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Paperback. Gathers for the first time all of the Irish work Harold Frederic completed in his lifetime. The Martyrdom of Maev and Other Irish Stories brings together the four sixteenth-century stories that Frederic finished and published in magazines in 1895-96, and two of his stories set in the west of Ireland of the second-half of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Morgan, Professor Jack. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813227818
- ISBN
- 9780813227818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.89
€ 31.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Hemmingson, Michael. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 148 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841190785
- ISBN
- 9781841190785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. The eleven stories in Wendy Brenner's debut story collection concern people who are alone or feel themselves to be alone: survivors negotiating between logic and faith who look for mysterious messages and connections in everyday life, those sudden transformations and small miracles that occur in mundane, even absurd settings. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820334226
- ISBN
- 9780820334226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.42
€ 25.99
€ 22.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, Ill.(some col.). BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900715928
- ISBN
- 9781900715928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.75
€ 18.99
€ 16.75
CD-Audio. AUDIOBOOK Volume 1 of The Inimitable Jeeves also follows the trials and tribulations of one of the more idiotic of Bertie's chums, Bingo Little, who has a tendency to fall in love.. frequently and disastrously! BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canongate CSA Audio
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781906147372
- ISBN
- 9781906147372
CD
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.03
€ 19.99
€ 14.03
Paperback. A collection of 12 wide-ranging stories about those unexpected moments in our lives when our layers of defenses are peeled away, one by one, and we are left with the harsh inevitability of our fates. Touching on themes of loneliness and isolation, it deals with characters alienated from society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212948
- ISBN
- 9780826212948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Rock on: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
Wilson, F. Paul; Hand, Elizabeth; Schow, Davi...
Paperback. Like rock, speculative fiction is larger than life, there's no limit on where it can take you. This title features electrifying stories with the drive, the emotion, and the soul of rock. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Prime Books United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607013150
- ISBN
- 9781607013150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.27
€ 17.27
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€ 11.50
€ 13.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. This text contains seven short stories by Carrie Young. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877457183
- ISBN
- 9780877457183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.29
€ 18.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. A unique and enthralling collection from a prize-winning author, these short stories are sure to enthrall. In addition to being shortlisted for the Best First Book Award in the Eurasia Commonwealth Writers Prize, this collection was also shortlisted for Welsh Book of the Year 2003. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638232
- ISBN
- 9781902638232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.23
€ 10.23
Paperback. With 92 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories spanning five decades, and featuring such classics as Prima Belladonna and The Index, Ballard's "Complete Stories" evokes Kafka and Borges with its ability to render psychosis, modern paranoia, and fantastical creations on the page. Num Pages: 1199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339291
- ISBN
- 9780393339291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.67
€ 37.67
Paperback. Rhonda Douglas's debut collection dazzles with its daring and dangerous prose. Welcome to the Circus , where every moment is a tight-rope act, precariously balancing on the edge of destruction. These ten strikingly original stories explore love and escape - how we escape to love, escape through love, and escape ourselves and hold on to love. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812288
- ISBN
- 9781554812288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
paperback. Editor(s): Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927108
- ISBN
- 9781901927108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.19
€ 10.19
Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089037
- ISBN
- 9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.16
€ 35.99
€ 26.16
Paperback. "Thirteen stories from the Lone Star State"--Cover. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875655130
- ISBN
- 9780875655130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Indra Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780958771832
- ISBN
- 9780958771832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
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
€ 35.99€ 29.99
€ 35.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559084
- ISBN
- 9781875559084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140437973
- ISBN
- 9780140437973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. The Michael Moorcock Collection presents, for the first time, definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author. Series: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575115538
- ISBN
- 9780575115538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- At Bay Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Second Edition, Second ed.
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780991761098
- ISBN
- 9780991761098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.62
€ 20.99
€ 15.62
Features eleven stories set in and around the fictional town of Spivey, Kentucky, which spotlight small-town lives that are thrown into quiet turmoil by unexpected events or outsiders. Adept at juxtaposing light and dark elements, this title displays compassion for characters searching for moments of found grace and earned redemption. Series: Kentucky Voices. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813125404
- ISBN
- 9780813125404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.08
€ 29.08
Paperback. A collection of stories about a long-haired woman who moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture; a forester who mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife; a farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158 183pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571233076
- ISBN
- 9780571233076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.61
€ 11.99
€ 9.61
Hardcover. Contains seventeen ghostly tales. This collection details episodes of animal spirits, protective presences, and supernatural healings. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FJW; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037313
- ISBN
- 9781570037313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46