Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Offers a collection of twelve writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099524083
- ISBN
- 9780099524083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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Paperback. Addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099267546
- ISBN
- 9780099267546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099842606
- ISBN
- 9780099842606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. This work shows the anxieties of the postwar era. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099548850
- ISBN
- 9780099548850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
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Paperback. A travelling salesman falls in love a robot, Jenny, a refrigerator with personality. A man plays with his model trains too much until the women in his life decide to take matters into their own hands. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529064
- ISBN
- 9780099529064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Pay attention please to the life of Walter F Starbuck. 1913, gave him the gift of life. 1970, gave him a job in the Nixon White House. 1975, sent him to prison for his part in the 'Watergate' scandal. Now he is coming out of jail, into the brave new world of 1980s Manhattan. This title tells the story of his first twenty-four hours of freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099999003
- ISBN
- 9780099999003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099819301
- ISBN
- 9780099819301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.50
€ 9.50
Hardcover. One of America's greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575081956
- ISBN
- 9780575081956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282969
- ISBN
- 9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099800200
- ISBN
- 9780099800200
Paperback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Later printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609800734
- ISBN
- 9781609800734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
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Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099387817
- ISBN
- 9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812978896
- ISBN
- 9780812978896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.75
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Paperback. In the Californian desert.. A four-year-old boy goes missing. A British rock star goes quietly mad. An alien-worshipping cult is born. An Iraqi teenager takes part in a war game. In a remote town, near a rock formation known as The Pinnacles, lives intertwine, stories echo, and the universal search for meaning and connection continues. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020211
- ISBN
- 9780141020211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
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Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Very good copy in good dustwrappers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0007266
- ISBN
- 9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRA0009959
- ISBN
- 9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
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Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0009143
- ISBN
- 9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A novel drawn from a little known chapter of World War II history - the brutal Soviet deportations of 1.5 million Polish civilians to forced labor camps in Siberia shortly after the Soviets occupied eastern Poland at the beginning of the war. It explores the impacts of this shattering experience on a family from four points of view. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Aquila Polonica Publishing United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607720089
- ISBN
- 9781607720089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
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Paperback. Alternating between the lives of Koreans struggling through seventy years of turbulent, post-World War Two history in their homeland and the communities of Korean immigrants grappling with assimilation in the United States, this title weaves together intricate tales of family and love, abandonment and loss on both sides of the Pacific. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 179.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571276202
- ISBN
- 9780571276202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
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Paperback. Can you save a friend who doesn't want to be saved? A powerful debut novel from an exciting new talent. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751550900
- ISBN
- 9780751550900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062660749
- ISBN
- 9780062660749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.27
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Hardback. Bea Britt lives alone in her grandmother's house in Oslo. Early one morning, there are people out in the garden, and drama unfolding on her living room TV. Volunteers are scouring the neighbouring woods looking for Emilie, a twelve-year-old girl who has disappeared. This novel is about enduring oneself and others, delicately revealing the choices. Translator(s): Kinsella, Sean. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910701805
- ISBN
- 9781910701805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
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Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813116334
- ISBN
- 9780813116334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.43
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Paperback. House Work is the lyrical history of a family of five in working-class Pittsburgh. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593477
- ISBN
- 9781882593477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.60
€ 15.99
€ 14.60