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Short stories
Paperback. Twelve stories are representative of the tragic, melodramatic, sentimental, pathetic, and comic aspects of Balzac's art and testify to his keen sense of irony when observing the human condition. Translator(s): Raphael, Sylvia. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443257
- ISBN
- 9780140443257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A traveler shuts himself up in his hotel room, with no-one but room service to talk to; a teenager stalks her long-lost father; a journalist interviews a great poet with a dark past; a woman pursues a doomed liaison with an anonymous man she meets once a month at the casino; and a bar lady locked in with the regulars at night.. Translator(s): Gramich, Eluned. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409633
- ISBN
- 9781910409633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Paperback. An exclusive, never-before-collected selection of sparkling stories by Angela Thirkell that will charm, delight and entertain. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349004303
- ISBN
- 9780349004303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441986
- ISBN
- 9780141441986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Previously uncollected pulp fiction by the 20th century American master. Editor(s): Calonne, David Stephen. Num Pages: 305 pages, B&W illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866829
- ISBN
- 9780872866829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Features short stories that explore the author's abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. Written between 1918 and 1953, this book shows the literary development of one of Germany's most important writers. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386627
- ISBN
- 9780749386627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241955345
- ISBN
- 9780241955345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
€ 13.00
€ 11.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553213690
- ISBN
- 9780553213690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.79
€ 8.99
€ 7.79
Paperback. Ten marvellously evocative short stories inspired by the events of Dylan Thomas' youth. Featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227276
- ISBN
- 9781780227276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. The school term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784162047
- ISBN
- 9781784162047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Tramp Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993459207
- ISBN
- 9780993459207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 12.73
€ 15.00
€ 12.73
Paperback. Takes readers into Sri Lanka, Wales, Spain, India, Morocco and the lives and minds of the characters. This book creates a sense of mild disorientation and unreality that makes readers begin to see the world in a different way. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998080
- ISBN
- 9781906998080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31
Hardcover. Gathers some of the unforgettable canines which include Kipling's heroically faithful 'Garm', Bret Harte's irrepressible scoundrel of a 'yaller dog' and the aggressively affectionate three-legged pit bull who lives in a block of flats for dogs in Jonathan Lethem's 'Ava's Apartment'. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596068
- ISBN
- 9781841596068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Take three of the leading names in contemporary horror writing, commission one-third of a book's worth of stories from each, and the result is DARK VISIONS. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575402904
- ISBN
- 9780575402904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397726
- ISBN
- 9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.53
€ 5.53
Hardcover. These twelve masterful short stories are by one of Ireland's leading practitioners of the art. This gathering marks a welcome return of a major voice in Irish literature, unpublished since the 1990s. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516415
- ISBN
- 9781843516415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. A fascinating, entertaining and wholly engaging collection of new writing inspired by the centenary of the discovery of the single most important theory in modern physics. Editor(s): Goldshmidt, Pippa; Hershman, Tania. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910449264
- ISBN
- 9781910449264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.24
€ 15.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. A collection of short stories that goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than one step away. It is a selection of tales for our times that shows a side to the author you have never seen before. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 3rd Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552771795
- ISBN
- 9780552771795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Kelley Armstrong's first short story collection - a gripping medley of tales involving many of her much-loved characters. Series: Otherworld. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841497433
- ISBN
- 9781841497433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Showcases some of the best erotic writing from both sides of the Atlantic, bringing together a collection of unashamed, wildly entertaining fantasies all on the theme of holiday romances and sensual encounters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FRD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Black Lace
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780352347794
- ISBN
- 9780352347794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182582
- ISBN
- 9780141182582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. An action-packed collection of original short stories set in the world of Kevin Hearne's New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles Series: Iron Druid Chronicles. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780356509570
- ISBN
- 9780356509570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. A luminous, startling and utterly spellbinding debut which introduces a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200. 240 pages. A luminous, startling and utterly spellbinding debut which introduces a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408830437
- ISBN
- 9781408830437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.64
€ 13.00
€ 11.64
Paperback. The secret life of Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Moriarty .. Num Pages: 592 pages, no illustrations/plates. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472135773
- ISBN
- 9781472135773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81