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Vintage Publishing The Complete Short Stories of Saki
The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories. In 'The Open Window' an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life. In 'The Unrest Cure' the ordered home of a respectable country gent is rocked to its core. And 'Laura' expresses the hope of revenge via reincarnation. For punchlines, twists, satire and pure mirth, Saki's stories are second-to-none.
£10.99
Daunt Books Christmas with Dull People
£6.52
Everyman Saki: Selected Stories
Saki's dazzling tales manage the remarkable feat of being anarchic and urbane at the same time. Studded with Wildean epigrams and featuring well-contrived plots and surprise endings, his stories gleefully skewer the pompous hypocrisies of upper-class Edwardian society. But they go beyond mere satire, raising dark humour to extremes of entertaining outrageousness that have rarely since been matched. Saki's elegantly mischievous young heroes sow chaos in their wake without breaking a sweat, occasionally assisted by werewolves, tigers, eavesdropping house pets and casually murderous children. This selection of over fifty stories includes such favourites as 'Tobermory', 'The Open Window', 'Sredni Vashtar', 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger', 'The Schartz-Metterklume Method', and many more.
£10.99
Tokyopop Press Inc The Flower That Seems to Truly Dance
"No one can know about these feelings. But at least I can think of you while I dance."It's the 16th year of the Showa era (1941), and Soutarou Kuramoto, the son of a distinguished family, is returning from his studies abroad with something on his mind. As a child, he told his best friend, Haroumi Asuma, "I hate the way you dance".Determined to apologize, he visits Haroumi, but the young man — now a renowned dancer — deftly avoids him. Or perhaps there's another reason why he won't meet with Shoutarou...?Set in an era where connecting with the person you love wasn't easy, a reunion with a childhood friend allows a long hidden love to bloom.
£12.95
Alma Books Ltd Tobermory and Other Stories: Annotated Edition – Contains 29 stories
‘Tobermory’ – the title story of this collection – is widely considered one of Saki’s finest pieces, in which a short-sighted dinner-party guest introduces a talking cat to the diners, inadvertently revealing gossip and pushing fickle characters into the limelight – in the process undermining the common perceptions of grandiose and genteel high society. From some of his earliest successes, such as ‘Gabriel-Ernest’, ‘The Bag’ and the Clovis stories, about a young man with an impish sense of humour, to later tales such as ‘The Boar-Pig’, which is as bizarre as it is hilarious, and ‘The Toys of Peace’, which he was never able to see in print, this selection contains a wealth of well-known tales with vastly different themes – from reincarnation to psychological warfare – and bearing every trademark token of wit with which Saki has enthralled generations of eager readers.
£8.42
Renard Press Ltd Saki's Cats
Saki’s Cats rounds up the tales about cats, big and small, by the undisputed master of the short story. ‘Tobermory’, one of Saki’s most famous pieces, demonstrates the danger that would ensue from granting cats the power of speech – animals have long lurked unseen, eavesdropping, in the background. The tom in ‘The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat’ is the only one to enjoy his meal, as is the leopard in ‘The Guests’. In ‘The Penance’ and ‘Mrs Packletide’s Tiger’, hunters who put cats in their sights are humiliated and blackmailed. ‘The Achievement of the Cat’ considers how cats have come to be served by the human race. In addition to the short stories about cats, Saki’s Cats also collects Saki’s juvenile letters to his sister Ethel about the tiger cub he adopted while living in Burma. The feisty felines of these tales are the only clear winners, and, with a characteristic smirk and dash of his pen, it is Edwardian Society that Saki sends slinking off, tail between its legs.
£8.03
Daunt Books Improper Stories
£9.67
Penguin Books Ltd Reginald's Christmas Revel
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.With his signature flair and razor-sharp wit, Saki is an undisputed master of the short story. His tales are by turns hilarious, festive, supernatural and macabre, but all offer fabulous, bite-sized satires of a decadent upper-class Edwardian world. 'Saki, like a chivalrous highwayman, only robs the rich: behind all these stories is an exacting sense of justice . . . they dazzle and delight' Graham Greene
£9.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 17-18
£17.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 11-12
£16.19
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 12
£10.79
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 13
£11.99
Little, Brown & Company Black Bullet, Vol. 5 (light novel): Rentaro Satomi, Fugitive
With the chaos of the Third Kanto Battle subsiding, peace is finally returning to the Tendo Civil Security Agency, and Rentaro, Kisara, Enju, and Tina are taking full advantage of the quiet. But when an old friend from Rentaro's childhood reappears, their bright days turn suddenly dark--and Rentaro finds himself imprisoned for a senseless murder. He plans a desperate escape, but his enemies keep coming, and they are like nothing he's ever fought before...
£11.99
Austin Macauley Publishers Things We Do for Love
£11.99
Tuttle Publishing Sashiko for Making & Mending: 15 Simple Japanese Embroidery Projects
Let this book show you the pleasure of repairing, reinforcing and making beloved items using sashiko embroidery!Sashiko for Making and Mending shows you how to use sashiko stitching to mend rips, repair things like fraying cuffs and create original accessories that look fabulous.With this book, you'll be able to embrace the visible mending movement—the practice of repairing high quality items you already own instead of replacing them with cheaper "fast fashion" alternatives. It also gives you the opportunity to practice the craft, with instructions for 15 handmade items, including: Gorgeous indigo pouches A rustic linen book cover Breezy, multipurpose cotton stoles A simple, elegant tote bag And so much more! This book teaches many easy variations of the traditional sashiko stitches—highlighting the impact simple, well-executed stitching can have on everything from embellishing napkins to repairing a jacket. Its gorgeous, thoughtful aesthetic and high-functionality makes sashiko the perfect all-purpose embroidery!
