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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. I'm fourteen, and I've just decided to kill myself. I don't really want to die, of course! I just need to kill Johanna, and build a new girl. Dolly Wilde will be everything I want to be, and more! But as with all the best coming-of-age stories, it doesn't exactly go to plan.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091949013
ISBN
9780091949013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780261744
ISBN
9781780261744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Costantini, Flavio. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629631868
ISBN
9781629631868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99

Paperback. From the author of The End of the Alphabet, the magical story of an unlikely romance between an illiterate Parisian baker and a woman with her head permanently buried in a book Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271137
ISBN
9781846271137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Some time around his 50th birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846271113
ISBN
9781846271113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.44

Paperback. Combines seafaring tales about Horatio Hornblower, namely: "Flying Colours", "The Commodore", "Lord Hornblower" and "Hornblower in the West Indies". Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119404
ISBN
9780140119404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119398
ISBN
9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Includes the stories "Hornblower and the Atropos", "The Happy Return", and "A Ship of the Line". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140081770
ISBN
9780140081770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602821316
ISBN
9781602821316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.23

Paperback. When We Were Alive addresses the dark side of relationships, war, non-romantic love, passion, and the burden of guilt from living in a world we are powerless to fix. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079900
ISBN
9781785079900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.84

Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653624
ISBN
9780875653624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wisdom Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614291985
ISBN
9781614291985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Durante mas de cincuenta anos, Las Cronicas de Narnia han transcendido el genero de la fantasia, formando parte del canon de la literatura clasica. Cada uno de los siete libros es una obra maestra, que sumerge a los lectores en un terreno donde la magia es realidad, y el resultado es un mundo ficticio cuyo ambito ha fascinado a generaciones. Series: Cronicas de Narnia. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rayo
Edition
Spanish
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061199004
ISBN
9780061199004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.51

paperback. Series: Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
9780060652937
ISBN
9780060652937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bella Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602827400
ISBN
9781602827400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Like a little Freud in your fiction? C.P. Boyko's new collection is a dream come true. Perversely funny new work. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845500
ISBN
9781926845500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. It's what's inside that counts .. or maybe that's bullshit? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Roundfire Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785355165
ISBN
9781785355165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.66

Hardcover. The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. "The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. Clean copy. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Harvill Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KOC0025124
ISBN
9781860469312
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.00

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 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

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