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Title: Better Than Home Title Record # 345191
Author: Joe Hill
Date: 1999-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A boy with emotional issues relates how his baseball-manager (for the pros!) father handles his disability with grace, while his aunt DOES NOT and his mother wants to send him to a "school".
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Year Language Title
2009Translated by Kari Salminen
Finnish Parempi kuin kotona

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Better Than Home 1999-00-00 Joe Hill White Eagle Coffee Store Press      
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
chap  
20th Century Ghosts 2005-10-00 Joe Hill PS Publishing 1-904619-46-0
£15.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
304
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Vincent Chong Checkmark
20th Century Ghosts 2005-10-00 Joe Hill PS Publishing 1-904619-47-9
£25.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Chong  
20th Century Ghosts 2005-10-00 Joe Hill PS Publishing 1-904619-48-7
£60.00?£: UK pound
xiv+
304
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Chong  
20th Century Ghosts 2007-10-00 Joe Hill Gollancz / Orion 0-575-08192-9
£14.99?£: UK pound
x+
389
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Edward Bettison Checkmark
20th Century Ghosts 2007-10-00 Joe Hill William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-114797-5
$24.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ervin Serrano Checkmark
20th Century Ghosts 2007-10-01 Joe Hill HarperAudio 978-0-06-144775-4
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
coll  
20th Century Ghosts 2007-10-16 Joe Hill HarperAudio 978-0-06-155466-7
$24.99?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Ervin Serrano Checkmark
20th Century Ghosts 2007-11-00 Joe Hill William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC 1241863
$14.99?$: US dollar
xvi+
316
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
20th Century Ghosts 2008-09-00 Joe Hill Harper 978-0-06-114798-2
$13.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
316
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
20th Century Ghosts 2008-10-09 Joe Hill Gollancz 978-0-575-08308-0
£7.99?£: UK pound
xv+
383
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Edward Bettison  
20th Century Ghosts 2009-03-17 Joe Hill HarperCollins e-books 978-0-06-180476-2
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Better Than Home 2014-10-23 Joe Hill Gollancz 978-1-4732-0964-0
£0.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap  
20th Century Ghosts 2015-09-00 Joe Hill PS Publishing 978-1-84863-928-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Fangorn Checkmark
20th Century Ghosts 2015-11-01 Joe Hill PS Publishing 978-1-84863-928-7
£35.00?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Chong  
20th Century Ghosts 2015-11-01 Joe Hill PS Publishing 978-1-84863-930-0
£125.00?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Chong  
20th Century Ghosts 2015-11-01 Joe Hill PS Publishing 978-1-84863-930-0
£495.00?£: UK pound
339
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Vincent Chong  
The Black Phone 2021-12-28 Joe Hill William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-321483-5
$16.99?$: US dollar
336
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
The Black Phone 2021-12-28 Joe Hill William Morrow / HarperCollins 978-0-06-321513-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
xvi+
462
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
20th Century Ghosts unpublished Joe Hill Gollancz 0-575-08294-1   x+
389
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Edward Bettison  
20th Century Ghosts date unknown Joe Hill Harper 978-0-06-114798-2
$13.99?$: US dollar
xiv+
316
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
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