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Hardcover. In these three sea stories, based on his own experience, the author invests his portraits of mundane steamers and their crews with epic qualities of fortitude and courage in the face of overwhelming natural odds. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 211 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150049
- ISBN
- 9781857150049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.82
€ 20.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. The Number One New York Times bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The NamesakeWinner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596592
- ISBN
- 9780747596592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. A collection of short stories with such themes as dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers and the elusive nature of identity itself. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183831
- ISBN
- 9780141183831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Cheval 9 contains a selection of the best work submitted this year to the Terry Hetherington Award, which has become known as one of the most significant awards for young writers in Wales. Editor(s): Widlake, Rose; Edwards, Jonathan. Series: The Terry Hetherington Award Anthology. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910901670
- ISBN
- 9781910901670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Contains four stories, written between 1900 and 1902. One of them reveals the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival; and the other contains 'land-stories' that explore the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England and in the other, the plight of a woman. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441955
- ISBN
- 9780141441955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451530318
- ISBN
- 9780451530318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.27
€ 8.99
€ 8.27
Paperback. Includes a collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. In this book, the stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable style and wit of one of Britain's writers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141195292
- ISBN
- 9780141195292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. A collection of stories describing the beauty of the natural world, as experienced by children. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230002
- ISBN
- 9780803230002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Jack, Ian. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 344 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- No Earlier Edition Stated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903141017
- ISBN
- 9780903141017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812971187
- ISBN
- 9780812971187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.55
€ 26.99
€ 20.55
Paperback. With five of the contributors who are Nobel Prize Winners in Literature, this work presents stories that capture the range of emotions and situations of our human universe: tragedy, comedy, fantasy, satire, dramas of sexual love and of war, in different continents and cultures. The contributors also include Margaret Atwood, and John Updike. Editor(s): Gordimer, Nadine. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264. Good copy with some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KTG0012705
- ISBN
- 9780747574309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 7.28
€ 12.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. A collection that takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland - a town in which the youth have the run of the place. Boy racers speed down the back lanes; couples haunt the midnight woods; young skins huddle in the cold once The Peacock has closed its doors. Here the young live hard. It matters whose sister you were seen with. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099597421
- ISBN
- 9780099597421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love France and things French. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Num Pages: 368 pages, Numerous black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199217489
- ISBN
- 9780199217489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
hardcover. A collection of stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which intend to leave much to the reader's imagination. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262883
- ISBN
- 9781853262883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.32
€ 6.32
Paperback. Stefan's Zweig's Letter from an Unknown Woman and other stories contains a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell of one of his most celebrated novellas, Letter from an Unknown Woman, the inspiration for a classic 1948 Hollywood film by Max Ophuls, as well as three new stories, appearing in English for the first time. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906548933
- ISBN
- 9781906548933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914087
- ISBN
- 9781909914087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.59
€ 6.59
Paperback. Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 53. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141016085
- ISBN
- 9780141016085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530352
- ISBN
- 9780714530352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. In Fearsome Journeys, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan sets out on a quest to find the far borders of epic fantasy, with stories from Scott Lynch, Saladin Ahmed, Trudi Canavan, K J Parker, Kate Elliott, Jeffrey Ford, Robert V S Redick, Ellen Klages, Glen Cook, Elizabeth Bear, Ellen Kushner, Ysabeau S. Wilce and Daniel Abraham. Editor(s): Strahan, Jonathan. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Rebellion
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781081198
- ISBN
- 9781781081198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.20
€ 10.99
€ 9.20