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Hardcover. Includes imaginative fables that recount the adventures of six bizarrely gifted child prodigies who wreak havoc on their baffled families. Illustrator(s): Sowa, Michael. Series: Seagull World Literature. Num Pages: 132 pages, 10 colour plates. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497668
ISBN
9781906497668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.17

Hardcover. This collection presents short stories that depict the core of the process of Korea's modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Translator(s): Holstein, John. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Series
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947181
ISBN
9781933947181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.38

Hardcover. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Zheping, Chen. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
hardcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947235
ISBN
9781933947235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.88

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947358
ISBN
9781933947358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. This collection presents short stories that depict the core of the process of Korea's modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Translator(s): Holstein, John. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Edition
first
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947488
ISBN
9781933947488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Zheping, Chen. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947532
ISBN
9781933947532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.69

Hardcover. Presents a series of short stories based on the author's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. This title focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 180 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024620138
ISBN
9788024620138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.39

Paperback. A cornucopia of contemporary world fiction that brings together short stories by authors including Calvino, Garcia Marquez, Abe, Duras, Borges and Beckett. Editor(s): MacShane, Frank; Carlson, Lori M. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079938
ISBN
9780231079938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.39

Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DQ; DSB; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181006
ISBN
9780231181006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.22
€ 76.15

Paperback. Presents a collection of stories that celebrate an American region too often ignored in discussions about distinctive regional literature Editor(s): Brown, Jason Lee; Latham, Shanie. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008183
ISBN
9780253008183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 20. Weight in Grams: 377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022516
ISBN
9780253022516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Paperback. Series: Blue Light Books. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253026705
ISBN
9780253026705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.72

Paperback. Outrageously funny stories about bridge in a prep school. The cast is as eccentric as in all David Bird's books, and the bridge is top class, naturally. Series: Master Bridge. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB; WDMC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cassell
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304357710
ISBN
9780304357710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. From the author of "Airs of Providence", "The Very Rich Hours", and "The Courage of Girls", this book brings together a dozen new stories. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801848537
ISBN
9780801848537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. In 1920 Willa Cather collected eight of the stories she had written over the past twenty years into "Youth and the Bright Medusa". This title also includes an historical essay and explanatory notes that trace the composition of the stories and their roots in the people, events, and places Cather knew. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1103.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803217546
ISBN
9780803217546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.07

Paperback. A compendium of Harold Lamb's previously uncollected crusader stories. Editor(s): Jones, Howard Andrew. Num Pages: 622 pages, appendix. BIC Classification: FJH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803220355
ISBN
9780803220355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? And imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view. This book presents a collection of short stories that re-imagine life beyond the margins of 'normality'. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803225336
ISBN
9780803225336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.06

Paperback. Prize-winning collection of short stories about finding happiness, and the pain necessary to achieve such bliss Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803232617
ISBN
9780803232617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.98

Paperback. A.B. Guthrie Jr. is best known for his historical fiction; his classic novel The Way West earned him a Pulitzer Prize. The Big It and Other Stories collects his diverse shorter tales, written between 1946 and 1960. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803240551
ISBN
9780803240551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259270
ISBN
9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.94

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