Search Results: Short Stories from Manyhills Books

Simon & Schuster, 2009. First Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 273 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, 2009. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned and lightly creased. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: There's something for everyone in 10 Short Stories You Must Read This Year. Funny, poignant, perceptive, these vivid tales by some of our best-known writers capture contemporary Australia in all it's variety. Authors who contributed are Robert Drewe, Anita heiss, Toni Jordan, Tom Keneally, kathy Lette, Monica Mcinerney, William McInnes, Melina Marchetta, Jack Marx, and Peter Temple. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN/EAN: 9780731814329. Inventory No: 20070409.. 9780731814329

Octopus, UK, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrator: Sally Stiff. Hardcover. 366 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Octopus, UK, 1984. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Collection of stories with emphasis on animal themes. Authors include - Gavin Maxwell - Joan Selby Lowndes - Herman Melville - Virginia Newlin - Joyce Stranger - Henry Mayhew, and more. *** Illustrator: Sally Stiff. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 0706411730. ISBN/EAN: 9780706411737. Inventory No: 08080544.. 9780706411737

Arcade Pub, USA, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (ex-library)/Very Good. Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Arcade Pub, USA, 1996. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in very good dust jacket. Clear plastic protective cover over dustjacket. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 1559703571. ISBN/EAN: 9781559703574. Inventory No: 08120138.. 9781559703574

Fleetway, UK, 1966. Paperback. Good. Magazine Magazine. 166 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fleetway, UK, 1966. Item Type: Magazine. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 16050072..

Fleetway, UK, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Magazine Magazine. 144 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fleetway, UK, 1957. Item Type: Magazine. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 17060081..

Dell Books, New York, 1961. Second Printing. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 320 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dell Books, New York, 1961. Second Printing. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 23061073..

Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1958. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Medium Trade Paperback. 159 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1958. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Small piece cut from 1st end page.. *** Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Australia; Inventory No: 23070190..

Penguin, Australia, 2000. First Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 255 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Australia, 2000. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A collection of fine Australian writing for the first summer of the new millennium. It combines the work of some of Australia's best writers to guarantee hours of quality holiday reading. Contributors include Thea Astley, Nick Earls, David Malouf, Frank Moorhouse, Brenda Walker and Tim Winton. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 0140288333. ISBN/EAN: 9780140288339. Inventory No: 16060189.. 9780140288339

Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1958. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Medium Trade Paperback. 159 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1958. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Previous owner's name in ink. *** Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Australia; Inventory No: 10044684..

Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1960. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Medium Trade Paperback. 159 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Longmans, Green and Company, London, 1960. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has severe lean. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Previous owner's name in ink. *** Illustrator: Jennifer Nicol & Noel Kelly. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Australia; Inventory No: 19060097..

Thomas Nelson, Australia, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 146 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Thomas Nelson, Australia, 1973. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Lightly tanned pages. Dust jacket has some chipping along top edge and is unevenly tanned. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Minor edgewear to boards. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 0170019845. ISBN/EAN: 9780170019842. Inventory No: 16110051.. 9780170019842

Penguin, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 1968. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 1968. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 10013130..

Bantam Books, USA, 1986. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 221 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Books, USA, 1986. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has moderate lean. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: To American soldiers in Vietnam, "back in the world" meant America and safety. To Tobias Wolff's characters, Back in the World is where lives that have veered out of control just might become normal again. Unfortunately, the men and women in these gripping, pungent, and wonderfully skewed stories have only the vaguest notion of what normal is. A gentle priest finds himself in a Vegas hotel with a hysterical, sun-burned stranger. A show-biz hopeful undergoes a dubious audition in a hearse speeding across the California desert. An aging soldier is distracted from a night of philandering by a gun-toting neighbor and a… Read More

Exisle Pub, New Zealand, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. Trade Paperback. 208 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Exisle Pub, New Zealand, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A city boy finds work on a farm - with unexpected consequences; a car breakdown triggers a change in a young couple's relationship; a girl finds love in a rural community - or does she? The stories in J.T. Wilson's first collection are both accessible and absorbing. He has had immense success - and media interest - from selling his stories on the street. The busking story-teller is a familiar sight on Sydney streets, and in other major cities in Australia and New Zealand. It's a two-way thing, he says. Everywhere he goes people chat to him and maybe purchase a story, and in return he learns… Read More

Atlantic Books, London, 2009. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 351 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Atlantic Books, London, 2009. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Welcome to Kittur, an imaginary everytown nestling on the Indian coast south of Goa and north of Calicut. Journeying through its streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and outer limits, Aravind Adiga weaves a remarkable fictional tapestry of India in the 80s, the years after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and before that of her son Rajiv.From a middle-aged Communist to an Islamic terrorist; from the young children of A Tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy; from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid, an entire Indian world comes vividly and… Read More

Penguin, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. As New/As New. Softcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, 2002. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A collection of over 30 short stories with illustrations, recipes, music, beauty and party tips, in aid of the charity War Child. With Nick Hornby, Nick Earls, Marian Keyes, Candace Bushnell, Kathy Lette, Kate Moss, Julian Clary, Joan Collins, Bob Geldof, Boy George, Jamie Oliver's hangover cure, comedians, a white witch... and much more. *** Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; ISBN: 0143000233. ISBN/EAN: 9780143000235. Inventory No: 06110266.. 9780143000235

William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1970. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 08090362..

William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: William Blackwood & Sons, UK, 1970. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Inventory No: 08090360..

Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 250 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1992. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean and minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. . Previous owner's name in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: elebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love have touched the world. With her evocative bestsellers The Shell Seekers and Coming Home, Rosamunde Pilcher opened your heart to the extraordinary powers of love, heartbreak, and joy. Now she invites you to share the full spectrum of life's moods and emotions through her very first collection of stories. From a child's first knowledge of death, through city and country, to an elderly woman's newfound freedom, The Blue Bedroom is a welcoming experience full of the honesty and warmth unique to… Read More

Brick, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002. Softcover. Near Fine. Softcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Brick, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Features work by Lydia Davis, Maggie Helwig, Walter Murch, Marni Jackson, Fanny Howe, Michael Ondaatje, W. G. Sebald, Carolyn Forche, Darren Wershler-Henry, Christian Bok, Charles Johnson, Mark Abley, Nino Ricci and Pico Iyer. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Australia; ISBN: 0968755534. ISBN/EAN: 9780968755532. Inventory No: 08040518.. 9780968755532