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What If We Were Somewhere Else (Paperback): Wendy J Fox What If We Were Somewhere Else (Paperback)
Wendy J Fox
R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cocktails at Noon - Life. Romance. Mystery. (Paperback): Jane Jevons Cocktails at Noon - Life. Romance. Mystery. (Paperback)
Jane Jevons
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book contains fifteen entertaining short stories across a range of subjects. The stories include an awkward dinner encounter, an important event that is derailed by the wrong shoes and even a possible transgression involving a controlling wife and a ravenous boar.

The Broken Nest (Paperback): Rabindranath Tagore The Broken Nest (Paperback)
Rabindranath Tagore
R160 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R17 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

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 ‘Dead or Alive’ – he is at his devastating best, charting the slow, then fast, implosion of two perfect Bengali households. No-one understands each other; everything is misconstrued; all is lost.

The Genius - Frank O'Connor (Paperback): Frank O'Connor The Genius - Frank O'Connor (Paperback)
Frank O'Connor
R160 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R17 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Known as Ireland’s Chekhov, Frank O’Connor was a master of the modern short story, with an eye for capturing the spaces between our selves and our surroundings. The Genius brings together some of his very best stories, often told from the perspective of young children and forming a revealing portrait of coming of age in postwar Ireland. Humorous and poignant in equal parts, these stories are a lesson in craft from a celebrated, prolific author.

What the Wind Saw - Short Stories from the Heart of Hertfordshire (Paperback): Zoe Jasko What the Wind Saw - Short Stories from the Heart of Hertfordshire (Paperback)
Zoe Jasko
R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What the Wind Saw is a collection of 25 short stories of the people, real and imagined, from a small tract of ancient land in the heart of Hertfordshire. The wind has always blown over these villages, fields, rivers, its towns and its city. It always will. We have the same worries, fears, hopes and dreams today as we have always had. We are connected to each other by our shared experiences, by the places that we live and by the paths that we tread. These are stories of friendship, power, love, grief and ambition inspired by the landscape and what is in it - John Bunyan's Cottage, Shaw's Corner, the annual Ayot St Lawrence art show, the Devil's Dyke, St Albans market, a walk in the woods, a walk across the fields.

A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth - Stories (Paperback): Daniel Mason A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth - Stories (Paperback)
Daniel Mason
R434 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Christmas with L. M. Montgomery (Paperback): L.M. Montgomery Christmas with L. M. Montgomery (Paperback)
L.M. Montgomery
R185 R168 Discovery Miles 1 680 Save R17 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This beautifully designed paperback featuring three Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature three Christmas-themed stories by the author: "Christmas at Red Butte," "A Christmas Inspiration," and "A Christmas Mistake." This book will be accompanied by three similar titles: Christmas with Louisa May Alcott, Christmas with Charles Dickens, and Christmas with O. Henry. The book will feature elegantly designed covers and endpapers, quality paper stock for interiors, and card-stock covers (with flaps).

Arcanum Unbounded - The Cosmere Collection (Hardcover): Brandon Sanderson Arcanum Unbounded - The Cosmere Collection (Hardcover)
Brandon Sanderson 1
R591 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R61 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, Arcanum Unbounded include the Hugo Award-winning novella 'The Emperor's Soul', an excerpt from the graphic novel 'White Sand', and the never-before-published Stormlight Archive novella 'Edgedancer'. The collection will include nine works in all: 'Edgedancer' (Stormlight Archive) 'The Hope of Elantris' (Elantris) 'The Eleventh Metal' (Mistborn) 'The Emperor's Soul' (Elantris) 'Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania' (excerpt; Mistborn) 'White Sand' (excerpt; Taldain) 'Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell' (Threnody) 'Sixth of Dusk' (First of the Sun) 'Mistborn: Secret History' (Mistborn) This superb collection also includes essays and illustrations which offer an insight into the numerous worlds in which the stories are set.

The Awkward Squads - and Selected Short Stories (Paperback): Shan Bullock The Awkward Squads - and Selected Short Stories (Paperback)
Shan Bullock
R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
American Indian Fairy Tales (Paperback): W.T. Larned American Indian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
W.T. Larned
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hell is for Children (Paperback): Jo Szewczyk, Haunted Mtl Hell is for Children (Paperback)
Jo Szewczyk, Haunted Mtl
R613 Discovery Miles 6 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Night Owls - Nikolai Leskov (Paperback): Nikolai Leskov Night Owls - Nikolai Leskov (Paperback)
Nikolai Leskov; Translated by Anna McLean
R160 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R17 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'I decided that my trip had evidently been in vain, since nothing of interest could possibly occur on this visit. I was mistaken.'

Condemned to sleeplessness by the chatter permeating his guesthouse room, a forlorn traveller turns his ear to the riotous tale spun by the garrulous, meddlesome, inane and utterly unprincipled Márya Martýnovna next door. Her exuberant deformations of morality and language scandalized Tsarist society, and she remains one of Russian literature’s most uproarious anti-heroes.

