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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

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

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 This edition includes a critical introduction and an extensive collection of historical documents relating to the composition and reception of the novel, the social implications of England's shift from a rural agrarian to an urban industrial economy, the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

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

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

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

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

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

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
€ 10.81

Paperback. This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156. 156pp. 2008 reprint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780862780319
ISBN
9780862780319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English Translator(s): Bagader, Abubaker; Akers, Deborah. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705081
ISBN
9780292705081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 45. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444707885
ISBN
9781444707885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.38

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723175
ISBN
9781444723175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 992 pages, Advert. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723182
ISBN
9781444723182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723212
ISBN
9781444723212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020044
ISBN
9780141020044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500300343
ISBN
9780500300343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018622
ISBN
9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019544
ISBN
9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
SKU
9780099284345
ISBN
9780099284345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.07

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