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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. An engrossing examination of political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Writing with the economical swiftness and concentrated perception that has made her one of America's most distinguished writers, Joan Didion creates a gleaming novel of innocence and evil. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007415007
ISBN
9780007415007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A nineteenth century saga set in Lancashire and Australia, by the author of OUR LIZZIE. Num Pages: 416 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340748275
ISBN
9780340748275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Remshi is the oldest vampire in existence. He is searching for the werewolf named Talulla, whom he believes is the reincarnation of his long lost - and only - love. But he is not the only one seeking Talulla. Series: The Last Werewolf Trilogy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679512
ISBN
9781847679512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0021694
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KIN0034594
ISBN
9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Polizzotti, Mark. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816677535
ISBN
9780816677535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 165.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170076
ISBN
9781590170076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. A gripping novel about convent life from master storyteller Rumer Godden. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844088591
ISBN
9781844088591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.39

Paperback. Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady, unfortunately widowed young. This work presents a tale of infatuation and deceit, of eliberate evil. Its theme is humiliation, its victim Sonoko's mild-mannered husband. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485612
ISBN
9780099485612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789461533586
ISBN
9789461533586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardback. Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazil's Machado, Machado's Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assis's best-known short stories bring nineteenth-century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
151
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848534
ISBN
9781603848534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.89

Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132541
ISBN
9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.07
€ 106.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872865433
ISBN
9780872865433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. An engrossing, moving tale of one woman's struggle to fulfil her dreams Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 124 x 33. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group London
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747247982
ISBN
9780747247982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. The quickest way to get rich is to marry someone rich, but how do you do this if you aren't yet rich? TV chat-show host Ronnie Appleyard is preoccupied with this question as he pursues wealthy heiress Simona Quick over two continents. But as he comes closer to his prize other questions present themselves. Is the androgenous Simona really worth it? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194257
ISBN
9780141194257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in one of her family cottages on the edge of Dartmoor, she senses there is something he is not telling her. But as he gets to know the rest of the warm jumble of family by the moor, Tim begins to relax again and he discovers that everyone there has their own secrets. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552171458
ISBN
9780552171458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A new arrival sets tongues wagging in the village of Turnham Malpas, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Series: Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752826776
ISBN
9780752826776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. A conceptual tour de force and a satire of pseudo-philosophy and literary devices, from the brilliantly comic ironist and Granta Best of Young British author Illustrator(s): Ralfe, Oly. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780872322
ISBN
9781780872322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528. 352 pages. Published in a new series of Flambard Modern Classics. In the late 1940s and 1950s Chaplin pioneered a new kind of regional fiction dedicated to working-class experience. His finest achievements are usually considered to be his two Newcastle novels from the early 1960s. This is one of them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight: 528.
Publisher
Flambard
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226735
ISBN
9781873226735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

Paperback. Your anguish is the anguish of a boy whose chocolate has been thrown away, whose remote controls are out of batteries, whose scooter is busted, whose new sneakers have been stolen. This is all the more remarkable since you've never in your life seen any of these things.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241144671
ISBN
9780241144671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843918554
ISBN
9781843918554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. A group of young people are searching for meaning in a dark and directionless world. The Course, a religious movement led by a charismatic priest, seems at first to offer everything the friends have been looking for. But as they are drawn deeper into the Course, money, sex and God collide, threatening to rip them apart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571277599
ISBN
9780571277599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' stories, including her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" and "Wunderkind". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183695
ISBN
9780141183695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A hilarious, original story for anyone who has ever been dumped, dumped or lived in a dump - with the cross-over and bestselling appeal of BRIDGET JONES, HIGH FIDELITY and THIS LIFE. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KTM0005802
ISBN
9780340718162
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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