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paperback. An erotic glimpse into the Hungary of the early twentieth century. It collects ten short stories focusing on the poor and dispossessed and describing the human condition and the futility of life. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193038
ISBN
9780141193038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198806493
ISBN
9780198806493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Paris Tales is a collection of stories by French or Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this capital city. The collection brings together writers from the mid-19th century to the present day, from Maupassant and Zola to Colette and Ravalec. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: City Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 64. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006042
ISBN
9780192805744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a century of rapid scientific progress. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441986
ISBN
9780141441986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A collection of stories that includes "The Outsider", "The Call of Cthulhu" and more. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 212 x 29. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106487
ISBN
9780143106487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. H. P. Lovecraft is a major writer of horror stories, in the genre of 'weird fiction'. This new edition brings together his core 'classic' fictions with a full contextual introduction, offering a balanced assessment of an influential cult author whose tales of metaphysical horror create a profound sense of dread and unease. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC; FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198759492
ISBN
9780198759492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Crawling, clawing, sliming horror, seeping from the night-tipped pen of that Grand Master of heart-stopping supernatural terror - H.P. Lovecraft. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Voyager
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063248
ISBN
9780586063248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last. This work brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H P Lovecraft. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226089
ISBN
19781840226089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. A collection of some of the most famous stories from the master of tomb-dark fear.. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 34. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Grafton
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063231
ISBN
9780586063231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. The finest works of H P Lovecraft, renowned as one of the great horror writers of all time. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 32. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Voyager
Number of pages
560
Publication date
1985
Edition
First printing of this edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063224
ISBN
9780586063224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.87

Paperback. Within these pages, some of H P Lovecraft's more obscure works of horror and science fiction can be found, including several fantastic tales from his celebrated Cthulhu Mythos. No true Lovecraft aficionado dare be without this volume. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226423
ISBN
9781840226423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. The Impossible Fairy Tale tells the story of the nameless 'Child', who struggles to make a mark on the world, and her classmate Mia, whose spoiled life is everything the Child's is not. Translator(s): Hong, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911284093
ISBN
9781911284093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840596809
ISBN
9781840596809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. Features a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, and an essay about the film Le Week-End, and an account of Kafka's relationship with his father. This collection ends with a bravura piece of very personal reportage about the conman who stole authors life savings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571319701
ISBN
9780571319701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Adam is a middle-aged playwright who accepts a tempting offer to have his mind transported into a younger body for six months. Youth restored, he embarks on an odyssey of physical hedonism, but must then face the dire consequences when he is loath to relinquish his new body.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333592
ISBN
9780571333592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.50

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
€ 13.16

Paperback. Mindblowingly inventive and beautifully written short stories from the most exciting new name in SF Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473210233
ISBN
9781473210233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780141398044
ISBN
9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes tales such as 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54. Clean copy with damage to cover but pages remain ini very good condition
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KEA0000181
ISBN
9780141398044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Gathers for the first time all of the Irish work Harold Frederic completed in his lifetime. The Martyrdom of Maev and Other Irish Stories brings together the four sixteenth-century stories that Frederic finished and published in magazines in 1895-96, and two of his stories set in the west of Ireland of the second-half of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Morgan, Professor Jack. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227818
ISBN
9780813227818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.56

Paperback. A collection of stories featuring Arabs, Mongols, and Hindus as heroic, sympathetic, and believable characters: men of honor and integrity ready to lay down their lives for their countries and their comrades. Editor(s): Jones, Howard Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225169
ISBN
9780803225169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

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
€ 26.31

Paperback. Eight killer reads from eight bestselling authors - specially written for Quick Reads. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409169123
ISBN
9781409169123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.08

Paperback.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774248108
ISBN
9789774248108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

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