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Paperback. Contains a selection of Beaumont's stories, including five stories that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes. This volume contains an introduction by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner, two fellow science fiction luminaries who counted themselves among Beaumont's close friends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107651
ISBN
9780143107651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. The stories in The Manet Girl explore situations in which desire, cutting through the demands of daily life, blurs all rational distinctions between what is important and what is distraction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Salt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907773457
ISBN
9781907773457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.68

Paperback. Originally published: Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, c1983. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
First edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876855966
ISBN
9780876855966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.37

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

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, the author takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780753513828
ISBN
9780753513828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509825400
ISBN
9781509825400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", "The Battle of Life" and "The Cricket on the Hearth". Illustrator(s): Maclise, Daniel; Stanfield, Clarkson; Stone, Frank; Doyle, Richard; Leech, John; Tenniel, Sir John. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262685
ISBN
9781853262685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.43

Paperback. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. Charles Dickens wrote a number of supernatural and horror stories, some of which were included in his longer works, while others were published in magazines. This collection gathers them, providing an insight into the author's storytelling apprenticeship and his steady growth towards excellence. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight: 190.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492272
ISBN
9781847492272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Klimaszewski, Melisa. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hesperus Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001439
ISBN
9781843911647
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807450
ISBN
9781609807450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.47

Hardback. These twelve stories represent the best work of respected "nativist" writer Cheng Ch'ing-wen and encompass his major themes: the tensions between men and women, parents and children, city and village, tradition and modernity. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113861
ISBN
9780231113861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.71
€ 72.97

Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313878
ISBN
9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906523138
ISBN
9781906523138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447235002
ISBN
9781447235002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905668
ISBN
9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.63

Paperback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160674
ISBN
9780231160674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.00

Paperback. 'Enriches and enlarges our own sense of the world we thought we knew' Marylinne Robinson Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084989
ISBN
9781847084989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
New Island Books
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848402904
ISBN
9781848402904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060853273
ISBN
9780060853273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.94

Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963533
ISBN
9781550963533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620406953
ISBN
9781620406953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. This title celebrates this period through some of the most widely known writers of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952856
ISBN
9780241952856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. In every detective's life there are cases that can't be discussed. This book presents eleven of these previously unseen investigations that required the collective genius and unique modus operandi of Arthur Bryant and John May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit - investigations that range from different times and a variety of places. Series: Bryant & May Short Stories. Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawing of the PCU HQ. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857503121
ISBN
9780857503121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Superb interlinked collection of war-based short stories from a stunning author. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised & Enlarged Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575091061
ISBN
9780575091061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

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