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paperback. A native New Zealander's debut captures the perplexities and wonder of French-Canadian magic realism at its best--full of down-under merriment. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845524
ISBN
9781926845524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.04

paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Random House
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022753
ISBN
9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
At Bay Press Canada
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780991761036
ISBN
9780991761036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.60

Paperback. Always intellectually playful, but also very moving and funny, the author explores the ways and whys of storytelling. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st Edition Thus.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141038018
ISBN
9780141038018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Wood, Sarah. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour artwork. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Full Circle Editions Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957152823
ISBN
9780957152823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.09

Paperback. Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives - our own personal libraries - make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? This is about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241974599
ISBN
9780241974599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296808
ISBN
9780140296808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A collection of short stories by the author of novels Girl Meets Boy, Like, The Accidental, Hotel World and There But For The. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Ed(AsSuch)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018010
ISBN
9780141018010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The timeless and unique collection of short stories is Ali Smith's first. 'I love her prose' - Kate Atkinson Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860495847
ISBN
9781860495847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A collection of forty stories drawn from all corners of Brazil: the Amazon, the Northeast, the Central West, and the South, as well as from Brazil's two dominant cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Editor(s): Levitin, Alexis. Series: Traveler's Literary Companion. Num Pages: 256 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DQ; FYB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883513214
ISBN
9781883513214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.67

Paperback. Alexei Sayle is back, with a new collection of dark, timely, and comic tales. These dazzlingly written stories cut right to the heart of the modern world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340819449
ISBN
9780340819449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Jim; Franco, Bianchini; Bloomfield, Jude. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Antonia; Constantine, Helen; Braun, Rebecca. Num Pages: 150 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583232
ISBN
9781905583232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Text Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925498387
ISBN
9781925498387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. Children of the New World introduces readers to a near future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. The book grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 208 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781250098993
ISBN
9781250098993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. A collection of short fiction that showcases the author's application of Romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty. It includes stories: "The Queen of Spades", "The Negro of Peter the Great", and, "The Captain's Daughter". Translator(s): Edmonds, Rosemary. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140441192
ISBN
9780140441192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.89

Paperback. The Queen of Spades and Selected Works is a brand new English translation of two of Alexander Pushkin's greatest short stories, 'The Queen of Spades' and 'The Stationmaster', together with extracts from Yevgeny Onegin and Boris Godunov, and a selection of his poetic work. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Series: Pushkin Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908968036
ISBN
9781908968036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Andrew. Translator(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538652
ISBN
9780199538652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? This title deals with these questions. Illustrator(s): Holwill, Naomi. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. Folktales from Africa. Adult Edition. 192 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AK; FQ; FYB. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 13. Weight: 162.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956299
ISBN
9781841956299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that can be shocking, compulsive, and even completely disastrous. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154. 208 pages. This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that can be shocking, compulsive, and even completely disastrous. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 12. Weight: 174.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954271
ISBN
9781841954271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

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
€ 10.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Hemon, Aleksandar. Series: Best European Fiction. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DQ; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654. 459 pages. Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read. Time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 32. Weight: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
459
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786807
ISBN
9781564786807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Hemon, Aleksandar. Series: Best European Fiction. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DQ; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714. 512 pages. "Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read."--Time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; FZC. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786005
ISBN
9781564786005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.32

Paperback. A electrifying collection of stories from one of the most blazing talents working in English today Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005397
ISBN
9780330393485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

paperback. During the first half of the twentieth century, Bess Streeter Aldrich became one of the most highly paid and widely read American authors of her time. This title contains twenty-six of her works written for publication between 1907 and 1919. Editor(s): Petersen, Carol Miles. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224834
ISBN
9780803224834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.73

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