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Hardcover. Offers an mouth-watering smorgasbord of stories with food in the starring role, this book includes choice titbits from famous novels: the triumphant boeuf en daube served in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, and Proust's rhapsodic memories of watching the family cook prepare asparagus in Remembrance of Things Past. Editor(s): Tesdell, Diana Secker. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 190 x 33. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596198
ISBN
9781841596198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. Presents stories that take us around the globe and into the intimate lives of the author's characters and the dilemmas and temptations they face. This title tells the little-known history of the only enemy attack on Australian soil during the Great War, when, in January 1915, the outback town of Broken Hill was rocked by horrifying events. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701017
ISBN
9781784701017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Editor(s): Moayyad, Heshmat. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211338
ISBN
9780934211338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Brewer, Sonny. Num Pages: 311 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822138
ISBN
9781849822138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. First published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series, this comprehensive selection of Kipling's stories and poems covers the full range of his career. It displays Kipling's comic mastery as well as his bleak insights into human behaviour, from the days of British India to the aftermath of the First World War. With Introduction and full notes. Editor(s): Karlin, Daniel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages, 1 map; 3 black and white. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198723431
ISBN
9780198723431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755336623
ISBN
9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Lethem, Jonathan; Abramovich, Alex. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174944
ISBN
9781590174944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. A Chinese writer whose marriage has fallen apart travels to Tibet. As he wanders through the countryside, he witnesses the sky burial of a Tibetan woman who died during childbirth, shares a tent with a nomad who is walking to a sacred mountain to seek forgiveness for sleeping with his daughter. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099481331
ISBN
9780099481331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
9781851321087
ISBN
9781851321087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. This collection of short stories is set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled up voodoo stories, stories of shanty towns and of men from the villages seeking their fortunes in the streets and filthy gutters of the new towns. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283881
ISBN
9780099283881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Two young boys make midnight trips to a boat graveyard in search of their dead sister, who set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab; a boy whose dreams foretell implacable tragedies is sent to 'Sleepaway Camp for Disordered Dreamers' (Cabin 1, Narcoleptics; Cabin 2, Insomniacs; Cabin 3, Somnambulists..). Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507321
ISBN
9780099507321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DC Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
131
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897190364
ISBN
9781897190364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Pamphlet. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
Publisher
UEA Publishing Project
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911343035
ISBN
9781911343035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.04

Hardcover. These stories of the 19th-century Russian rural landscape and the difficult life of those who inhabited it were universally popular with the reading public at large and contributed in no small measure to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Translator(s): Hepburn, Charles; Hepburn, Natasha. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150544
ISBN
9781857150544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890206468
ISBN
9781890206468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252833
ISBN
9781781252833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756215
ISBN
9781876756215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.40

Paperback. A startling debut short story collection from one of Britain's rising literary stars. These stories are captivating, erotic, enigmatic and disturbing. Sexy, serious and at times downright disturbing, this brilliant collection sizzles with originality. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Jacaranda
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909762299
ISBN
9781909762299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.69

Paperback. Contains diverse writing from the Spanish-speaking world. This book explores stylistic contrasts and gives an insight into the cultural and social milieu of the Spanish-speaking world. It includes notes on unusual Spanish words and phrases and is suitable for English students of the language as well as Spanish-speaking students of English. Editor(s): Lawaetz, Gudie. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001703
ISBN
9780140033786
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Prime Books United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607014072
ISBN
9781607014072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536085
ISBN
9780199536085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Hardback. A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857540468
ISBN
9781857540468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.93

paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
9780876851890
ISBN
9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 8.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881376459
ISBN
9789881376459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

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