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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282846
- ISBN
- 9780099282846
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; she sympathetically observes the struggle under the pressures of convention, and the complex interplay between love and reason. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288701
- ISBN
- 9780099288701
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Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
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Paperback. At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one of his oldest friends. Yet Paris is not what he expects. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286851
- ISBN
- 9780099286851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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paperback. Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099478324
- ISBN
- 9780099478324
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancee, the cool and beautiful Louise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286882
- ISBN
- 9780099286882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428848
- ISBN
- 9780099428848
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289005
- ISBN
- 9780099289005
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tachyon Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781616961879
- ISBN
- 9781616961879
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
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Paperback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Edward. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307278081
- ISBN
- 9780307278081
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.82
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Paperback. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241951804
- ISBN
- 9780241951804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
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Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift S. Num Pages: 176 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages, music. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; FC; HBJK. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486280417
- ISBN
- 9780486280417
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Condition: New
€ 7.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126813
- ISBN
- 9781897126813
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. Tells how led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2841st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530381
- ISBN
- 9780099530381
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Series: A Dog's Purpose. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509852826
- ISBN
- 9781509852826
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278. 186 pages, 1. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight: 278. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A.
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264363
- ISBN
- 9788086264363
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Laird, Sally. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172742
- ISBN
- 9781590172742
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Translator(s): Gambrell, Jamey. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 39. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173862
- ISBN
- 9781590173862
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.45
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Paperback. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Series: Dedalus Europe 2013. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650710
- ISBN
- 9781907650710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
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Paperback. Translator(s): Ready, Oliver. Series: Dedalus Europe. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213148
- ISBN
- 9781910213148
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
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Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.73
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196329
- ISBN
- 9780141196329
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182537
- ISBN
- 9780141182537
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. A romance that follows Ada from her first childhood meeting with Van Veen on his uncle's country estate, in a 'dream-bright' America, through eighty years of rapture, as they cross continents, are continually parted and reunited, come to learn the strange truth about their singular relationship. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141181875
- ISBN
- 9780141181875
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Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
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Paperback. A novella in which a middle-aged man weds an unattractive widow in order to indulge his paedophilic obsession with her daughter. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191188
- ISBN
- 9780141191188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
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€ 9.47