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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3B; FA; FC; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185002
ISBN
9780141185002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide, but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually he begins to play the part. He succeeds so well that God himself intervenes to put Raju's new holiness to the test. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039648
ISBN
9780143039648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. An epic novel of gangland intrigue from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph] Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752877402
ISBN
9780752877402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. The classic heist story from one of the most popular authors of the 20th century: a bestseller wherever books were read. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340286418
ISBN
9780340286418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. R.F. Delderfield is at his best when portraying an observant slice of small town life - this book proves why he was one of the twentieth century's bestselling authors. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444762495
ISBN
9781444762495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The third novel in The Horseman Riding By series that established Delderfield as one of the most popular and admired novelists of the 1960s Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922934
ISBN
9780340922934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' Life Magazine Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922910
ISBN
9780340922910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Delderfield's magnificent novel of an affair that will corrupt a young man forever. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340554487
ISBN
9780340554487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' Life Magazine Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922927
ISBN
9780340922927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' - Chicago Tribune - in this bestselling novel now being reissued as a Great Read. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340922903
ISBN
9780340922903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155578
ISBN
9781903155578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140. .
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063866
ISBN
9781927063866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.86

Hardback. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
333
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821698
ISBN
9781849821698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Adult Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778626
ISBN
9780552778626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

hardcover.
Edition
British First
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780857386359
ISBN
9780857386359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Never before published fifth novel in the stunning literary crime series that has received international critical acclaim. Series: Inspector Chen Cao. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340935187
ISBN
9780340935187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
FRANCES LINCOLN
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177259
ISBN
9781590177259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.50

Hardback. Billed as "a Taiwanese 'Gone With the Wind'", this story spans more than half a century of Taiwan's history, tracing the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan, to World War II. Translator(s): Liu, Taotao; Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122009
ISBN
9780231122009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.34
€ 79.73

Paperback. This book brings together the essay collection "Written in the margins of life (Xie zai ren sheng bian shang)" and the short story collection "Human, beast, ghost (Ren shou gui)." Editor(s): Rea, Christopher G. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152754
ISBN
9780231152754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187860
ISBN
9780141187860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sinolingua Co.,Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9787802003903
ISBN
9787802003903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
570
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908129352
ISBN
9781908129352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Politics. Escorts. Blackmail. is a story of extortion and coercion that explores the call girl industry as it spills over into the world of politics in the city of New York. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780446563345
ISBN
9780446563345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Commercial women's fiction about a professional cook and single mother whose career is jeopardized when she falls for a high-ranking politician. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849162647
ISBN
9781849162647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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