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paperback. A native New Zealander's debut captures the perplexities and wonder of French-Canadian magic realism at its best--full of down-under merriment. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926845524
- ISBN
- 9781926845524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04
This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)." Editor(s): Rea, Christopher G. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152747
- ISBN
- 9780231152747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.00
€ 131.00
Paperback. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521310
- ISBN
- 9780099521310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Flambard Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873226742
- ISBN
- 9781873226742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.98
€ 10.99
€ 10.98
Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963038
- ISBN
- 9781550963038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.50
€ 18.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. A dazzling collection about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange, for readers of Lydia Davis, George Saunders, and Karen Russell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350531
- ISBN
- 9780393350531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
paperback. In this literary and accomplished collection of stories, Ahmed Essop presents entire worlds, and, at the same time, microcosmic glimpses into the complexities and ironies of life and human relationships. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador South Africa
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770100053
- ISBN
- 9781770100053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.98
€ 10.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. The spirits of the dead have walked among our legends, myths, and stories since before recorded history. Now, in the twenty-first century, we are no less fascinated with phantoms than our cave-dwelling ancestors or our Victorian-age forebears. This book features thirty modern masters of fright and fantasy. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 530. 384 pages. Editor(s): Guran, Paula. The spirits of the dead have walked among our legends, myths, and stories since before recorded history. Now, in the twenty-first century, we are no less fascinated with phantoms than our cave-dwelling ancestors or our Victorian-age forebears. This book features thirty modern masters of fright and fantasy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FK; FM; FYB. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 32. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Prime Books United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607013549
- ISBN
- 9781607013549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.98
€ 17.98
Paperback. Paris Tales is a collection of stories by French or Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this capital city. The collection brings together writers from the mid-19th century to the present day, from Maupassant and Zola to Colette and Ravalec. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: City Tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 64. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0006042
- ISBN
- 9780192805744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Moayyad, Heshmat. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934211338
- ISBN
- 9780934211338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.07
€ 31.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890206468
- ISBN
- 9781890206468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.75
€ 16.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0302281
- ISBN
- 9780007517367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 115 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821766
- ISBN
- 9781849821766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.43
€ 9.99
€ 8.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802145994
- ISBN
- 9780802145994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.80
€ 14.99
€ 14.80
Paperback. An illicit visit to the Grand Canyon reveals a vastness even more profound; an exacting career woman celebrates Christmas with her adamantly post-nuclear family; a couple weekending in Maine try to recapture the ardour that has disappeared, both gradually and suddenly, from their lives; and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747585282
- ISBN
- 9780747585282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.28
€ 11.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823140
- ISBN
- 9781933823140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.35
€ 17.99
€ 14.35
Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 22. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062310804
- ISBN
- 9780062310804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.65
€ 9.65
Paperback. New York is a city of writers. And when the city was attacked on 9/11, its writers began to do what writers do, they began to look and feel and think and write. This book gathers a multi-hued range of voices that convey, with immediacy and imagination, the shock and loss suffered in September. Editor(s): Baer, Ulrich. Num Pages: 344 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 121 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799352
- ISBN
- 9780814799352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.87
€ 31.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. Features thirteen short stories representing Mark Harris's distinguished work in this genre from 1946 to 1993. They were undertaken at a time when he was becoming famous as a novelist. He loves and writes about the pleasures of baseball. While baseball is absent from the stories, his appreciation of human variety is not lacking. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803273191
- ISBN
- 9780803273191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.53
€ 18.99
€ 17.53
Hardback. Young or old, they are all bachelors - a young officer (Lieutenant Gustl), a socially desirable lawyer (The Murderer), a middle-aged physician (Doctor Graesler), an aging rou (Casanova's Homecoming). This book focuses an eye on the minds of men who desire, fantasize about, and try to relate to women. Translator(s): Schaefer, Margret. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636117
- ISBN
- 9781566636117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.51
€ 29.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. A collection of stories such as "Peasants", "The House with the Mezzanine" and "My Life", in which, the author paints a picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447873
- ISBN
- 9780140447873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.61
€ 12.99
€ 9.61
Hardcover. These lyrical stories attempt to portray the yearnings of a little sister, the hazy memories of a concentration camp liberator, and the romantic entanglements of political activists. The title story captures the longings, personal and political, of a sensitive girl on the cusp of adolescence. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Triquarterly
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810151086
- ISBN
- 9780810151086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.65
€ 60.65
Paperback. A collection of short stories; or one long one. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Zero Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785350030
- ISBN
- 9781785350030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033187
- ISBN
- 9780268033187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.44
€ 21.99
€ 21.44