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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. The children have flown, the parents are free. Life is suddenly about to get very interesting indeed .. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Digital original
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751543667
- ISBN
- 9780751543667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
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Paperback. This is Kazantzakis's modern "Iliad". Set in late-19th-century Crete, when a new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866 and 1878. In the village of Megalokastro, a Cretan resistance fighter named Captain Michales, is matched by the Turkish bey, his blood-brother. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571178575
- ISBN
- 9780571178575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190218
- ISBN
- 9780571190218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. This autobiographical novel is one of the last things written by Kazantzakis before he died in 1957. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Italy, Jerusalem, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Russia. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571195077
- ISBN
- 9780571195077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Against the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world. Translator(s): Dallas, A. G. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571105069
- ISBN
- 9780571105069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Kazantzakis's classic novel, blacklisted by the Vatican, filmed by Scorsese, has been labelled heretical, blasphemous and a masterpiece. His Christ is an epic conception, wholly original. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 35. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571178568
- ISBN
- 9780571178568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, transformed and inspired along with the reader. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323272
- ISBN
- 9780571323272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Includes a selection of short fiction and famous dramas. This book includes stories ranging from comic to tragic and describes the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449075
- ISBN
- 9780140449075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. Translator(s): Geddes, Tom. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530789
- ISBN
- 9780714530789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.37
€ 10.37
Paperback. Features stories of Russian life that are peopled by outsized characters including serfs, princes, Gypsy girls, horse dealers, nomadic Tartars and garrulous storytellers. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099577362
- ISBN
- 9780099577362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
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€ 13.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679776444
- ISBN
- 9780679776444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.53
€ 19.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series: New Directions Pearls. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 73
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219471
- ISBN
- 9780811219471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.32
€ 12.32
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812971194
- ISBN
- 9780812971194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
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€ 14.04
Paperback. Translator(s): Katz, Michael B. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682. 488 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 28. Weight: 676. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495472
- ISBN
- 9780801495472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Cardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030395
- ISBN
- 9780141030395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.66
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€ 17.66
Hardcover. An Amphigory Devised for Your Amusement. 32 pages, colour illus. A story for adults that has been conceived in the style of "Edward Lear" and contains visual puns, leg-pulls and japes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 277 x 184 x 10. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Double Storey
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770130104
- ISBN
- 9781770130104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.42
€ 17.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Sonokrom, a village in the Ghanaian hinterland, has not changed for thousands of years. Kayo is a forensic pathologist convinced that scientific logic can shatter even the most inexplicable of mysteries. But as events in the village become incomprehensible, Kayo finds that Western logic and political bureaucracy are no longer equal to the task. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526124
- ISBN
- 9780099526124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
Paperback. Nigel Williams, one of the UK's finest comic writers, returns with a poignant comic portrait of four marriages: a caustic satire of suburban intrigue, tainted love and late-flowering lust. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472106759
- ISBN
- 9781472106759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. The hilarious second book in Nigel William's comic trilogy set in Wimbledon, delightfully re-issued with a stunning new cover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472106780
- ISBN
- 9781472106780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472106766
- ISBN
- 9781472106766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. The second in the Mary Stewart trilogy and a sequel to PRICE OF A PRINCESS, in which a feeble monarch, James III, proves to be a disaster for Scotland as clan feuds come to a head. Series: Mary Stewart. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 32. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004458
- ISBN
- 9780340625873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The story of John Stewart of Methven, unwillingly knighted by James VI and I and drawn into a world of politics and greed Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 29. Weight in Grams: 193. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004457
- ISBN
- 9780340386354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. In 1857, the Tweed Fisheries Act made it illegal to fish for salmon in 50 square miles of open sea off the mouth of the River Tweed. A local schoolmaster, Adam Horsburgh, believes the Act should be challenged openly and when he proceeds to act, a full-scale salmon war breaks out. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- B&W Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631461
- ISBN
- 9781873631461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.68
€ 8.99
€ 7.68
Paperback. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. 256 pages. A hero of the Peninsular War, Lieutenant Alastair MacRory of Gleneidart returns home to Wester Ross to recuperate from a wound he suffered while fighting with the Highland regiments. Highland families are being evicted and sent to Canada. Alastair deserts and throws in his lot with his people. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FV. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- B & W Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631454
- ISBN
- 9781873631454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.68
€ 8.99
€ 7.68