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Short stories

Paperback. Based on real people, this volume offers a collection of stories focusing on mingling history, invention, literary criticism, high drama and low comedy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480716
ISBN
9780099480716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Presents the full range of classic English ghost fiction, including some of the very best and most frightening ghost stories ever written. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199556304
ISBN
9780199556304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Chambers, Anthony. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139137
ISBN
9780231139137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. A collection of nine stories that provides an idiosyncratic guide to female existence. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571260850
ISBN
9780571260850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270581
ISBN
9781846270581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A selection of four stories or 'nouvelles' that date from 1945. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244614
ISBN
9780571244614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447235002
ISBN
9781447235002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Features eighteen witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces. This book includes tales of a body double who, mistaken for the film's star, is kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious novelist forced to work on the novelization of a Three Stooges film; a nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers and more. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091920326
ISBN
9780091920326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of Kensington widows, mean-spirited and middle-aged; a stranger, awaited with dread; and the mercurial changes in young love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349114088
ISBN
9780349114088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099387817
ISBN
9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. A collection of stories that offer revelatory glimpses into everyday lives - from an unwelcome act of kindness at a bus stop, an evening walk across a London bridge, a welcome but uncomfortable summer break to a brutal lesson in trust. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Combined volume
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540397
ISBN
9780099540397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

paperback. Collected here are superb new translations of the finest tales - from the founding master of Russian surreal allegory and irony Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Granta
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084217
ISBN
9781847084217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories that satirizes the life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141193045
ISBN
9780141193045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Includes stories that reflect author's own happy schooldays at Dulwich College but they also do a good deal more. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591797
ISBN
9781841591797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find they leave disappointed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270323
ISBN
9780571270323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The protagonist, the 'cave-man in a lounge suit', is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. This volume includes adventures he faced such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of "The Land of Mist". Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262456
ISBN
9781853262456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583423
ISBN
9781905583423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

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: 446.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198293
ISBN
9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. The Longman Caribbean Writers Series comprises of many classic novels, short stories and plays by the best known Caribbean authors, together with works of the highest quality from new writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFU; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
4 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582642614
ISBN
9780582642614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.56

Paperback. A collection of short stories of the author including "In the Place of the End" and "The Last Days of Muhammad Atta", and essays and reviews. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488699
ISBN
9780099488699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Paperback. A collection of classic featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, RL Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FH; FJ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224078
ISBN
9781840224078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

CD-Audio. The best of the best in classic short fiction. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 150. The Ultimate Classic Collection. Focuses on the very best in short fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 148 x 129 x 30. Weight: 164.
Publisher
Csa Word Ltd
Format
CD
Publication date
2005
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904605546
ISBN
9781904605546
CD
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 19.09

Hardback. The ultimate collection from the most famous Native American fiction writer. Fifteen new stories and fifteen selected favourites from Alexie's acclaimed collections, beginning with his groundbreaking debut, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802120397
ISBN
9780802120397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. A compilation of five short stories which include: "The Small Rain", "Lowlands", "Entropy", "Under the Rose", and "The Secret Integration". Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532514
ISBN
9780099532514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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