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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A lucid enquiry into the precise meaning of identity - that which makes each of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual. In this series of reflections, the author considers how we define ourselves and what identity has meant and continues to mean in different cultures. Translator(s): Sluglett, Peter. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860467295
ISBN
9781860467295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in a state of religious flux. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106007
ISBN
9780349106007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Mysterious beans are found on the market stalls of the East, to which ancient superstition lends the power of favouring the birth of male children. When a French entomologist obtains a few of these beans, he worries that the world has entered a critical phase of its history. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349105994
ISBN
9780349105994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Mani is born into a time of war - 3rd-century Mesopotamia. Despite being the son of a warrior, he becomes a painter, physician, mystic and prophet, preaching in the battlefields, a doctrine of humility, tolerance and love that becomes known as "Manicheanism". Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108711
ISBN
9780349108711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences. Translator(s): Manguel, Alberto. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New e.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860468902
ISBN
9781860468902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the Koran, there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of the apocalyptic "year of the beast", 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant embarks on a quest to find the answer. He sets out on a journey that will take him across the breadth of the civilized world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099452089
ISBN
9780099452089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222. New Writing from the Arab World. 320 pages. 'These 39 Arab writers are all under the age of 40. They have flung open the doors on Arabic culture inviting the reader to transcend cultural boundaries and land in a region known as the "Arab World".' Hanan al-Shaykh. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; FA; FYT. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408809631
ISBN
9781408809631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. Tells the story of a reality TV death camp, which has become the nation's obsession - an amoral spectacle played out through the media. This book is a satire on the modern predilection for reality television and celebrity, in which the audience at home develops a taste for blood. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234936
ISBN
9780571234936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. A novel about a young girl already stripped of illusions. The daughter of diplomats posted to Peking in the mid-seventies, the unnamed narrator of this novel charges about her tightly enclosed world on her 'horse' (bicycle). But she also learns life's hardest rule: that if she wants to be loved, she must be cruel in return. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226634
ISBN
9780571226634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. 'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at the Yumimoto Corporation hierarchy means everything, and her time there soon turns into a comic nightmare of terror and self-abasement. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571220489
ISBN
9780571220489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A wonderful, heart-rending love story from the author of DANCE WITH WINGS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755359981
ISBN
9780755359981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A fabulous multi-generational tale for fans of Kate Morton and Lucinda Riley. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 39. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755347186
ISBN
9780755347186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Europa Editions United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609450663
ISBN
9781609450663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453091
ISBN
9781609453091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 259 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503940048
ISBN
9781503940048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Wife. Mother. Daughter. What happens when it all becomes too much? Series: No Greater Courage. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784970352
ISBN
9781784970352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Pru Plum, owner of the famous Mayfair bakery, is not the confident, successful businesswoman she appears. She has done shameful things to get where she is and will do anything to protect the secrets of her past - especially when, for the first time in her life, she has finally fallen in love.. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781854983
ISBN
9781781854983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.97

Paperback. How far would you go to bring home the one you love? This story of a woman determined to rescue her soldier husband grabs you by the heart and doesn't let go. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781851111
ISBN
9781781851111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.14

Paperback. Forbidden love in 1960s London has heart-wrenching consequences. The next powerful page-turner in Amanda Prowse's NO GREATER LOVE sequence. Series: No Greater Love. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781854266
ISBN
9781781854266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

Paperback. Funny without knowing it and naive without being innocent, Zoe is pretty much left alone to get on with growing up. Yet the most relevant events of her youth are invariably caused by other people. This novel is about adolescence and lack of innocence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747562740
ISBN
9780747562740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.37

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