.png){kind=logo}
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Results 8401 - 8424 of 12829
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his Uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy in original cloth covers. Covers dulled and showing some age and shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0005473
- ISBN
- 9780141441115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 15.99€ 11.39
€ 15.99
€ 11.39
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780375759239
- ISBN
- 9780375759239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.86
€ 7.99
€ 7.86
Paperback. Twenty-one, passionate and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable Ball, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start in London. Editor(s): Schutt, Sita. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441092
- ISBN
- 9780141441092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground, and killing himself. Editor(s): James, Simon. 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
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441078
- ISBN
- 9780141441078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
paperback. Young, impoverished and ambitious, science student Mr Lewisham is locked in a struggle to further himself through academic achievement. But when his former sweetheart, Ethel Henderson, re-enters his life his strictly regimented existence is thrown into chaos by the resurgence of old passion. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441054
- ISBN
- 9780141441054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. 'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?' "No," said Dr Conner. And so after a mild heart-attack - Pop Larkin finds himself off the booze. While Ma tries to find ways around 'doctor's orders', young Primrose is finding her own way round a flustered - Mr Candy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029658
- ISBN
- 9780141029658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. 'I should like to go to France,' said Ma. And so at the end of a rainy English August the Larkins - all ten of them, bundle into the old Rolls and cross the Channel. France proves less than welcoming to an eccentric English family. When the manager learns that Ma and Pop are unmarried yet sharing a room under his roof, the trouble really begins. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029641
- ISBN
- 9780141029641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. With a letter announcing the imminent arrival of Madame Dupont, Pop and Ma Larkin learn that little Oscar and Blenheim - are to be christened. Pop, who needs no excuse to open a few bottles and host the perfick party, rushes out and buys a fun fair to celebrate. But there are one or two gatecrashers even Pop hadn't counted on turning up. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029665
- ISBN
- 9780141029665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. A visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced him to the delights of country living. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029672
- ISBN
- 9780141029672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Pop Larkin - junk-dealer, manages to sell the nearby crumbling, tumbling country home to city dwellers Mr and Mrs Jerebohm. But the Larkin's new neighbours aren't quite so accepting of Pop's little eccentricities. In fact, it's not long before a wobbly boat, a misplaced pair of hands and Mrs Jerebohm's behind have Pop up before a magistrate. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029689
- ISBN
- 9780141029689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776525
- ISBN
- 9780413776525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.44
€ 15.99
€ 14.44
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775993
- ISBN
- 9780413775993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.50
€ 15.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind, the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. It is a stroke of unbelievable luck when the family of a French farmer risk their lives to offer the airmen protection. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188164
- ISBN
- 9780141188164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775986
- ISBN
- 9780413775986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.44
€ 15.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198806493
- ISBN
- 9780198806493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.10
€ 18.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590171868
- ISBN
- 9781590171868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Eleven-year-old Djata makes sure he is always home on Sundays. It is the day the State Security came to take his father away, and he believes it will be a Sunday when his father finally comes home again. While he waits, Djata lives out a life of adventure. Translator(s): Olchvary, Paul. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161439
- ISBN
- 9781784161439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Translator(s): Sollosy, Judith. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 193 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714531236
- ISBN
- 9780714531236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. In OSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS, the first in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the brutal murder of a young rent-boy puts Oscar in grave danger.. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KEX0302766
- ISBN
- 9780719569302
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 10.41
€ 12.99
€ 10.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781721902
- ISBN
- 9781781721902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908069733
- ISBN
- 9781908069733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.35
€ 12.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762965
- ISBN
- 9781905762965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. In the tradition of New York Times bestselling authors Marisa de los Santos and Emily Giffin, Gwendolyn Zepeda delivers a moving women's fiction novel about unexpected friendships. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446564038
- ISBN
- 9780446564038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.16
€ 25.99
€ 18.16
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099565192
- ISBN
- 9780099565192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28