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Paperback. A collection that features such stories as: When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; and, more. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448754
ISBN
9780099448754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Explores the city's fateful impact through the writing of classical historians, a Renaissance sculptor, 18th-century tourists, American, British and French novelists and the authors of modern Rome, each testing and unravelling the city's ageless paradoxes. Editor(s): Keates, Jonathan. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841596228
ISBN
9781841596228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language Russian. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486488738
ISBN
9780486488738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 18.92

hardcover. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 904.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
848
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152760
ISBN
9781857152760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of FAHRENHEIT 451 comes a collection of never-before-published effortlessly beautiful tales. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FLC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
208
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007303649
ISBN
9780007303649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. Clyde and Magreb - he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety - settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578963
ISBN
9780099578963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant, swashbuckling classic Editor(s): Edwards, Owen Dudley. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340. 400 pages. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant, swashbuckling classic. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FV; FYB. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679192
ISBN
9781847679192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.72

Hardcover. Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; FYB; YDC; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 205 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Addison Wesley Longman Australia Pty Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582434493
ISBN
9780582434493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.83

Paperback. "Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation.. I celebrate his accomplishment."-Edith Grossman Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 211 x 47. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393350265
ISBN
9780393350265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983202
ISBN
9780141983202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. When her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 5. Weight in Grams: 44.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253175
ISBN
9781781253175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.42

Hardcover. Primarily known as a dramatist, Chekhov also wrote short stories. This selection of his work includes "The Swedish Match", "Easter Eve", "Mire", "On the Road", "Verotchka", "Volodya", "The Kiss", "Sleepy" and "The Steppe". Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150452
ISBN
9781857150452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Carver, Raymond; Jenks, Tom. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 108 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
512
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440204237
ISBN
9780440204237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782017
ISBN
9781783782017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586623
ISBN
9780099586623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. How do you ever know the whole story? How do you ever know even part of the story? How do you find meaning when chance and coincidence could, just be chance and coincidence? Presenting connections and missed connections, this collection of stories is an inquiry into things ranging from flies and trees and books to sex, art, drunkenness, and love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140296808
ISBN
9780140296808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Features two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. This book features a man who is obsessed both with the search for his ideal woman and with sculpting the perfect figure of Aphrodite. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 416 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435191
ISBN
9780140435191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Reissued with new jacket and two additional stories not previously included. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340933992
ISBN
9780340933992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086518
ISBN
9781847086518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Hardcover. "Fictions" is a collection of short stories, influenced by writers as disparate as Lewis Carroll, Stevenson and Cervantes. Borges turns dry logical puzzles into enchanting fables. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151664
ISBN
9781857151664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.52

Paperback. Acclaimed as one of America's most successful playwrights, the author also published four volumes of short stories. In this title, these volumes are combined with a wealth of unpublished and uncollected work, ranging from his first his story published in "Weird Tales" when he was seventeen, to his later frank homosexual fantasies. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395810
ISBN
9780749395810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. A book of short stories from one of the most popular novelists of our time. Illustrator(s): Searle, Ronald. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0010666
ISBN
9781447221890
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. This book gathers thirty-two stories written between 1925 and Schwitters' death in 1948. Illustrator(s): Peacock, Irvine. Translator(s): Zipes, Jack David. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, 31 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160993
ISBN
9780691160993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A collection that gathers together Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider", where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiance on his way to war, and "Noon Wine", a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195315
ISBN
9780141195315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

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