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Fiction: special features
The Last of the Whampoa Breed. Stories of the Chinese Diaspora.
David Der-Wei . Ed(S): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang
Stories born of the trials and heartache of exile in Taiwan. Editor(s): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang, David Der-Wei. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130028
- ISBN
- 9780231130028
Condition: New
€ 49.22
€ 49.22
Paperback. An account of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. This book portrays characters which are generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122610
- ISBN
- 9780231122610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Paperback. These collaborative stories unite two beloved characters from two different urban fantasy series in each of ten electrifying new stories. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062391346
- ISBN
- 9780062391346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.45
€ 17.99
€ 16.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- It Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062223777
- ISBN
- 9780062223777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.35
€ 26.99
€ 22.35
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; CBW; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620458266
- ISBN
- 9781509829477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.75
€ 49.75
paperback. The novelist, poet, and essayist presents a collection of twenty essays that offer everything from critiques of the American experience to a celebration of ordinary lives to a determined warning about the future of the country. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619024373
- ISBN
- 9781619024373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.28
€ 21.28
paperback. LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241956304
- ISBN
- 9780241956304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.88
€ 19.99
€ 9.88
paperback. The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the city's mafia - this captivating anthology reflects the kaleidoscopic character of Madrid. Renowned writers such as Galdos and Marias appear alongside others who will be less familiar. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: City Tales. Num Pages: 326 pages, 19 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199583270
- ISBN
- 9780199583270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.44
€ 12.99
€ 10.44
paperback. First published in 1852, "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" is a loose series of lyrical stories of rural life under serfdom. This expanded edition includes all Turgenev's other short stories. Translator(s): Freeborn, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445220
- ISBN
- 9780140445220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 9.88
€ 19.99
€ 9.88
Paperback. Deals with the complexities of relationships as well as the joys of children. This title contains the author's controversial story "Weddings and Beheadings", as well as his prophetic "My Son the Fanatic", which exposes the religious tensions within the muslim family unit. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 47. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571249824
- ISBN
- 9780571249824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.24
€ 17.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789927101885
- ISBN
- 9789927101885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.01
€ 10.01
paperback. A companion piece to the captivating memoir GIVING UP THE GHOST by the Man Booker-winning author, this collection of loosely autobiographical stories locates the transforming moments of a haunted childhood. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007166442
- ISBN
- 9780007166442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.88
€ 12.99
€ 9.88
paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Break Away Book Club
- SKU
- V9780253020628
- ISBN
- 9780253020628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.16
€ 18.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. A radiant work of fiction that illuminates the life and art of Rimbaud in a way that no biography could Translator(s): Gladding, Jody; Deshays, Elizabeth. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300172652
- ISBN
- 9780300172652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.13
€ 15.99
€ 13.13
paperback. This title gathers 20 stories from the "glory days" of "The New Yorker", some of them set in her native Dublin, but mostly in and around her adopted Manhattan. The collection's centrepiece is a suite of satirical scenes from suburban life. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Counterpoint LLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781582431192
- ISBN
- 9781582431192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.37
€ 21.99
€ 15.37
Paperback. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work, from Gothic horror to the first modern detective stories. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840220728
- ISBN
- 9781840220728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.24
€ 7.24
paperback. A novel that focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788170461395
- ISBN
- 9788170461395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.55
€ 15.99
€ 13.55
Hardcover. Finally available after three decades, a lost classic of the Harlem Renaissance that Langston Hughes acclaimed for its "hard poetic beauty." Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871403353
- ISBN
- 9780871403353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.77
€ 23.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Series: New Directions Bibelot. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811212823
- ISBN
- 9780811212823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.99
€ 14.99
€ 12.99
paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Break Away Book Club ed.
- SKU
- V9780253018175
- ISBN
- 9780253018175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.96
€ 19.99
€ 18.96