Koöperasie-Stories (Afrikaans, Paperback): P.G. du Plessis Koöperasie-Stories (Afrikaans, Paperback)
P.G. du Plessis
R285 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

PG du Plessis was een van Afrikaans se meestervertellers. En met Koöperasiestories wat ook as ’n televisiereeks uitgesaai is, het hy volksbesit geword. Hierdie heruitgawe is ’n keur van die gewildste humoristiese kortverhale oor die lief en die leed van die mense in die dorp Gezinasrus.

Flambojante karakters soos Veldsman, Genis, Vissertjie, Myta, Oom Botes en die Pieterses kruip ten spyte hulle stommighede en streke, diep in ’n mens se hart.

Hierdie heruitgawe van Koöperasiestories bevat 30 kortverhale en sluit onder meer die volgende ou gunstelinge in:

  • Skeef gelaai
  • Soontjie
  • Merk haar vir my
  • Die man wat so kon spu
  • Liefde is 'n winskoop
  • Dubbele kyk in die oog
  • Milky bar Eksterminasie
  • ’n Ruikertjie geelperskes
  • ’n Dier in pyn
  • Om ’n vrou aan te kleef
  • Die snorkmasjien
Christmas with Louisa May Alcott (Paperback): Louisa May Alcott Christmas with Louisa May Alcott (Paperback)
Louisa May Alcott
R185 R169 Discovery Miles 1 690 Save R16 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This beautifully designed paperback featuring two Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature two Christmas-themed stories by the author: "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True," a tale inspired by Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol; and "How It Happened." This book will be accompanied by three similar titles: Christmas with L.M. Montgomery, Christmas with Charles Dickens, and Christmas with O. Henry. The book will feature elegantly designed covers and endpapers, quality paper stock for interiors, and card-stock covers (with flaps).

The Vanishing Point (Paperback): Paul Theroux The Vanishing Point (Paperback)
Paul Theroux
R380 R319 Discovery Miles 3 190 Save R61 (16%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The stories in The Vanishing Point are both exotic and domestic, their settings ranging from Hawaii to Africa and New England. Each focuses on life’s vanishing points—a moment when seemingly all lines running through one’s life converge, and one can see no farther, yet must deal with the implications. With the insight, subtlety, and empathy that has long characterized his work, Theroux has written deeply moving stories about memory, longing, and the passing of time, reclaiming his status, once again, as a master of the form.

Requiem - A Hallucination (Paperback): Antonio Tabucchi Requiem - A Hallucination (Paperback)
Antonio Tabucchi; Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
R160 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R17 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'My dear friend, he said, life is strange and strange things happen in life'

It is a hot July Sunday in Lisbon and our narrator has an appointment to meet someone by the quayside. But when his guest does not arrive, he spends the day wandering the deserted city, encountering some memorable characters along the way: a disoriented taxi driver, an accordionist, a Seller of Stories and, finally, the long-awaited ghost of the late, great Fernando Pessoa.

Because We Were Christian Girls (Paperback): Virgie Townsend Because We Were Christian Girls (Paperback)
Virgie Townsend
R234 R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Save R18 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
You Like It Darker - Stories (Hardcover): Stephen King You Like It Darker - Stories (Hardcover)
Stephen King
R774 R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Save R123 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it.

Christmas with O. Henry (Paperback): O Henry Christmas with O. Henry (Paperback)
O Henry
R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This beautifully designed paperback featuring 2 to 3 Christmas-themed stories by a world-renowned classic writer will make the perfect stocking-stuffer purchase. This paperback will feature 2 to 3 Christmas-themed stories by the author, led by his much-loved classic "The Gift of the Magi." This book will be accompanied by three similar titles: Christmas with L.M. Montgomery, Christmas with Charles Dickens, andChristmas with Louisa May Alcott. The book will feature elegantly designed covers and endpapers, quality paper stock for interiors, and card-stock covers (with flaps).

The Price of Freedom - Saadat Hasan Manto (Paperback): Saadat Hasan Manto The Price of Freedom - Saadat Hasan Manto (Paperback)
Saadat Hasan Manto
R160 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R17 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India and Pakistan like no other. The Price of Freedom brings together ten of his best stories, focusing on human voices from the religious fracture that forever unhinged two newly independent nations. Powerful, piercing and deeply moving, Manto’s works are key to understanding this bloody chapter in South Asian history.

The Delicate Prey Deluxe Edition - And Other Stories (Paperback): Paul Bowles The Delicate Prey Deluxe Edition - And Other Stories (Paperback)
Paul Bowles; Foreword by Vendela Vida
R486 R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Save R34 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Helene de Kock Keur 6 (Afrikaans, Paperback): Helene Kock Helene de Kock Keur 6 (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Helene Kock
R290 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R18 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Helene de Kock skryf meesleurende romans en sy beeld haar karakters met deernis en humor uit. Hierdie keur bevat twee van haar gewildste wynlandverhale: ’n Kind vir Vier Oude Vrinde en Volmaakte versnit?.

The Last Word - Short stories (Paperback): The Last Word - Short stories (Paperback)
R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Blue Lantern (Paperback): Viktor Pelevin The Blue Lantern (Paperback)
Viktor Pelevin; Translated by Andrew Bromfield
R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
101 Proof Horror (Paperback): Haunted Mtl 101 Proof Horror (Paperback)
Haunted Mtl
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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