Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Fifty-six and overweight, Harry Rabbit Angstrom has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, is giving him cause for concern. His son is a wreck of a man and his wife has decided that she wants to be a working girl. He has to make the most of life. After all, he doesn't have much time left. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188447
- ISBN
- 9780141188447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188942
- ISBN
- 9780141188942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
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Paperback. The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188973
- ISBN
- 9780141188973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, into his confused life comes Jill, a runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188546
- ISBN
- 9780141188546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Hardcover. In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." This title follows the life of one character from the age of ten through manhood, in the small Pennsylvania town of Olinger (pronounced, according to Updike, with a long O and a hard G), which was loosely based on Updike's own hometown. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841596181
- ISBN
- 9781841596181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
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Paperback. A novel about the sexual experiences of ten couples from Tarbox, New England. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188980
- ISBN
- 9780141188980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Gabriel Corrigan is a man who will fight to the death to protect little freedoms. The system doesn't like it. It says that you cannot opt out, that you have to participate. And it will do whatever it takes to return Gabriel to the fold - alive or dead. Series: Fourth Realm Trilogy. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 106 x 32. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552153355
- ISBN
- 9780552153355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Muswell Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780995482203
- ISBN
- 9780995482203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832925
- ISBN
- 9780856832925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
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€ 13.43
paperback. The Commander in Chief of the most powerful military force in the world has acted strangely and the media want explanations, but the President is far from apologetic. He has an epiphany which leads him to realise what is wrong with society, the economy and government, and it is he who is asking searching questions about the status quo. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832611
- ISBN
- 9780856832611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.44
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Paperback. Features the bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186054
- ISBN
- 9780141186054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629143132
- ISBN
- 9781629143132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.47
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849822442
- ISBN
- 9781849822442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
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Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; FA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- New European Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872410050
- ISBN
- 9781872410050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
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Paperback. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: Bison Book S. 119 pages. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803291317
- ISBN
- 9780803291317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.13
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Paperback. Journeying through city steam rooms, rugged North Wales mountains, and estuaries facing other places, this collection examines the lives of young men making daring choices--about risky sex, new romance, and status and belief. These sensual stories by a prize-winning author reveal a lucid prose, etched with echoes of the sea. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902638348
- ISBN
- 9781902638348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.11
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Paperback. Tarlton writes of the adventures, discoveries and triumphs of a contemporary woman struggling to balance work and home responsibilities. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593729
- ISBN
- 9781882593729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.75
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Paperback. This first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis is set in Baton Rouge. Sorrow alternates with good-ol'-boy humor as the hero struggles over three consecutive days surrounding his 47th birthday to come to terms with grief, aging and the disappointments of a childless marriage. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593460
- ISBN
- 9781882593460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.32
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Paperback. Farree has discovered a portion of his true heritage as one of the ancient Little People, the Faery Folk, of legend - but so far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind to survive. That is, until his compatriots, star-traveler Krip Vorlund and sorceress Lady Maelen, run across wings for sale in the market on a distant frontier outpost world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781451637571
- ISBN
- 9781451637571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.02
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Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476736624
- ISBN
- 9781476736624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
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Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Milkweed Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571310866
- ISBN
- 9781571310866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.10
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 155 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154. Clean copy with some shelf wear and slight foxing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEA0000110
- ISBN
- 9781853711626
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A historical saga which tells the story of the bitter struggles, illicit passions and chequered lives of a Scottish dynasty whose wealth has been built up in the Scotch Whisky business at the height of the Victorian era. From the author of QUEEN'S ROYAL. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631744
- ISBN
- 9781873631744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.14
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€ 9.14
Paperback. In the long hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Petty, the widowed farmer, has had her hunch proved correct that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig proceeds, it becomes clear though that this is no ordinary find. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141016382
- ISBN
- 9780141016382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.70
€ 10.99
€ 9.70