£12.59
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 5-6
£17.99
Renard Press Ltd Saki's Plays
The undisputed master of the short story, Saki's name is synonymous with brilliant writing that satirises Edwardian Society, and his plays were no exception. In his only full-length play, 'The Watched Pot', Trevor Bavvel, sole heir to a country estate, is in want of a wife, but must operate under the strict attention of his miserly mother Hortensia. Although wildly neglected today, Saki's plays met with widespread acclaim in his day, and he was even compared favourably with the great Oscar Wilde. This complete edition of Saki's plays - the first complete edition ever published - demonstrates the great writer's prowess as a playwright, and sparkles with the same wit as the short stories that have enchanted generations of readers.
£8.70
Penguin Books Ltd The Complete Short Stories
Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation as a writer continued to grow long after his death. The stories are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, full of eccentric wit and unconventional situations. With his great gift as a social satirist of his contemporaryupper-class Edwardian world, Saki is one of the few undisputed English masters of the short story.
£10.99
Renard Press Ltd The Westminster Alice
The Westminster Alice is a collection of humorous vignettes by Saki, first published in the Westminster Gazette in 1902, which form a political pastiche of the Alice books by Lewis Carroll, featuring an unforgettable cast of notable politicians of the day, and brought to life with illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould – ‘with apologies to Sir John Tenniel’ for their striking likeness to the original Alice illustrations. Desperately trying to navigate her way through the world of Ineptitudes, Knights, Queens and Mad Hatters, Alice delivers a stinging satire of Westminster politics – which, imbued with Saki’s charm and delicate wit, and set in a world evocative of Carroll’s timeless Wonderland, is as charming today as when it was written, and belongs on every Alice fan’s bookshelf.
£8.03
Michael Walmer Reginald in Russia
£11.21
Michael Walmer Reginald
£11.21
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 18
£11.69
Little, Brown & Company Re:ZERO: The Frozen Bond, Vol. 1
Based on a Re:ZERO short story by the original author, this manga offers a glimpse into the world of the half-elf Emilia and her spirit companion Puck before they first encountered Subaru Natsuki!
£10.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 13-14
£16.19
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 8
£11.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 1-2
£17.99
Kodansha America, Inc Attack On Titan: Junior High 4
With over 500,000 English language copies in print, Attack on Titan is the breakout manga hit of the year. Eren and Mikasa enter a new school - Titan Junior High! However, Eren's hated Titans for years - can he get along with his new (harmless?) classmates? Featuring all of the characters from the main series as readers never seen them before, this series is sure to delight fans of Attack On Titan with a human vs. Titan volleyball match, a Titan rock band, and much more!
£16.99
Little, Brown & Company Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen, Vol. 1 (light novel)
In this dark, gothic fantasy, a boy is summoned to another world where he meets a beautiful and terrifying girl who offers him a choice-to be her servant, or to be tortured!
£11.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Darkness Vol. 14
£10.79
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC To Love Ru Vol. 3-4
£17.99
Digital Manga Deadlock Volume 4
Things finally come to a head, as a scuffle between Yuto and B.B. finally sets off an allout war between the Black and the Chicano gangs. Desperate to avoid danger, as the massive riot envelops the entirety of the prison, Yuto and Dick take cover in a storage room, where Yuto is faced with the astonishing truth behind Dick’s tragic past, and his plans for the future. “Come with me...Yuto—” Torn between the sweet temptation to go with the man he loves, and his sense of obligation towards his mission, Yuto is thrown into turmoil as he struggles to make up his mind. Should he go with Dick, or should he stay and fulfill his duty... Also includes the short side-story “Restful Slumber,” which follows Dick as he makes his escape from the prison.
£13.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC I'll Never Be Your Crown Princess! (Manga) Vol. 3
Liddy and Freed have finally completed their engagement ceremony and are officially betrothed. But soon, Freed is called off to battle, leaving his beloved fiancée behind. He hasn't been gone long when Liddy stumbles upon an injured man in desperate need of help. But this isn’t any ordinary man – he’s a desert assassin suffering from a curse! Will Liddy be able to save his life? Or rather, should she?
£12.59
Michael Walmer The Unbearable Bassington
£14.36
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC I'll Never Be Your Crown Princess! (Manga) Vol. 2
In this sexy isekai romcom manga, a noblewoman loses her virginity to a mystery man to avoid marrying a prince--but he turns out to be the prince himself!
£12.59
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC I'll Never Be Your Crown Princess! (Manga) Vol. 1
In this sexy isekai romcom manga, a noblewoman loses her virginity to a mystery man to avoid marrying a prince--but he turns out to be the prince himself!Liddy, who was Japanese in her previous life, is now the daughter of a duke and engaged to marry the gorgeous Crown Prince Friedrich. Sounds like a dream come true—except this is a world that practices polygamy, and Liddy refuses to marry a man with multiple wives. To sabotage the engagement, she loses her virginity to a stranger, but that plan is thwarted by a surprising revelation. What will happen to Liddy next in this hot fantasy romance?
£13.99
Little, Brown & Company Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen Omnibus
Kaito has had a rough life, but it only gets worse after he dies. When he's summoned to another world, he meets a beautiful and terrifying girl who offers him a choice-to be her servant and help her slay demons, or to suffer at her hands!
£21.59
Michael Walmer The Chronicles of Clovis
£14.36