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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. From the Pulitzer and Story Prize winner: sixteen new stories - provocative, funny, disturbing, magical - that delve into the secret lives and desires of ordinary people, alongside retellings of myths and legends that highlight the aspirations of the human spirit. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472114303
ISBN
9781472114303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596. 432 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800732400
ISBN
9780800732400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550964684
ISBN
9781550964684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.25

Paperback. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172. 288 pages. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight: 196.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843547419
ISBN
9781843547419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A masterful re-imagining of the lives and loves of Harry Houdini, from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller The Cellist of Sarajevo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KAK0011217
ISBN
9781782394013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Boston Alyson Publications 1993. United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854491865
ISBN
9780854491865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Part "Great Gatsby", part "This Is Spinal Tap", this work paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KIN0008106
ISBN
9780747573944
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A wickedly funny novel about life's saddest moments, The Easy Way Out asks the most difficult questions most of us will ever have to consider. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786480842
ISBN
9781786480842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown. Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547044
ISBN
9780099547044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Special operations officer Jason Thanou of the Temporal Regulatory Authority must once again plunge into Earth's blood-drenched past to combat the plots of the Transhumanist underground to subvert that past and create a secret history leading up to the fulfillment of their mad dream of transforming humanity into a race of gods and monsters. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476780726
ISBN
9781476780726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the meaning of the narrative emerges from their juxtapositions, harmonies, or discords. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226807409
ISBN
9780226807409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

paperback. From his prison cell, Jasper Dean tells the story of his scheming father Martin, his crazy Uncle Terry and how the three of them upset - mostly unintentionally - an entire continent. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780141031828
ISBN
9780141031828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Dazzling, hilarious, disturbing and utterly unforgettable new novel from the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473606074
ISBN
9781473606074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Karoo is a professional fixer of other people's scripts and, by his own acknowledgement, he ruins them all. Calamity and comedy follows shambolic Saul Karoo as his life breaks down. He is a man prone to luck both good and bad, and when a young woman with a strange connection to his past shows up, the plot of his own life comes into sharp focus. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099777915
ISBN
9780099777915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555977528
ISBN
9781555977528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in Poland. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a 63-year-old Jewish businessman. Mysterious, ambiguous and monarchical, 'King Chaim' forced adults and children alike to work punishing hours providing supplies for the German military. Num Pages: 672 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 150 x 42. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571259212
ISBN
9780571259212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. The Am Spiegelgrund clinic, in glittering Vienna, masqueraded as a reform school for wayward boys and girls and a home for chronically ill children. The reality however, was very different. Translator(s): Paterson, Anna. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571288472
ISBN
9780571288472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. An ironic comedy novel with dark undertones, set in the 1960s and the present day: it was love at first sight. Fifty years on, disclosure means disaster. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674420
ISBN
9781910674420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after giving Hank the overdose that killed him, Doc is wracked by addiction. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighbourhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554479
ISBN
9780099554479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Permuted Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781682611524
ISBN
9781682611524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Provides insights to deepen your faith, strengthen your people skills, and hone your knowledge. This title shares how.. an encounter with a buck clarifies the importance of hope; a hunter's first deer sighting offers ideas for sharing the gospel; and an unpredictable doe highlights how women are different - and why that's good Bonus. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780736957847
ISBN
9780736957847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Praise for Steve Burrows fabulous Birder Murder series: 'Most entertaining' The Times 'Delightful' Daily Mail 'Suspenseful' Publishers Weekly Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786072337
ISBN
9781786072337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Weber, Lisa K. Series: Museum Mysteries. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. .
Publisher
Capstone Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496525215
ISBN
9781496525215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.87

paperback. Steve Almond's stunning first collection of short stories explores the lives of young men in their twenties and thirties, their confusions, their obsessions, their emotional complexities, taking a clear-eyed view of relationships between young men and women who have come of age in an era without innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099443629
ISBN
9780099443629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.57

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