Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099472339
- ISBN
- 9780099472339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
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Paperback. Dr Thoughtless Actions, a young geneticist, awakes one morning to find a cardboard box secured to his head. Unable to wrench it off, he attempts suicide, not only failing but also, unbeknowst to himself, cloning himself, creating Dr Wishful Thinking. Both of them fall in love, fall in science, and fail to make a baby. Num Pages: 96 pages, music. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452103
- ISBN
- 9781552452103
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564789211
- ISBN
- 9781564789211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.05
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477563
- ISBN
- 9780099477563
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
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Paperback. Danielle Steel is a master storyteller and one of the best-known and best-loved writers of women's fiction of all time Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 108 x 26. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751550658
- ISBN
- 9780751550658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, transformed and inspired along with the reader. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323272
- ISBN
- 9780571323272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.33
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Paperback. A pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. The worst of the plague is now past, and Manhattan is slowly being resettled. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099570141
- ISBN
- 9780099570141
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Soho Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616950880
- ISBN
- 9781616950880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.74
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Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617483
- ISBN
- 9781558617483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.97
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Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062413178
- ISBN
- 9780062413178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.94
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Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781509822850
- ISBN
- 9781509822850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 5.80
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509822843
- ISBN
- 9781509822843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.90
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Hardcover. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 126
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909807501
- ISBN
- 9781909807501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Bodour, a distinguished literary critic and university professor, carries with her a dark secret. As a young university student she gives birth to an illegitimate daughter, Zeina, who she abandons. Zeina grows up to become one of Egypt's most beloved entertainers, whilst Bodour turns to writing. Can mother and daughter be reunited? Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863564178
- ISBN
- 9780863564178
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
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Paperback. Selected for South African O Magazine's best reads, this devastating debut grips from the first page. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780744308
- ISBN
- 9781780744308
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Lukas Zbinden leans on the arm of Kazim, as they walk slowly down the stairway towards the door of his old people's home. Step by step, the irrepressible Lukas recounts the life he shared with his wife Emilie and his son. Different in so many ways, what was the secret of their life-long love? And why is it so hard for him to talk to his son? Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268. 172 pages. Lukas Zbinden leans on the arm of Kazim, as they walk slowly down the stairway towards the door of his old people's home. Step by step, the irrepressible Lukas recounts the life he shared with his wife Emilie and his son. Different in so many ways, what was the secret of their life-long love? And why is it so hard for him to talk to his son?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 15. Weight: 268. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276100
- ISBN
- 9781908276100
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142180044
- ISBN
- 9780142180044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.11
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Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Sarsen Press
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897609088
- ISBN
- 9781897609088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
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Paperback. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW AN AMAZON ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING CHRISTINA RICCI The novel of the woman dubbed 'The First Flapper' - Zelda Fitzgerald, wife and muse to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set against the glamorous backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, Z is the story of the golden couple who had it all, but who weren't destined for a happy ending. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444761436
- ISBN
- 9781444761436
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
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Paperback. Yuki is visiting her sister in the UK, but is also secretly retracing their mother's footsteps from a holiday ten years before. Something terrible happened not long after her mother's visit and Yuki wants to find out the cause. With the help of a local girl, Denny, she sets out to unearth and explain her family's secrets.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571254262
- ISBN
- 9780571254262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.98
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€ 8.98