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CD-Audio. Maeve Binchy is one of Britain's most popular storytellers. This title features four of her tales: 'Homecoming'; 'Telling Stories'; 'Needy'; and, 'The Interview'. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Condition
New
SKU
9781408400630
ISBN
9781408400630
CD
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.92

Paperback. Tells the tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 416 pages, further reading, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447859
ISBN
9780140447859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. An ex-circus strongman and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and 'Einsteinian' destiny. There is maximum boredom and minimum love-making advised, while a new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a 'father of the nuclear age'. This book offers a collection of stories that reveal a deep preoccupation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099768913
ISBN
9780099768913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.87

Paperback. A collection of stories such as "Peasants", "The House with the Mezzanine" and "My Life", in which, the author paints a picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140447873
ISBN
9780140447873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. Presents stories which intend to expand our ideas and our expectations of Miami by exposing its tough but vulnerable underbelly. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587298165
ISBN
9781587298165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.57

Paperback. A collection of Hemingway's first forty-nine short stories, including "Up in Michigan", "Fifty Grand", and "The Light of the World", and the "Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Winner Take Nothing" and "Men Without Women" collections. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099339212
ISBN
9780099339212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. An introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people as we are with our own neighbours. The crowded, throbbing life of India is brilliantly captured in this series of stories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230563
ISBN
9780571230563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. 'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela Carter The characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437390
ISBN
9780099437390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
SKU
9780099284345
ISBN
9780099284345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.72

Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0019544
ISBN
9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'Excellent, a very powerful and moving piece of work' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks & creases, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018622
ISBN
9780753811207
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The formation of Saudi Arabia in 1932, with the unification of the two Kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd, not only unified parts of the Arabian peninsula which had until then remained disparate, but also led to the development of a distinct Saudi Arabian literature. This title offers insight into the complex and enigmatic setting of Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Sebail, Abdulaziz; Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FA; FYB; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760995
ISBN
9781780760995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.13

Paperback. A collection in which, a woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on, amidst the grandeur and cacophony of the cityscape; and a young Irish girl and her mother are thrilled to be invited to visit the glamorous Coughlan's but find they leave disappointed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571270323
ISBN
9780571270323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020044
ISBN
9780141020044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Alfred H. Mendes was a prominent member of the Beacon group of intellectuals whose aim in the 1930s was the development and promotion of a Trinidad-centred literature. Alfred. H. Mendes: comprises thirteen stories, and articles and letters from the 1920s to the 1960s. It is supported by an introduction, explanatory notes and a short glossary. Editor(s): Levy, Michele. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; BJ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766406097
ISBN
9789766406097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.50

Hardcover. "The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies"--Spine. Series: Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 925.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606351956
ISBN
9781606351956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.39

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 992 pages, Advert. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723182
ISBN
9781444723182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author branding and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444723175
ISBN
9781444723175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.20

Paperback. Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 45. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
9781444707885
ISBN
9781444707885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. The first full-length work of the distinguished Yemeni writer Mohammad Abdul-Wali to appear in English Translator(s): Bagader, Abubaker; Akers, Deborah. Series: CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation Series. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705081
ISBN
9780292705081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.01

Paperback. A story collection that appeared in 1947 and won the inaugural Somerset Maugham prize. Each story describes a crisis in life; each reveals the impact of experience upon innocence, or vice versa. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571321995
ISBN
9780571321995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.71

Paperback. This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156. 156pp. 2008 reprint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780862780319
ISBN
9780862780319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. From the author of the award-winning The Great Fire, an extraordinary collection of stories about life in the Organisation - a polyglot crucible in which talent rots and mediocrity thrives and the 'rights of man' are unthinkingly sacrificed on the altar of inter-departmental strife. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082186
ISBN
9781844082186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. Contains stories that include "The Melancholy Hussar", "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions", "The First Countess of Wessex", "Barbara of the House of Grebe", "For Conscience' Sake", "The Son's Veto", "On the Western Circuit", "An Imaginative Woman", "A Changed Man", and "Enter a Dragoon". Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439007
ISBN
9780140439007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

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