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Paperback. Taking you on a trip to the shopping malls and theme parks and enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner, this book introduces you to a gang of misfits and losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784871291
- ISBN
- 9781784871291
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
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Paperback. Tells stories from the middle period of the author's career - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor. In this title, all the stories feature characters who face madness, alienation and frustration before they experience brief, ephemeral moments of insight, often earned at great cost, where they confront the reality of their existence. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447866
- ISBN
- 9780140447866
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
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Paperback. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, the author brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions to life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241955734
- ISBN
- 9780241955734
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
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€ 9.70
Paperback. A collection of stories by a young American writer. They are centred around the Orthodox Jewish community and span the Jewish experience from the Holocaust and Stalin's Russia to modern-day New York and Jerusalem. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2232015
- ISBN
- 9780571201310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
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€ 4.99
Paperback. Set in 1797, Billy Budd is a tale of satanic treachery, tragedy and great pathos that explores human relationships and the inherently ambiguous nature of man-made justice. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback in very good condition. May have some light shelfwear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2232033
- ISBN
- 9781853267499
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
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Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with damage to cover but pages remain ini very good condition
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KEA0000181
- ISBN
- 9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. A collection of dark, funny short stories: Miranda July channelling Beyonce.. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338. Fine clean copy in good dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0003736
- ISBN
- 9781471153792
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Suitable for those who is, has ever been, or might one day be married. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0007103
- ISBN
- 9780857868497
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781616961879
- ISBN
- 9781616961879
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on 9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look and feel and think and write. This book gathers a multi-hued range of voices that convey, with immediacy and imagination, the shock and loss suffered in September. Editor(s): Baer, Ulrich. Num Pages: 344 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799352
- ISBN
- 9780814799352
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
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Paperback. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Robert L. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564781857
- ISBN
- 9781564781857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
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Paperback. Editor(s): Sui, Gwee Li. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564789051
- ISBN
- 9781564789051
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
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Paperback.
- Publication date
- 1954
- Publisher
- Del Rey Books
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780440378648
- ISBN
- 9780440378648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.60
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Paperback. The million-copy bestseller, which is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FJMV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006543947
- ISBN
- 9780006543947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Short Stories and Poems. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. 224 pages. Editor(s): Blaisdell, Bob. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ; FC; FYB; HBWJ. Dimension: 131 x 209 x 15. Weight: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486482262
- ISBN
- 9780486482262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.72
€ 5.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, Jeri. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; C; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199536436
- ISBN
- 9780199536436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Oxford
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199583140
- ISBN
- 9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
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Paperback. This edition includes a critical introduction and an extensive collection of historical documents relating to the composition and reception of the novel, the social implications of England's shift from a rural agrarian to an urban industrial economy, the role of women in provincial society. Emma is on HSC syllabus. Editor(s): Samuelian, Kristin Flieger. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113210
- ISBN
- 9781551113210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.11
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€ 16.11
Paperback. Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780749396985
- ISBN
- 9780749396985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. A parrot who speaks of love, a police dog who's a Buddhist, a microbe with an inferiority complex, a chameleon hoping to find himself, a scorpion with the fastest sting in the West? Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. Translator(s): Casey, John. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116. 160 pages. Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. You're an Animal Viskovitz is a whirlwind of ironic fables, a tour de force of comic inventiveness and intelligence unlike anything that you have read before. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954936
- ISBN
- 9781841954936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
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Paperback. Contains stories that include "The Melancholy Hussar", "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions", "The First Countess of Wessex", "Barbara of the House of Grebe", "For Conscience' Sake", "The Son's Veto", "On the Western Circuit", "An Imaginative Woman", "A Changed Man", and "Enter a Dragoon". Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439007
- ISBN
- 9780140439007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
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€ 14.20
Hardcover. A collection of stories set in southwest Ontario. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 209 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593029
- ISBN
- 9781841593029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
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Paperback. A collection of eight chilling stories by the author of 'The Birds' and 'Don't Look Now', introduced by Sally Beauman Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844085750
- ISBN
- 9781844085750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. From the author of the award-winning The Great Fire, an extraordinary collection of stories about life in the Organisation - a polyglot crucible in which talent rots and mediocrity thrives and the 'rights of man' are unthinkingly sacrificed on the altar of inter-departmental strife. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082186
- ISBN
- 9781844082186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83