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Paperback. The stories in this text, all written between 1929 and 1954, share the themes that feature so strongly in Graham Greene's novels: humour and violence, pity and hatred, betrayal and pursuit. They recount tales of indiscretions revealed and secrets uncovered. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
VINTAGE CLASSICS
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286165
ISBN
9780099286165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261237
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This selection covers the full range of Kipling's short stories throughout his career, with the subject matter ranging from the Indian to the occult and from animals to domestic comedy. Num Pages: 911 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 45. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
911
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151992
ISBN
9781857151992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Gifford, Professor Douglas (University of Glasgow). Series: Calder Collection. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714506579
ISBN
9780714506579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Fat Phil can't lose at dice, even when his friends turn nasty and he's trying his hardest; a salesman finds success comes from fortune cookie mottoes, but panics when these mottoes turn against him; and, a commuter finds himself obsessed with a plain young woman on his train, at the expense of his marriage. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951248
ISBN
9780241951248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which the lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as the stories portray their world as a microcosm of the wider world. Translator(s): Lange, Nicholas de; Simpson, P. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982005
ISBN
9780099982005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Mountain Lake Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781495607394
ISBN
9781495607394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.12

Paperback. Tie-in to new $80 million Spielberg blockbuster New TV series from FOX premiered September 2015 Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 117 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Film Tie-in Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575075207
ISBN
9780575075207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Features eleven stories that explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780571313518
ISBN
9780571313518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Leo Tolstoy's short works, like his novels, show readers his narrative genius, keen observation, and historical acumen-albeit on a smaller scale. Editor(s): Katz, Michael R. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931501
ISBN
9780393931501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Very good clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Prime Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KEX0249435
ISBN
9780809556861
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chilling tales of murder and revenge from the queen of the psychological thriller Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB; YFCB; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751551297
ISBN
9780751551297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. The striking graphic novel adaptation of a tale from the mind of master storyteller Neil Gaiman. Illustrator(s): Doran, Colleen. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FX; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472244529
ISBN
9781472244529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. A short story collection by the author of "Goats". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; FYB; HBTB; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0216157
ISBN
9780747568087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of fables. It is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. It features a comic story "The Argentine Ant". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287032
ISBN
9780099287032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

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

€ 27.99
€ 25.72

Paperback. An exhilarating collection of stories from the legendary Jackie Kay Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511803
ISBN
9780330511803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Agatha Christie's classic short story collection, published to tie-in with a new BBC TV adaptation of the book's most enduring and shocking thriller, The Witness for the Prosecution. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
TV tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008201258
ISBN
9780008201258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.62

Paperback. A collection of interconnected tales devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on the outskirts of Monterey, California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186092
ISBN
9780141186092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241302484
ISBN
9780241302484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974018
ISBN
9781910974018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.12

Paperback. A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Muriel Spark, J G Ballard, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Rose Tremain, Salman Rushdie, Graham Swift and Kazuo Ishiguro. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952863
ISBN
9780241952863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Translator(s): Constantine, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 208 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Later printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583220269
ISBN
9781583220269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Presents the author's incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189857
ISBN
9780141189857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.13

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