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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
€ 11.05

Paperback. A young school boy visiting his aunt's country house finds company with the gentle beekeeper and begins teaching the man to read, so that it seems nothing can ever intrude upon their closeness. This book talks about this boy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458951
ISBN
9780099458951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

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
€ 9.95

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

€ 11.22

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
€ 14.25

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

€ 5.48

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 Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141983202
ISBN
9780141983202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Takes us into the lives of men and women trapped in marriage, ensnared by drink, diminished by disappointment; all kinds of women, all kinds of men - lonely, unfaithful, dying - driving empty roads at night. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575597
ISBN
9780099575597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.81

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
€ 16.51

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

€ 22.16

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
€ 13.07

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
€ 11.05

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

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

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
€ 19.49

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

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
€ 11.02

Paperback. Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Martin; McLaughlin, Martin; Parks, Tim; Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189680
ISBN
9780141189680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. A collection of some of the most famous stories from the master of tomb-dark fear.. Series: H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 34. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Grafton
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586063231
ISBN
9780586063231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.88

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Schorr, David. Translator(s): Shapiro, Norman. Num Pages: 520 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073816
ISBN
9780252073816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials. Editor(s): Kranzler, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, further reading. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437416
ISBN
9780140437416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Covering some of the very best of F Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192505
ISBN
9780141192505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Lets readers revel in the exploits of the writers Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), Nora Ephron ("When Harry Met Sally"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), David Hayter ("Watchmen"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham"), and dozens of others. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061855924
ISBN
9780061855924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.86

Paperback. 'Perfectly crafted, intricate and haunting stories' from the bestselling author of THE READER. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813973
ISBN
9780753813973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Dual Language Italian. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486280912
ISBN
9780486280912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.84

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