank, Frederick S. Num Pages: 357 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 207 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Illustrated ed
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113043
ISBN
9781551113043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.53

Paperback. Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights, and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire's limestone north and moorland south, drawing out the importance of the region's slaveholding society. Editor(s): Bronte, Emily; Heywood, Christopher. Num Pages: 519 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 221 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
519
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112473
ISBN
9781551112473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Broadviews edition of this classic realist novella includes a very broad range of historical appendices. Editor(s): Boudreau, Kristin; Stoner Morgan, Megan. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110301
ISBN
9781551110301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.78

Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
David Philip, Publishers
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864864871
ISBN
9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038746
ISBN
9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.96

Paperback. These stories, chosen from ten separately published collections of James T. Farrell's short fiction, offer remarkable insights into the lives of Irish Americans and other Chicagoans from 1910 to 1940. Farrell's stories offer a wonderful diversity of characters and experiences. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252019814
ISBN
9780252019814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Stories capture the peculiar rites of passage of growing up Midwestern Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008381
ISBN
9780253008381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Random House
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022753
ISBN
9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022712
ISBN
9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Abacus
Condition
New
SKU
9780349111025
ISBN
9780349111025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.94

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