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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021884
- ISBN
- 9781619021884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Hardback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160902
- ISBN
- 9780231160902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Translator(s): Lovell, Julia. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160919
- ISBN
- 9780231160919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Includes stories wherein: a man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own; teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods; and, a boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First printing of this edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081209
- ISBN
- 9781847081209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Zhou Wei Hui lives in Shanghai and is a graduate of the prestigious Fudan University. Marrying Buddha is her second novel; her first, Shanghai Baby, was an international bestseller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291709
- ISBN
- 9781845291709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780956613585
- ISBN
- 9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099444893
- ISBN
- 9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St John's to head to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van' Vanderluyden, son of the wealthiest man in America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572039
- ISBN
- 9780099572039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. A stark and violent exploration of an American myth, this is a novel about the doomed gunslinger Billy the Kid. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784975135
- ISBN
- 9781784975135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0015732
- ISBN
- 9780857897497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A burned-out private detective is enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the US Constitution..the real one. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061252051
- ISBN
- 9780061252051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Hardback. In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective -- and common sense -- at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. This irreverent novel by one of Taiwan's best-known writers is both a masterpiece of fiction and a vivid reflection of Taiwanese identity and the impact of Western culture. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112024
- ISBN
- 9780231112024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 63.79
€ 82.89
€ 63.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445834
- ISBN
- 9781885445834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.76
€ 19.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. From the author of THE HUSTLER, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781474600842
- ISBN
- 9781474600842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In the sequel to the cult classic THE HUSTLER, Eddie Felson returns to the poolroom to give the game one last shot. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474600828
- ISBN
- 9781474600828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474600804
- ISBN
- 9781474600804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
paperback. From the author of the cult classic The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear comes another fantastical journey into Zamonia. This captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers is astonishingly inventive, amusing and engrossing. Num Pages: 688 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099472223
- ISBN
- 9780099472223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.97
€ 24.99
€ 20.97
Paperback. Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099285328
- ISBN
- 9780099285328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.51
€ 30.99
€ 20.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Delta
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 5/29/05
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385338127
- ISBN
- 9780385338127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405921343
- ISBN
- 9781405921343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65