Anthologies

A collection of short stories from the award-winning author of The Rift and The Dollmaker, Nina Allan. This compilation brings together rarely seen tales spanning the vast breadth of Allan's writing career for the first time. It also includes a brand-new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101908174Author Philip HensherFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm)...

'Few travelled in these days, for, thanks to the advance of science, the earth was exactly alike all over. Rapid intercourse, from which the previous civilization had hoped so much, had ended by defeating itself. What was the good of going to Peking when...

Some friendships need celebrating, some are hard to navigate, and some need a bit of tender love and care. Delve into this anthology for a tour of all aspects of friendship by your favourite classic authors.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a...

It has been more than thirty years since the term "flash fiction" was first coined, perfectly describing the power in the brevity of these stories, each under 1,000 words. Since then, the form has taken hold in the American imagination. For this latest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345802989Author Otto PenzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 924gDimensions(mm) 232mm *...

16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love. Sixteen stories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909679863Author Jonathan GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Snowbooks LtdPublisher Snowbooks LtdWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425223550Author Lora LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739830144Author Leila AboulelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Scratch BooksPublisher Scratch Books

In 1948 Robert Doisneau took a picture of a young woman working at her typewriter on the banks of the Seine. With her stylish sunglasses and short skirt, she seems to epitomise Left Bank bohemian chic. In fact she turns out to be the English author Emma...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590179437Author H. P. LovecraftFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641293181Author Peter LoveseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432052Author Evan BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 203gDimensions(mm)...

Following on from Helen Constantine's hugely successful Paris Tales, the twenty-two short stories included in More Metro Tales take the reader on an fascinating journey around Paris by metro. The journey begins at the Gare du Nord, stops at twenty...

Traditional Japanese Literature features a rich array of works dating from the very beginnings of the Japanese written language through the evolution of Japan's noted aristocratic court and warrior cultures. It contains stunning new translations of such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486433622Author Evan BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940450370Author Flannery O'ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 1300Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)...

Spanning a period of over three hundred years and twenty-five countries, The Penguin Book of Migration Literature is a wide-ranging anthology that brings together well-known authors such as Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith and Salman Rushdie alongside emerging...

These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s-2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998654065Author Devoney LooserFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Quill InkPublisher Quill InkWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm

A wonderful new book with short stories from open submissions and a curated selection of ancient myths and folk tales from Polynesia, Scotland, the Ancient Greeks and tales from the high sea. The mysteries of the rivers, the secrets of the lochs, the...

New fiction by: Suad Aldarra Caleb Azumah Nelson Jan Carson Elaine Feeney Oona Frawley Sinead Gleeson Anna Jean Hughes Caleb Klaces Naomi Kruger Henrietta McKervey Paul McVeigh Mary Morrissy Nuala O'Connor Chris Wright To live...

Irresistible tales of love, friendship, passion and betrayal from some of the top names in fiction.A woman planning not just what she wants to wear to a school reunion, but who she wants to be . . . A couple hoping to start a new life in Spain - and...

The brilliant new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, for the first time including new stories by the edgiest modern writers. The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936070978Author David L. UlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 222g

A sparkling anthology celebrating sport in all its variety; from elite rugby and football to rural games on the village green, from an exclusive golf club to the sheer pleasure of a bicycle ride.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of...

This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is the second entry in the Divide anthology series attempting to capture the newness, vastness, territoriality, and sense of transience alive in the American West. In this collection legends, myths,...

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Spain. The city is famous for its painters, modernist architecture, style of football, and its history, but as Peter...

The publication of The White Chalk of Days: The Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series Anthology commemorates the tenth year of the Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series. Co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute,...

Beyond the Veil is the second volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440204237Author Raymond CarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906841546Author Kirstin InnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish Literary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553213355Author Jack LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 174mm *...

Named a New York Times Notable BookWinner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizeWinner of the Anne Frank PrizeThese shattering stories describe the lives of ordinary people as they are compelled to do the unimaginable: a couple who must...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905881369Author John FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Granta MagazinePublisher Granta MagazineWeight(grams) 416gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 145mm...

With the natural world increasingly under threat, Our Place in Nature explores one of the most topical issues of our day; our appreciation of nature and recognition of our place in it.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736070338Author C L CannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Fiction-Atlas Press LLCPublisher Fiction-Atlas Press LLCWeight(grams) 717gDimensions(mm)...

The stories collected here--including such gems as Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May," F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Bridal Party," Joy Williams's "The Wedding," and Lorrie Moore's "Thank You For Having...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975673Author Elizabeth MerrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 253gDimensions(mm)...