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Paperback. Translator(s): Corner, Mark. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 30. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788024632889
ISBN
9788024632889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 467 pages. BIC Classification: FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Dover Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486204154
ISBN
9780486204154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Prose'. This edition shows how they continue to the enthral and challenge the reader. Editor(s): Sloan, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
9780199535064
ISBN
9780199535064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.34

Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
9780199583140
ISBN
9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.43

Paperback. This collection brings together 11 contemporary American writers. It includes long stories by Edwidge Danticat, Stanley Elkin, Ernest J. Gaines, Barry Hannah, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Jane Smiley, William Styron, Peter Taylor and Eudora Welty. Editor(s): Ford, Richard. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 536. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Lightly sunned spine, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014111
ISBN
9781862072770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This edition includes a critical introduction and an extensive collection of historical documents relating to the composition and reception of the novel, the social implications of England's shift from a rural agrarian to an urban industrial economy, the role of women in provincial society. Emma is on HSC syllabus. Editor(s): Samuelian, Kristin Flieger. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 453 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113210
ISBN
9781551113210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.77

Paperback. Set in a disturbing dreamlike version of Regency London, this story features a young italian clockmaker who contrives a magical means, not only of repairing time, but also of unlocking the mechanism of sexual happiness. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749396985
ISBN
9780749396985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. A parrot who speaks of love, a police dog who's a Buddhist, a microbe with an inferiority complex, a chameleon hoping to find himself, a scorpion with the fastest sting in the West? Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. Translator(s): Casey, John. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116. 160 pages. Viskovitz is each of these animals and many more; yet it is the human condition with all its highs and lows which is portrayed in these hilarious metamorphoses. You're an Animal Viskovitz is a whirlwind of ironic fables, a tour de force of comic inventiveness and intelligence unlike anything that you have read before. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FYB. Dimension: 185 x 128 x 12. Weight: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Canongate Books
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954936
ISBN
9781841954936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. A strange, compelling fable about Europe, capitalism and the human heart. Vatanescu, an impoverished construction worker, wants a future for himself and a pair of football boots for his son. So he decides to head north to a cold, dark country where there is money to be made.. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781780722313
ISBN
9781780722313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Contains stories that include "The Melancholy Hussar", "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions", "The First Countess of Wessex", "Barbara of the House of Grebe", "For Conscience' Sake", "The Son's Veto", "On the Western Circuit", "An Imaginative Woman", "A Changed Man", and "Enter a Dragoon". Editor(s): Wilson, Keith. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439007
ISBN
9780140439007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786777
ISBN
9781564786777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.01

Hardback. IN Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423078
ISBN
9780857423078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346. 247 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 203 x 147 x 21. Weight: 346. Translator(s): Neves, Margaret A.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787842
ISBN
9781564787842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.97

Hardback. Wang Qiyao is a young girl infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood. After being discovered by an amateur photographer, Wang Qiyao competes in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant of 1946 and wins the title of second runner-up. This fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyao's life. Translator(s): Berry, Michael; Egan, Susan Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 291 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition (1 in number lijne)
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143424
ISBN
9780231143424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.18

Paperback. The ninth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s - the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing. Series: The Martin Beck Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007439195
ISBN
9780007439195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Communication or the lack thereof is the subject of this sly update of the picaresque. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 356 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564789600
ISBN
9781564789600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. From the author of the award-winning The Great Fire, an extraordinary collection of stories about life in the Organisation - a polyglot crucible in which talent rots and mediocrity thrives and the 'rights of man' are unthinkingly sacrificed on the altar of inter-departmental strife. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082186
ISBN
9781844082186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156. 156pp. 2008 reprint
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780862780319
ISBN
9780862780319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A story collection that appeared in 1947 and won the inaugural Somerset Maugham prize. Each story describes a crisis in life; each reveals the impact of experience upon innocence, or vice versa. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Edition
Main
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571321995
ISBN
9780571321995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.71

Paperback. 'Asharat nisaa' offers a kaleidoscopic look at the contemporary troubles of women, exploring themes ranging from old age to lesbianism and classic problems with roles: as daughters, mothers and wives. The novel is based on the author's conviction that wounds can be healed through sharing and working together. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing Qatar
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9789992194775
ISBN
9789992194775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.02

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