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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An evocative historical novel with a sting in the tail, Shipwrecks is a powerful and deeply moving Japanese classic Translator(s): Ealey, Mark. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
160
SKU
KKD0006098
ISBN
9781841952215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A hugely original anthology of imaginative fiction edited by bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755336623
ISBN
9780755336623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Shalaby, Amany. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Blue Dome Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295600
ISBN
9781935295600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. The new book from Alaa Al Aswany, author of the international bestseller 'The Yacoubian Building' and 'Chicago'. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007314515
ISBN
9780007314515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780857862204
ISBN
9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.77

Paperback. This exceptional Egyptian novel - as mesmerising as it is controversial - caused an unprecedented stir when it was first published in Arabic. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007243624
ISBN
9780007243624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.49

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862211
ISBN
9780857862211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784810
ISBN
9781564784810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241962138
ISBN
9780241962138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.15

Paperback. Offers an account of a Black dandy trying to cut it in Paris. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687778
ISBN
9781846687778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Broken Glass is a Congolese riff on European classics from the most notable Francophone African writer of his generation. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846688157
ISBN
9781846688157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounes dream about the countries where they'll land. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685842
ISBN
9781846685842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.30

Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Classic ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257876
ISBN
9781781257876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.50

Paperback.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253007919
ISBN
9780253007919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. Bonte III was five years old. A cow at that age is at her prime. Prime is an accounting term. A dairy farm is a business and must be managed as such. From this perspective, Bonte III's days were numbered. Numbered is not an empty word. She had been a good representative of her breed. A cow, after all, has no need to try to be a cow. Series: Literary Translation. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press Canada
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776622859
ISBN
9780776622859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.91

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Anthem Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783082711
ISBN
9781783082711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Yentob, Alan. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583676
ISBN
9781905583676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.04

Paperback. Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and finally dull. But when she decides to take in two lodgers, her mundane life becomes much more stimulating. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685262
ISBN
9781846685262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.61

CD-Audio. An eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious self-sufficiency, until the council instructs her to move on. Then a kind home-owner invites her to move her van into his garden - where she stays for the next fifteen years. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785291807
ISBN
9781785291807
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.16

CD-Audio. Offers a complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues. This collection includes all twelve Talking Heads, the precursor of that series, and, A Woman of No Importance. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785291661
ISBN
9781785291661
CD
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.80

Hardcover. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 215. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0008952
ISBN
9781846680496
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Funny, moving, exuberantly imaginative, The Incredible Adam Spark is the unforgettable story of a troubled young man who dares to take on the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755326464
ISBN
9780755326464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. A vital read for anyone who wants to understand just who the hell some men think they are Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hachette Scotland
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755319428
ISBN
9780755319428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. The seventh novel in Alan Bradley's addictive Flavia de Luce mystery series. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409149460
ISBN
9781409149460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.61

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