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Paperback. Offering a collection of stories, this book includes tales of lust, deceit, resentment, regret, secrets and lies that can chip away at human relationships. It features a series of interwoven dramas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571308927
ISBN
9780571308927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? The stories in this title reveals these secrets. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
SORT OF BOOKS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954899547
ISBN
9780954899547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. 'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to..' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394596
ISBN
9780141394596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village from a previously un-translated writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167072
ISBN
9789774167072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Black and white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Selected Stories. 192 pages, Black and white illustrations throughout. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 132 x 204 x 15. Weight: 226.
Publisher
Daunt
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970047
ISBN
9781907970047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. In these slippery stories the truth and the possible weave as unexpected lives, complicated minds and exotic spaces are sketched in with nimble words and quick wit. Ghosts torment from the past; future selves write back; the lost look about, find themselves watched, are lead astray. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409688
ISBN
9781910409688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Hardcover. Presents stories which are drawn from traditions in various parts of Scotland from Islay to Inveraray and Orkney to the Lowlands. Illustrator(s): Montgomerie, Norah. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Birlinn Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841586946
ISBN
9781841586946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.84

Paperback. There are 15 writers featured in this anthology of French short stories, from Merimee to the present day. The selection includes writers as diverse as Balzac, Colette, Duras and Boulanger and aims to introduce students to both the modern French short story and modern French literature in general. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DQ; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 0. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719042119
ISBN
9780719042119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447288695
ISBN
9781447288695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.13

Paperback. Travel to the revolutionary closing years of 18th century England. Meet Jack Cockshutt, arsonist by trade, returning to rescue his victims and profit from their relief, finding the woman who just might save him. Meet the beauty who castigates her customers with passages from Paine's Rights of Man. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946317
ISBN
9781908946317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: FX; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 356 x 260. .
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606998908
ISBN
9781606998908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.47

Paperback. Includes twenty-one short stories from some of the best American writers over the last two hundred years that provide a multi-faceted portrait of a country, a people and the literature produced by this most exuberant of nations. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952849
ISBN
9780241952849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.93

Paperback. Include thirty-three tales that focus on the relationships between men and women, between brothers and sisters, and between masters and servants. This title explores the dualistic nature of the human character and reveals nobility, civility and generosity, vanity, greed, and hypocrisy. Translator(s): Miles, Sian. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448122
ISBN
9780140448122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Presents a collection of ten stories, which develops from early realism towards myth and fairy tale, murder, and ghost stories. Editor(s): Wilson, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441658
ISBN
9780141441658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century: a man who was able to describe his own Auschwitz experience with an unaffected tenderness. Levi was a master storyteller but he did not write fairytales. This book features stories that are an elegy to those who stood out against the background of Auschwitz. Translator(s): Feldman, Ruth. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186979
ISBN
9780141186979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.07

paperback. Editor(s): Hopkinson, Nalo; Mehan, Uppinder. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521589
ISBN
9781551521589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431. Clean, well read copy in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Turtle Point Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KLJ0006318
ISBN
9781885586216
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that can captivate readers the world over. It explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet's secret anti-Semitism; and the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950524
ISBN
9780241950524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. .
Publisher
IndieBooks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908041326
ISBN
9781908041326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pariah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993037801
ISBN
9780993037801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Deane, John F. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510642
ISBN
9781843510642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 12.33

Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663163
ISBN
9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.01

Paperback. * The stunningly well received short story collection from the ever-brilliant Polly Samson, out now in paperback Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860499937
ISBN
9781860499937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Anthony Doerr's brilliant new collection of stories is about memory: the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, and the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Now includes 'The Deep', which was awarded the 2011 Sunday Times Short Story Award. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007367726
ISBN
9780007367726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.31

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