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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046914
ISBN
9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed.. Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046891
ISBN
9780141046891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 397 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112817
ISBN
9781551112817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626360624
ISBN
9781626360624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626360020
ISBN
9781626360020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583140
ISBN
9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. A title by a South African artist that deals with the ties that bind and divide families, 'Kitchen Casualties' traces the lives of four generations of women, and the effect that a terrible secret has on them. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919931128
ISBN
9781919931128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life. Translator(s): Berg, Sander. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846884160
ISBN
9781846884160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. This volume gathers together some of the real and the imagined lives of Willa Muir, one of the finest and fiercest intellectuals of her generation. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 30. Weight in Grams: 473.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416058
ISBN
9780862416058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Mariner Books
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780395755143
ISBN
9780395755143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. A novel that describes life on the Nebraska frontier. It presents a range of biographical, historical, and textual information. Editor(s): Rosowski, Susan J.; Mignon, Charles W.; Danker, Kathleen. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 392 pages, Map, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803264373
ISBN
9780803264373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Mignon, Charles W.; Link, Frederick M.; Ronning, Kari A. Series: Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Num Pages: 371 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
Edition
Scholarly
SKU
V9780803264304
ISBN
9780803264304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803263314
ISBN
9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. In this powerful and astonishing novel, Willa Cather created one of the most winning yet thoroughly convincing heroines in American fiction. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083749
ISBN
9781844083749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Lindemann, Marilee. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552320
ISBN
9780199552320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. My Antonia took Cather out of the rank of provincial novelists while at the same time celebrating the provinces. It depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie, through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit. Editor(s): Sharistanian, Janet. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissued
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538140
ISBN
9780199538140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083763
ISBN
9781844083763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 13. Weight: 158.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486282404
ISBN
9780486282404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.54

Hardback. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143123156
ISBN
9780143123156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083725
ISBN
9781844083725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A portrait of a woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them and whose transformations embody the decline and coarsening of the American frontier. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844083732
ISBN
9781844083732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. When their father dies young, exhausted by the failure of his attempts at agriculture, it is left to the visionary Alexandra to guide the family to prosperity and safeguard the fortune of her brothers. Strong-willed and fiercely independent, she succeeds against all odds, but only at the cost of her own fulfilment as a woman. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593418
ISBN
9781841593418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HARPER COLLINS
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0015156
ISBN
9780007594290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. The thrilling debut from comedy writer and stand up star, Will Smith - a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets. 'John le Carre meets 'Middlemarch' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 442. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KTG0003613
ISBN
9780007594269
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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