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Paperback. Revealing that Conrad actually hated sailing and Emily Bronte was so tough she was known as 'The Major', among many other stories of eccentricity, drunkenness and even murder, this book uses unusual angles and peculiar details to illuminate writers' lives in a new way. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141389271
- ISBN
- 9780141389271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.00
€ 16.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. Translator(s): Billings, Josh. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933633732
- ISBN
- 9781933633732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872731
- ISBN
- 9781784872731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.68
€ 7.99
€ 7.68
Paperback. Presents a pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397429
- ISBN
- 9780141397429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.42
€ 5.42
Paperback. Collects some of Jack London's allegorical tales. This volume of Jack London's stories of the North also includes "Batard", in which an abused dog takes revenge on his owner; and "Love of Life", in which an injured prospector, abandoned by his partner, must struggle home alone through the wilderness, stalked by a lone wolf. Editor(s): Sinclair, Andrew. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140186512
- ISBN
- 9780140186512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. A collection of thirteen spellbinding stories that maps the eerie darkness within us all. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062356956
- ISBN
- 9780062356956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. Offers a pair of short stories about greed, charity, life and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkers. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 56.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397740
- ISBN
- 9780141397740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Part of the Peter Owen World Series. A new novel from internationally renowned author of My Father's Dreams. When a family move out to the countryside to restore a dilapidated farmhouse, progress is halted by the arrival of their chaotic relatives. Flisar handles the absurd events like no other writer, imbuing the smallest incidents with meaning. Translator(s): Limon, David. Series: Peter Owen World Series: Slovenia. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780720619300
- ISBN
- 9780720619300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. The incredible new novel from internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist. After lying undiscovered for over 700 years, a manuscript holding the answers to a city's final questions is unearthed from a cave in Cairo. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007520619
- ISBN
- 9780007520619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.31
€ 13.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538706
- ISBN
- 9780199538706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
€ 13.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, this title presents a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside. Translator(s): Lug, Sieglinde. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803282544
- ISBN
- 9780803282544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.01
€ 19.99
€ 19.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783782154
- ISBN
- 9781783782154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.34
€ 13.99
€ 11.34
Paperback. From her ancestors' view from Edinburgh's Catle Rock in the eighteenth century to her parents' thwarted ambitions in Ontario, and her own awakening in 1950s Canada, the author weaves fact and myth to create an epic story of past and present, proving that fiction has much to tell us about life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497998
- ISBN
- 9780099497998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. 'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas that you can find all over the City.' Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking stories of northwest India, where he grew up. This book presents a selection from his inexhaustibly contentious and various early work. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398068
- ISBN
- 9780141398068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140294699
- ISBN
- 9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.17
€ 20.99
€ 16.17
Hardcover. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired topics ranging from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination. This work features stories that is imbued with Christmas spirit of one kind or another. It also includes: "Green Holly"; "The Night Before Christmas"; "Vanka"; "The Burglar's Christmas"; and "Dancing Dan's Christmas". Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596006
- ISBN
- 9781841596006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.52
€ 19.99
€ 14.52
Paperback. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191621
- ISBN
- 9780141191621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Hardback. The universe isn't made of atoms; it's made of tiny stories. This title features a fresh selection of stories small in scope but outsize in impact. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 108 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062121639
- ISBN
- 9780062121639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.69
€ 13.99
€ 13.69
Paperback. In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily "real", almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349111025
- ISBN
- 9780349111025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' short stories, showing just why he is considered one of the 20th century's finest writers. Also featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227306
- ISBN
- 9781780227306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra; Shlesinger, Miriam; Englander, Nathan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563327
- ISBN
- 9780099563327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67
Paperback. The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007241187
- ISBN
- 9780007241187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. An outsider by birth and instinct, the author was one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes a collection of his stories. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141396743
- ISBN
- 9780141396743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.00
€ 16.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198806493
- ISBN
- 9780198806493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.77
€ 16.99
€ 13.77