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The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

The Snow Queen and Other Winter Tales (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

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Author: Various AuthorsFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 232mm, 736 pagesPublished: Union Square & Co., United States, 2015This anthology gathers 100 tales that share the winter theme of Hans Christian Andersen's classic....
I Meant It Once

I Meant It Once

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Author: Kate DoyleFormat: Paperback, 134mm x 214mm, 260g, 256 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2023'I Meant It Once explores longing, belonging and the big emotions that can make...
Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill

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Sands of Time

Sands of Time

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Hunter in Huskvarna

Hunter in Huskvarna

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Author: Sara Stridsberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 "Stridsberg has perfected a kind of contemporary fairy tale with a bracing Scandinavian edge, here elegantly translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner" Christian...
Spellbinding Stories

Spellbinding Stories

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Author: Enid Blyton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A bewitching collection of magical tales by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for children aged 5 and up! From witches and...
This Year it Will be Different

This Year it Will be Different

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Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 2

Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 2

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Author: Sara Paretsky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 International bestselling author Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo...
Look For Me and I'll Be Gone

Look For Me and I'll Be Gone

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Author: John Edgar Wideman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'This is truly inimitable storytelling' Observer '[A] master of language' New York Times A boy stands alone, unable to enter...
Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and other stories

Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and other stories

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In the Time of Foxes

In the Time of Foxes

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Four Stories

Four Stories

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The Richer, The Poorer: Stories, Sketches and Reminiscences

The Richer, The Poorer: Stories, Sketches and Reminiscences

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Author: Dorothy West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 An incredible collection of writing - both essays and short stories - spanning the long career of Dorothy West....
Float Up, Sing Down

Float Up, Sing Down

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Author: Laird Hunt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer's day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy...
The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales (H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus, Book

The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales (H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus, Book

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A collection of some of the most famous stories from the master of tomb-dark fear...
Transformation

Transformation

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse...
Japanese Ghost Stories

Japanese Ghost Stories

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New in Penguin Japanese Classics- ghost stories from a master recounter of the macabre Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century...
Tales from Shakespeare

Tales from Shakespeare

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Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Tales from Shakespeare These tales are the perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Renowned writers and essayists of the 18th century, siblings...
Float Up, Sing Down

Float Up, Sing Down

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From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer's day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis...
Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included)

Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included)

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Author: Naoshi Koriyama Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The most famous work in all of Japanese classical literature, the KonjakuMonogatari Shu is as integral a part of its nation's...
The Langoliers: An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

The Langoliers: An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

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No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's unforgettable novella - first included in his 1990, award-winning collection Four Past Midnight and made into a highly acclaimed miniseries - about a terrifying...
Striding Folly: Classic crime fiction you need to read

Striding Folly: Classic crime fiction you need to read

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Dorothy L Sayers' amateur sleuth returns in this collection of three stories, featuring a brand new introduction. A must-read for fans of the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, as well Agatha...
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: A riveting, dark story collection from the

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: A riveting, dark story collection from the

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The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of...
You Like It Darker: the Sunday Times number one bestseller (May 2024)

You Like It Darker: the Sunday Times number one bestseller (May 2024)

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** With a bonus story for the paperback edition. ** 'You like it darker? Fine, so do I' writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of...
Misplaced Memories in Moments of Being

Misplaced Memories in Moments of Being

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Misplaced Memories in Moments of Being is a haunting tapestry of linked short stories tracing the rise and unravelling of the suburban dream in the search for a modern paradise....
Suspicion

Suspicion

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A biting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express, now available in English for the first time Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman- tall, beautiful, and not afraid...
The Mistletoe Mystery

The Mistletoe Mystery

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There's a 5* Christmas mystery unfolding at The Regency Grand Hotel... Full of charm and feel-good festive cheer, The Mistletoe Mystery short story is the perfect stocking-filler this Christmas! ____...
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way

Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way

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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...
Classic Australian Short Stories & Verse

Classic Australian Short Stories & Verse

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Classic Australian short stories and verse define the nation's literary identity, often focusing on bush life, colonial struggle, and the unique landscape. Key figures include Henry Lawson, Steele Rudd, and...
Marge and the Pirate Baby

Marge and the Pirate Baby

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Marge is back and exploring the neighbourhood with the kids! With some help from Jemima and Jake, can she stay in charge and keep 'pirate' baby Zara under control? And...
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Selected Stories

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'The most original genius that America has produced' Alfred, Lord Tennyson VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine...
Table For Two

Table For Two

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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND RULES OF CIVILITY THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A...
Stories of Love and Friendship

Stories of Love and Friendship

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An enchanting story collection full of endearing woodland characters... and hugs! Badger can't stop worrying. Little Fox can't find her favourite hat and Mole wants to give Grandpa Mole the...
A Chinese Affair

A Chinese Affair

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Sixteen exquisite stories exploring recentChinese migration to Australia and elsewhere, exploring intergenerational andinterracial relationships, the search for meaning, and the effects of isolationand the inability to express oneself in a...
Emergence: The 30 Best New Voices With Powerful Must-Read Stories

Emergence: The 30 Best New Voices With Powerful Must-Read Stories

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Emergence brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. Now in its third year, the anthology features stories...
Just After Sunset

Just After Sunset

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What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you...
Baron Bagge

Baron Bagge

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine...
Jasmine Tea

Jasmine Tea

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'But how sweet a fruit the 'suppose' must be, that people will sup and sup on it! A juicy fruit, like...
Requiem: A Hallucination

Requiem: A Hallucination

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'My dear friend, he said, life is strange and strange things happen in life' It is a hot July Sunday in...
The Shadow out of Time

The Shadow out of Time

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Assuming that I was sane and awake, my experience on that night was such as has befallen no man before' After...
Lois the Witch

Lois the Witch

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Beware the self-righteous man of faith, the wicked-eyed child, the jealous lover. For this is Salem, in 1691, where rumours fly...
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

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A brand new imprint from Penguin Classics Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing...
The World's Worst Children 2

The World's Worst Children 2

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The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' bestseller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone's favourite children's author, illustrated in...
Something Quite Beautiful: Seven gorgeous short stories from the queen

Something Quite Beautiful: Seven gorgeous short stories from the queen

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Seven powerful, gripping short stories from bestselling author, Amanda Prowse. 'If you have not discovered Amanda Prowse yet you are in for a real treat... Full of incident and real...
Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes

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A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: LA Times * Boston Globe * The Millions * LitHub * Shondaland By the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning AFTERPARTIES...
The Broken Nest

The Broken Nest

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Rabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest authors of his generation. In these two short stories - 'The Broken Nest' and...
Strange News from Another Planet

Strange News from Another Planet

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Of course, very few people go through the gate and abandon the beautiful phenomenon of the outside world for the interior...
Unpacking My Library

Unpacking My Library

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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Every sort of passion verges on chaos, I know, but what the collecting passion verges on is a chaos of memories.'...