Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing. Editor(s): Moser, Linda Trinh; Rooney, Elizabeth. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070945
- ISBN
- 9780252070945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.74
€ 23.74
Paperback. After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183961
- ISBN
- 9780141183961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. *A woman's struggle to find happiness. Set against a background of poverty and hardship in Clydeside's docklands. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KST0015497
- ISBN
- 9780751545111
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * Set in Bethnal Green, this story opens just after the Ripper murders. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751548419
- ISBN
- 9780751548419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186580
- ISBN
- 9780141186580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. As a criminal pathologist, Dr Edward Jenner has seen many bad deaths in his day, but none as crazed as the ritual slayings perpetrated by Robert Farrar, The Inquisitor. He survived the final denouement of Farrar's killing spree, but not the fall-out from the authorities which saw his medical license suspended and him banished from New York. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRA0010720
- ISBN
- 9780099538646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of 19 tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents. Or alone. Stories of passion, desire, and necessary restraint; of the near future, the recent past; of old habits, new technology; of won't-be mothers and would-be fathers; and of houses, ancient and modern. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. Weight in Grams: 200. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, pages lightly toned, text is clear and remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0023761
- ISBN
- 9780006550983
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In the middle of a family lunch Teresa, just married, goes to the bathroom, unbuttons her blouse and shoots herself in the heart. What made her kill herself immediately after her honeymoon? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141199955
- ISBN
- 9780141199955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.93
€ 13.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. It features Pechorin who is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts and his cynicism, and desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. Translator(s): Randall, Natasha. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105633
- ISBN
- 9780143105633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. The bestselling author of Kommandant's Girl returns with the follow-up to The Officer's Lover Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751543629
- ISBN
- 9780751543629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
paperback. A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841955766
- ISBN
- 9781841955766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.88
€ 12.99
€ 9.88
Paperback. Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make friends. Forty years later, Odran's devotion has been challenged by the revelations that have shattered the Irish people's faith in the church. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552778435
- ISBN
- 9780552778435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 8.94
€ 11.99
€ 8.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473641761
- ISBN
- 9781473641761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.88
€ 18.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, this book presents a surprising and subversive fictional-history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540120
- ISBN
- 9780099540120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241145869
- ISBN
- 9780241145869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. A gorgeous reissue of the warm and enchanting bestselling novel. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007198467
- ISBN
- 9780007198467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.61
€ 17.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 39. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451638004
- ISBN
- 9781451638004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.22
€ 15.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503933316
- ISBN
- 9781503933316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.53
€ 11.99
€ 10.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780062449658
- ISBN
- 9780062449658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.74
€ 12.99
€ 9.74
Paperback. As heart wrenching and life-affirming as ONE DAY or ME BEFORE YOU, A Hundred Pieces of Me is a story about what it means to finally live life to the full. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444727074
- ISBN
- 9781444727074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Is it possible to forgive and forget? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0014025
- ISBN
- 9781444743203
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A special edition of A is for Angelica as part of The Legend Press Collection, celebrating 10 years of publishing. Series: The Legend Press Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Special ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785079771
- ISBN
- 9781785079771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908775986
- ISBN
- 9781908775986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755340576
- ISBN
- 9780755340576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82