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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, including "Heavy Water"; "Straight Fiction"; "Career Moves"; "The Janitor on Mars"; "Let Me Count the Times"; and others. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099272663
ISBN
9780099272663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The narrator, Samson Young, enters the Black Cross, a thoroughly undesirable public house, and finds the main players of his drama assembled, just waiting to begin. It's a gift of a story from real life.. all Samson has to do is to write it as it happens. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099748618
ISBN
9780099748618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. The story of a life told backwards. Its narrator, Doctor Tod T. Friendly, trapped and hurtling towards a terrible secret, moves "out of the blackest sleep" to find himself surrounded by doctors and on the deathbed of a man in whose body he is imprisoned. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099455356
ISBN
9780099455356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Gregory leads an existence of formidable foppishness, his days and nights a series of effortless, titillating conquests. His foster brother, Terry, has to make do with the leavings as he trawls through life in a miasma of grief. But roles are reversed with both lives dramatically changed. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461852
ISBN
9780099461852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Lilly and Ceily Carney are only seven and twelve when their mother is cruelly taken from them, leaving them at the mercy of the Church and the authorities. This is a terrifying prospect in 1950s Dublin, where it is likely that the girls will end up in one of Ireland's notorious Magdalen laundries - a fate they are determined to escape. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848272101
ISBN
9781848272101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101883075
ISBN
9781101883075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 202 x 34. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101883082
ISBN
9781101883082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.09

Paperback. Follows a journalist who returns to Prague after its annexation and finds her efforts to obtain help for the refugees and to convey the shocking state of the country both frustrating and futile. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226286969
ISBN
9780226286969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762901
ISBN
9781785762901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Chapter Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937559144
ISBN
9781937559144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. For the inhabitants of the damp little Irish town of Ballinacroagh, the repertoire of gastronomic delights has never extended farther than the limp meals of the local inn's carvery. But things are about to change when the beautiful Aminpour sisters - Marjan, Bahar and Layla - arrive, determined to share the magic of their kitchen with the locals. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478928
ISBN
9780099478928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572847
ISBN
9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142455
ISBN
9781897142455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. The award-winning debut from the critically-acclaimed author of A Brief History of Seven Killings Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748498
ISBN
9781780748498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. A startling, hard-edged dissection of slavery and a tour de force of both voice and storytelling Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780746524
ISBN
9781780746524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Offers a fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American woman in Australia. Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals to accompany them on a walkabout through the outback, she learns how they live and thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged geography of the desert region. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 160.
Edition
First UK Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855384842
ISBN
9781855384842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781784162122
ISBN
9781784162122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. This title tells her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552779739
ISBN
9780552779739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Limon, Maja Visenjak. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
123
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970975
ISBN
9781628970975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 206 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714412
ISBN
9780375714412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1668.
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375715006
ISBN
9780375715006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.27

Flexibound. Num Pages: 880 pages, Full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1648.
Publisher
Pantheon
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714962
ISBN
9780375714962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pantheon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714986
ISBN
9780375714986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. Johnny Truant, an employee in a LA tattoo parlour, finds a notebook kept by Zampano, a reclusive old man found dead in a cluttered apartment. Herein is the heavily annotated story of the Navidson Report. Will Navidson, a photojournalist, and his family move into a new house. What happens next is recorded on videotapes and in interviews. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 179 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Doubleday
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385603102
ISBN
9780385603102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 32.89

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