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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141355078
ISBN
9780141355078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. Nineteenth century is drawing to a close, and the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are becoming a dying section of society. As Soames Forsyte struggles to uphold the old moral code in the face of the social revolution resulting from the Great War, his wife Irene's beauty causes even more disruption. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages, genealogy tab. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184180
ISBN
9780141184180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

paperback. The Forsyte Saga comprises of The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let, produced in a single volume. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224382
ISBN
9781840224382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.28

Paperback. Thirty years on, Granta remains the world's most prestigious English-language magazine of new writing. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Granta Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881239
ISBN
9781905881239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Paperback. The second issue of a new anthology from renowned literary critic John Freeman, Freeman's: Family features never-before-published stories, essays, and poetry by Booker-winner Marlon James, Tracy K. Smith, Claire Messud, Aminatta Forna, Aleksandar Hemon, Kiese Laymon, Alexander Chee and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w plate section. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 261 x 28. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855401
ISBN
9781611855401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. A new anthology from renowned literary critic John Freeman, Freeman's: The Best New Writing on Arrival features never-before-published stories by Haruki Murakami, Louise Erdrich, Dave Eggers, Etgar Keret, Lydia Davis, David Mitchell, and others. Editor(s): Freeman, John. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855418
ISBN
9781611855418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.30

Paperback. If everyone else was fighting dirty, could you rise above it? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 184. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0030979
ISBN
9780747256069
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119816
ISBN
9780813119816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.34

paperback. Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a disgraced woman, and their romance will defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099478331
ISBN
9780099478331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A title that began as a vision the author had of five travellers riding with mysterious purpose through remote countryside. This image gives way to another - a hanging corpse with violets stuffed in its mouth - which leads us into a maze of beguiling paths and wrong turnings, disappearances and revelations. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000786
ISBN
9780099480419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", the author set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755319
ISBN
9780099755319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. A journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter is intrigued by the elderly artist's relationship with two beautiful young women. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099480518
ISBN
9780099480518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Miles Green wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no idea of how he got there or who he is. He definitely doesn't remember his wife, or his children's names. An impossibly shapely specialist doctor tells him his memory nerve-center is connected to sexual activity, and calls in the even shapelier Nurse Cory to assist with treatment. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530282
ISBN
9780099530282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Daniel Martin is a screenwriter working in Hollywood, who finds himself dissatisfied with his career and with the person he has become. So he travels home to reconcile with a dying friend, and also to visit his own forgotten past in an attempt to discover himself. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478348
ISBN
9780099478348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478355
ISBN
9780099478355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099470472
ISBN
9780099470472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

CD-Audio. Whether flying a cat to Abu Dhabi, dealing with a nervous bassoonist, hunting for a cleverly-hidden lemon or attempting to celebrate Christmas in seven minutes, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. This book deals with this topic. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 142 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910281994
ISBN
9781910281994
CD
Condition: New

€ 72.33
€ 50.63

paperback. Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays that complete his career, the author's crowning accomplishment is the Arturo Bandini tetralogy. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562. 768 pages. Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays that complete his career, the author's crowning accomplishment is the Arturo Bandini tetralogy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd.
Number of pages
768
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954974
ISBN
9781841954974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.76

Paperback. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144. 208 pages. Henry Molise, a fifty-year-old successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his elderly parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, bricklaying father, Nick, despite being weakened by age and alcoholism, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight: 176.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956190
ISBN
9781841956190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfil his own dreams of becoming an American sports hero. This teenage southpaw aspires to big leagues, big recognition and big love. He struggles, though, against reality of his Italian parents, and comes under pressure to go into the family business. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88. 112 pages. Trapped in a small, poverty-ridden town in 1933, seventeen-year-old Dominic Molise yearns to fulfil his own dreams of becoming an American sports hero. This teenage southpaw aspires to big leagues, big recognition and big love. He struggles, though, against reality of his Italian parents, and comes under pressure to go into the family business. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 8. Weight: 100.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951928
ISBN
9781841951928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Series: Benson and De Vere. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142500
ISBN
9780349142500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Drag City United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780965618373
ISBN
9780965618373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. In 1903, Frank Sherman photographed a cattle roundup, including a surprise visit from President Theodore Roosevelt, to make postcards for his souvenir shop in Colorado Springs. Here are his images preserved on glass negatives all these years later. Enjoy authentic views of the cowboys. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887404368
ISBN
9780887404368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, the author builds up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 50. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185811
ISBN
9780141185811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.37

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