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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. English teacher Krishna has recently married, but his wife and daughter live miles away. The story begins with his immediate family deciding to join him. Krishna is initially frightened by this, but soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282280
- ISBN
- 9780099282280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Features stories such as "Mr Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi", "The Financial Expert", and "Waiting for the Mahatma". Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152944
- ISBN
- 9781857152944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749396046
- ISBN
- 9780749396046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
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
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140185492
- ISBN
- 9780140185492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.14
€ 18.99
€ 15.14
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
€ 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
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 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
€ 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
€ 16.99
€ 12.64