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paperback. These stories, conceived by the author as a thematic collection, have as their principal focus the city of Galway, providing an evocation of the city's life and people in the 1940s. From the author of QUENCH THE MOON and RAIN ON THE WIND. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 191. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
O'Brien Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0022075
ISBN
9780863222764
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022712
ISBN
9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Random House
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022753
ISBN
9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

hardcover. This second volume of Chekhov's stories draws from his work of the 1880s and 90s and comprises "A Daughter of Albion", "An Incident", "A Dreary Story", "The Duel", "The Chorus Girl", "Ward 6", "The Teacher of Literature", "An Artist's Story", "My Life", "The Darling" and "The Lady with the Dog". Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Num Pages: 586 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 34. Weight in Grams: 668. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everymans Library
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022824
ISBN
9781857151206
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.70

Paperback. Stories capture the peculiar rites of passage of growing up Midwestern Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008381
ISBN
9780253008381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Everything We Hoped For is an unusually strong first book, distinguished by an exquisitely crafted surface and barely contained emotional force. A young mother in shocked contemplation of her new baby and young women in rehab and jail feature in mostly short and oblique stories which echo and connect with cumulative power. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864736253
ISBN
9780864736253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.69

Paperback. "Yiddish edition originally published as Vidervuks in 1969." Translator(s): Butler, Erik. Series: Northwestern World Classics. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127364
ISBN
9780810127364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

Paperback. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641378
ISBN
9780333641378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240741
ISBN
9781634240741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.81

hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038746
ISBN
9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.51

Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
David Philip, Publishers
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864864871
ISBN
9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition, First ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486794648
ISBN
9780486794648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.18

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Melrose Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909757141
ISBN
9781909757141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.87

Hardback. Strange and fantastical, the fairy tales of Bela Balazs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of "Bluebeard's Castle", reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist philosophy. This title features sixteen stories of Balazs. Illustrator(s): Lydes, Mariette. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147116
ISBN
9780691147116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435075415
ISBN
9780435075415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.82

paperback. Fitzgerald's first collection of short stories in the authoritative Cambridge Edition, now available as a paperback. Editor(s): West, James L. W., III. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Num Pages: 430 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521170437
ISBN
9780521170437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Turnpike Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993591310
ISBN
9780993591310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. At once terrible and uplifting, memorable and harrowing, these stories describe a seminal period in Canadian history. Editor(s): Whitaker, Muriel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643834
ISBN
9780888643834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Editor(s): Hichens, Joanne. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Burnet Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781928230182
ISBN
9781928230182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865378
ISBN
9781408865378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Part anthology and part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of seventeen Libyan short story writers and one American diplomat. Editor(s): Chorin, Ethan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772842
ISBN
9781850772842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Dickson, Kari. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight: 172. Translator(s): Dickson, Kari.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
130
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583379
ISBN
9781905583379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.59

Paperback. Editor(s): McFarlane, Rosalind; Clifford, Samantha. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867521
ISBN
9781921867521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Melrose Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909757134
ISBN
9781909757134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.73

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