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Fiction
Paperback. Comprise fifty-two chapters that provide insights into the existence of this nebulous man named Crab, his absence from the pages of history, his birth in prison, and his never having been born at all. This book parodies literary conventions, deconstructs narrative and meaning, and combines absurdity and hopelessness with irony and humor. Translator(s): Stump, Jordan; Hardin, Eleanor. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263703
- ISBN
- 9780803263703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.09
€ 17.09
Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780803263314
- ISBN
- 9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.29
€ 19.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803262645
- ISBN
- 9780803262645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.15
€ 21.15
Paperback. In this semiautobiographical novel, the young French Algerian author Nina Bouraoui introduces us to a girl who feels that Algeria is the country of men. Her childhood years spent in Algeria lead her to explore the borderland between genders as she tries to find her balance between nations, races, and identities. Translator(s): Gavarini, Jehanne-Marie; Salvodon, Marjorie Attignol. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 129 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803262591
- ISBN
- 9780803262591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.44
€ 21.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Stranded on Amtor after his spaceship crashes, astronaut Carson Napier is swept into a world where revolution is ripe. This is the inaugural volume of the last science fiction series imagined and penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It features an introduction by novelist F. Paul Wilson. Illustrator(s): Floyd, Thomas. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803261839
- ISBN
- 9780803261839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.17
€ 18.17
Paperback. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Earth is effectively a corporate technocracy, with businesses using advances in science to improve life on the planet. Seeking other planets habitable for the human population, the spaceship Callisto, powered by an antigravitational force known as apergy, embarks on momentous tour of the solar system. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 234 pages, 10 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4852 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803259492
- ISBN
- 9780803259492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259270
- ISBN
- 9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. A.B. Guthrie Jr. is best known for his historical fiction; his classic novel The Way West earned him a Pulitzer Prize. The Big It and Other Stories collects his diverse shorter tales, written between 1946 and 1960. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803240551
- ISBN
- 9780803240551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.44
€ 21.44
Paperback. Historical novel of the friendship between army doctor Valentine McGillycuddy and Crazy Horse. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803235878
- ISBN
- 9780803235878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. A collection of pulp and science-fiction stories from a legendary writer and editor. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803233591
- ISBN
- 9780803233591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. Prize-winning collection of short stories about finding happiness, and the pain necessary to achieve such bliss Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803232617
- ISBN
- 9780803232617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. The story of the residents of a small western plains town and the turmoil that results from the colliding interests of its "native" inhabitants and newcomers Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803231085
- ISBN
- 9780803231085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. The last in the series of murder mysteries featuring Chick Charleston, this time set in an English village in the Cotswolds. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230316
- ISBN
- 9780803230316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.44
€ 21.44
paperback. A novel about a dystopic, future Argentina where violence rules and the government is powerless to protect its aging citizens Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229891
- ISBN
- 9780803229891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Paperback. Gives full play to Svoboda's prodigious talents for finding the dark and the strange in the sunny American story Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226821
- ISBN
- 9780803226821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? And imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view. This book presents a collection of short stories that re-imagine life beyond the margins of 'normality'. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225336
- ISBN
- 9780803225336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.04
€ 19.04
Paperback. A compendium of Harold Lamb's previously uncollected crusader stories. Editor(s): Jones, Howard Andrew. Num Pages: 622 pages, appendix. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803220355
- ISBN
- 9780803220355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.93
€ 27.99
€ 27.93
Hardback. In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into "Youth and the Bright Medusa". This title also includes an historical essay and explanatory notes that trace the composition of the stories and their roots in the people, events, and places Cather knew. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1103.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Scholarly
- SKU
- V9780803217546
- ISBN
- 9780803217546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Paperback. "Robert Vivian's prose is lyrical and harrowing - harrowing in the Biblical sense," Sven Birkerts said of The Mover of Bones, the first book in Vivian's Tall Grass Trilogy. That same lyrical power carries this new volume to a place of hard-won hope and redemption at once both spiritual and earthly. Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213807
- ISBN
- 9780803213807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.65
€ 24.99
€ 24.65
paperback. A nineteenth-century radical women's rights novel that tells the story of a young woman's efforts to earn respect and autonomy as a women's rights lecturer Editor(s): Kohn, Denise M. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213609
- ISBN
- 9780803213609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. With this edition of A Saloonkeeper's Daughter, an important and prescient work of American fiction is finally available in English. Editor(s): Overland, Orm (Professor of English, University of Bergen, Norway). Translator(s): Overland, Orm; Thorson, Gerald. Series: The Longfellow Series of American Languages and Literatures. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868818
- ISBN
- 9780801868818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.70
€ 35.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. From the author of "Airs of Providence", "The Very Rich Hours", and "The Courage of Girls", this book brings together a dozen new stories. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801848537
- ISBN
- 9780801848537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.70
€ 34.99
€ 29.70
Hardback. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 408 pages, 104ill. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801429828
- ISBN
- 9780801429828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.74
€ 170.74
Paperback. The stories in this collection present the experience of living in Vancouver as filtered through the imagination of some of Canada's most famous writers. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774802284
- ISBN
- 9780774802284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.93
€ 30.99
€ 27.93