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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. In this powerful and visionary novel of Celtic Britain in the tenth century, Sian Hayton writes of the Christianizing of the pagan world that was the overthrow of woman; of one particular woman in the north of Britain who comes to the monks to learn about the new faith, and they are scandalized by her beauty and her physical strength. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438. 202 pages. In this powerful and visionary novel of Celtic Britain in the tenth century, Sian Hayton writes of the Christianizing of the pagan world that was the overthrow of woman; of one particular woman in the north of Britain who comes to the monks to learn about the new faith, and they are scandalized by her beauty and her physical strength. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 20. Weight: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561310005
ISBN
9781561310005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.75

Paperback. Sian Busby's debut novel is a breathtaking feat of historical scholarship, which takes you to the heart of the Victorian soul. As Daniel McNaughten goes on trial, the dark forces lying beneath the surface of society threaten to break loose and overturn the very order of things. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906021887
ISBN
9781906021887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

hardcover. The stories in Better Than War encompass narratives from a diverse set of Iranian immigrants, many searching for a balance between memories of their homeland and their new American culture. The everyday life of each character subtly reflects viewpoints that are simultaneously Iranian and American, of all ages and circumstances. Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348537
ISBN
9780820348537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218115
ISBN
9780811218115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.79

Hardback. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." Translator(s): Gessel, Van C. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590. A Novel. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 328 pages. "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight: 590. Translator(s): Gessel, Van C.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162821
ISBN
9780231162821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.78

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Central Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908742032
ISBN
9781908742032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169675
ISBN
9780691169675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BetterLink Press Incorporated United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602202368
ISBN
9781602202368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.56

The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. This text is devoted to Shtaynbarg's work. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Translator(s): Leviant, Curt. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DQ; FA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607182
ISBN
9780815607182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.72

Collecting an autobiographical novel and three short stories, this work brings together the achievements of the great Russian masters, Chekhov and Nabokov and the Jewish and American storytellers, Bashevis Singer and Malamud. Editor(s): Shrayer, Maxim D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608202
ISBN
9780815608202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892729166
ISBN
9780892729166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.13

Paperback. Translator(s): Halkin, Halkin. Series: Library of Yiddish classics. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780805210699
ISBN
9780805210699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. The author of Yiddish novels and short stories, Sholem Aleichem, evokes the voices of Yiddish speakers in these monologues written between 1901 and 1916. In each piece, a man or a woman comes forward to tell the story. Translator(s): Gorelick, Ted. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 192 pages, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606345
ISBN
9780815606345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.40

Hardback. This volume follows the hapless, albeit hilarious, adventures of Menachem-Mendl, a dreamy optimist who travels to New York and across Eastern Europe in search of an elusive fortune at the approach of World War I. His wife and children are left behind in the shtetl of Kasrilevka. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 418 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606772
ISBN
9780815606772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Presents an account of life in turn-of-the-century Russia. Through the workaday world of a rural dairyman, his grit, wit, and heart, his daughters' courtships and marriages, and the eventual menace of the pogroms, this title reveals the fabric of a vanished world. Translator(s): Shevrin, Aliza. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105602
ISBN
9780143105602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
191
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347837
ISBN
9780936347837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. A stunning collection of short stories that will be adored by readers of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Fleet
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006475
ISBN
9780349006475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888820669
ISBN
9781888820669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. While expecting their new litter of kittens, Joe Grey and Dulcie become involved in investigating a human murderer who has been targeting the local elderly. Series: Joe Grey Mystery Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 171 x 32. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062403506
ISBN
9780062403506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.53

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Barnard, Bryn. Num Pages: 44 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CJBR; FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375813078
ISBN
9780375813078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.03

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