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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House GB
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555988
ISBN
9780099555988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. This novel by the author of "The Name of the Rose" follows that book's format of a complex intellectual thriller. The plot ranges back and forth through the centuries, full of arcane knowledge, secret societies, love, death, passion and perversion. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287155
ISBN
9780099287155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. An attempt to answer the question, how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability and how much on our linguistic resources? Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, to expound a clear critique of Kant. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276951
ISBN
9780099276951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Set in the 17th century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, this is a tale of medieval legends and dastardly deeds, mixed with portions of exploration literature. Roberto, a young nobleman, waits alone on a Pacific island, separated from the island beyond: the island of the day before. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396664
ISBN
9780749396664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Grunebaum, Jason. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806514
ISBN
9781609806514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295998
ISBN
9780008210144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. It's the end of an intensely hot summer in Vancouver, and Razor's complex and misunderstood best friend Chris has just driven a stolen police car through a road block and over a cliff to his death. Fireball takes us back to the start of that relentless summer, and unravels the events leading to Chris's death. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998103
ISBN
9781906998103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409978
ISBN
9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946898
ISBN
9781908946898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Four friends. One intensely hot summer of sex, chemical experimentation, shifting loyalties and disillusionment that will change their lives forever. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069788
ISBN
9781908069788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863569111
ISBN
9780863569111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A fresh and creative first novel about a young girl struggling to overcome the obstacles of growing up in a Reno trailer park. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0005220
ISBN
9781780874432
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A strange, compelling fable about Europe, capitalism and the human heart. Vatanescu, an impoverished construction worker, wants a future for himself and a pair of football boots for his son. So he decides to head north to a cold, dark country where there is money to be made.. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781780722313
ISBN
9781780722313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Planet savage is a story narrated by Leungo, a nine-year old with a very interesting outlook on life; he views his parents as good-for-nothing savages who care only for themselves; who drink themselves silly with friends who come round every day, leaving any concern for his education by the wayside. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097513
ISBN
9781770097513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845274832
ISBN
9781845274832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.92

paperback. A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188089
ISBN
9780141188089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, for Holly Golightly: glittering socialite traveller, generally upwards, sometimes sideways and once in a while - down. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141182797
ISBN
9780141182797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Grady beautiful, rich, flame-haired, defiant is the sort of girl people stare at across a room. But her privileged society life of parties, debutantes and dresses leaves her wanting more. And excitement comes in the form of the highly unsuitable Clyde, a Brooklyn-born, Jewish parking attendant. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
15th Edition
SKU
9780141188584
ISBN
9780141188584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 114 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780241951453
ISBN
9780241951453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241202425
ISBN
9780241202425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Contains twelve of author's celebrated short stories, together with "The Grass Harp" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This title also includes various sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185309
ISBN
9780141185309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer, this work offers insights into the mind of a killer and the obsession of the man bringing him to justice. It also features six short stories and seven 'conversational portraits' including one of Marilyn Monroe, the 'beautiful child' and a dope-smoking cleaning lady doing her rounds in New York. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184616
ISBN
9780141184616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. P B Jones discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. He discovers along the way that prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185934
ISBN
9780141185934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812994384
ISBN
9780812994384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

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