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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. "What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 460. Fine in dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KTJ0050303
ISBN
9781860467103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 12.00

Paperback. A powerful, sparse debut novel with a moral crux at its heart, Brother's Keeper explores themes of addiction, guilt, forgiveness and redemption. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782394273
ISBN
9781782394273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0014630
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0302243
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0301868
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR An American myth and a contemporary portrait of the scars of the past that run through a family, and of our desperate need to escape our history, to subsume it with pleasure - or to rise above it with glory. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780008173319
ISBN
9780008173319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harare, Zimbabwe. A gun lost in a taxi will bind the fate of five couples - expats and locals - who will either be torn apart or brought together under its violent gravity Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857054296
ISBN
9780857054296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Professor Harry Butler is obsessed with the mind/body problem. Unfortunately, this is not the least of his problems. His wife has turned his study into a Sufi shrine, the Drug Squad have taken up residence in his kitchen, and some of his colleagues suspect him of going astray academically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Harvill P. London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
SKU
KNH0003788
ISBN
9781860467547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gazelle Book Services
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120756915
ISBN
9788120756915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120750494
ISBN
9788120750494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

paperback. South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ecco
Condition
New
SKU
9780876851890
ISBN
9780876851890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Little Lagoon United Kingdom
Number of pages
52
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953523108
ISBN
9780953523108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.27

Paperback. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. Adah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435909918
ISBN
9780435909918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.26

Paperback. Winner of the Best First Book Award at Zimbabwe International Book Fair 2010. Ellie is a shy girl growing up in post-Independence Zimbabwe, longing for escape from the confines of small-town life. When she eventually moves to Britain, her wish seems to have come true. But life there is not all she imagined. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998530
ISBN
9781906998530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Cheyette, Bryan. Series: Jewish Writing in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263888
ISBN
9780803263888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. An evocative historical thriller based in one of London's original suburbs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780228389
ISBN
9781780228389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. In November 1942, Bruno Schulz, teacher of drawing and handicrafts at a boys' college in Drohobycz, was shot dead by a Gestapo officer as he brought home a loaf of bread. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447219477
ISBN
9781447219477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered. Translator(s): Proctor, Minna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959832
ISBN
9781841959832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300252
ISBN
9781896300252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. This is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of 17, and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation, to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264165
ISBN
9780226264165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

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