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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987149
ISBN
9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099579649
ISBN
9780099579649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.75

Paperback. * A profound and powerful novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975 Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349000138
ISBN
9780349000138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Multi-layered, subtle, wonderful short stories from the inimitable Booker-prize winning author, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408705148
ISBN
9781408705148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In the worst times you find out who your friends are Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KSS0004845
ISBN
9780340923849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Emotional women's fiction for fans of Cecilia Ahern's PS, I LOVE YOU. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340976708
ISBN
9780340976708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. In the worst times you find out who your friends are Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KAK0002858
ISBN
9780340923849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Some summers will never be forgotten Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0004781
ISBN
9780340923511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 27 x 152 x 234. Weight in Grams: 448. Clean copy in good condition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KIN0005080
ISBN
9780340923504
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The Irish bestseller about putting down roots in unfamiliar soil; about falling in love; and about how tradition and tales are born, nurtured and handed from one generation to the next. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KRA0004876
ISBN
9781782398592
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Some summers will never be forgotten Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0036440
ISBN
9780340923511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0037441
ISBN
9780340923511
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rydon Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910821152
ISBN
9781910821152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina doesn't know if she'll ever see her father or her friends again. But she refuses to give up hope. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670920853
ISBN
9780670920853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Under the Flavian Emperors the Roman public's hunger for gladiatorial combat has never been greater. The Emperor Domitian's passion for novelty and variety in the arena has given rise to a very different kind of warrior: the Gladiatrix Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Myrmidon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905802098
ISBN
9781905802098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Intends to give the reader an appreciation for how our economy works and the wondrous role that the price of everything plays in everyday life. This book presents a story about economic growth and the unseen forces that create and sustain economic harmony all around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143354
ISBN
9780691143354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. The debut novel from one of Britain's best young comedians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0016050
ISBN
9780857209252
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The coruscatingly original debut novel from one of Britain's best young comedians Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780857209238
ISBN
9780857209238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. In this beautiful coming-of-age story set in a year of political turmoil in South Africa, Tom and Millie are best friends, relying on each other to make sense of what's going on in their lives and in the lives of their families. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760113209
ISBN
9781760113209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. * A new tense psychological thriller from the award-winning author, Russell Celyn Jones. * TEN SECONDS FROM THE SUN is an extraordinary story about what happens when a man is forced to construct a shiny new identity in an effort to escape a dark and terrible past. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KRF0038157
ISBN
9780349117799
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747585305
ISBN
9780747585305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, a young man must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to live within 2,500 feet of anywhere children might gather. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Clerkenwell Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846685774
ISBN
9781846685774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. The electrifying novel from the author of Divided Kingdom and The Insult Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0216150
ISBN
9780747526971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The electrifying novel from the author of Divided Kingdom and The Insult Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition
New
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0216140
ISBN
9780747526971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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