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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444781274
- ISBN
- 9781444781274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. By the author of SCHINDLER'S ARK, a profoundly affecting tale of love, courage and sacrifice and a searing evocation of the First World War from a fresh, female perspective. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340951880
- ISBN
- 9780340951880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Paperback. An intelligent, moral take on a highly topical issue - this will take Thomas Keneally to a new level, gaining him a new generation of fans Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLN0016597
- ISBN
- 9780340825266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A masterful account of Napoleon's final years in exile, by Booker Prize-winning author Thomas Keneally Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473625358
- ISBN
- 9781473625358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. 'A beautiful mad romp of a novel .. Prepare to be dazzled' (Daily Mail) Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KST0020627
- ISBN
- 9780340632437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- BRANDON BOOKS/MOUNT EAGLE
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KST0023489
- ISBN
- 9780863223945
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Stories to Remember S. Num Pages: 168 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CJBR; FA; YFB. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 122 x 186 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- SKU
- KLN0014312
- ISBN
- 9780333099261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his wife, Lady Murasaki. Series: Hannibal Lecter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532958
- ISBN
- 9780099532958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardback. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 47. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141040332
- ISBN
- 9780141040332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.64
€ 18.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy with some minor reading wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Modern Library Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- SKU
- KLJ0015860
- ISBN
- 9780375756795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The daughter of a wealthy railway magnate, Paula Power inherits De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She commissions George Somerset, a young architect, to undertake the work. Somerset falls in love with Paula but she, the Laodicean of the title, is torn between his admiration and that of Captain De Stancy. Editor(s): Schad, John. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, facsim., map. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435061
- ISBN
- 9780140435061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
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Paperback. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a man haunted by his past. In his youth he betrayed his wife and baby daughter in a shocking incident that led him to swear never to touch alcohol again for twenty-one years. He has since risen from his origins to become a respected pillar of the community in Casterbridge, but his secrets cannot stay hidden forever. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529576
- ISBN
- 9780099529576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KAK0011158
- ISBN
- 9780099484257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A luminous love story and an internationally acclaimed masterpiece, published in the UK for the first time Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. 288 pages. Bernardo Greene is attempting to rebuild his life. Imprisoned and tortured by Pinochet's regime for introducing his students to political poetry, he has arrived at Copenhagen's centre for rehabilitating torture victims at the age of forty-nine, to begin, to begin again. Across from the King's Garden, Michela Ibsen also seeks a new beginning. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight: 208.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809846
- ISBN
- 9781408809846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408845189
- ISBN
- 9781408845189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
€ 16.99
€ 12.46
Paperback. Steven Armour is a man at a crossroad. But life takes a dramatic turn for Steven when, on a whim, he joins a local group of Civil War re-enactors. Assigned to immerse himself in the life of Private John Trow, Steven soon finds that his weekends at the living history village on Connecticut's Mt Riga let him escape his everyday disappointments. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449676
- ISBN
- 9780099449676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater remains its author's most famous and frequently-read work and one of the period's central statements about both the power and terror of imagination. De Quincey describes the intense "pleasures" and harrowing "pains" of his opium use in lyrical and dramatic prose. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114354
- ISBN
- 9781551114354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.44
€ 25.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. A haunting novel of obsession and betrayal, told from the perspective of a man who may have committed an horrific act of violence: The Secret History meets Before I Go to Sleep. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391715
- ISBN
- 9781782391715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
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€ 12.99
Paperback. "A haunting novel of obsession and betrayal, told by a man who may have committed an horrific act of violence: The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal." Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782391739
- ISBN
- 9781782391739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.24
€ 10.99
€ 9.24
Paperback. Featherbones is an ethereal love song to a city by the sea. This beautiful novel depicts a liminal world of statues, drownings and winged creatures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sparkling Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907230516
- ISBN
- 9781907230516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.57
€ 13.57
paperback. Translator(s): Winston, Professor Richard; Winston, Clara. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781400077557
- ISBN
- 9781400077557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.89
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Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311043
- ISBN
- 9780226311043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
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Paperback. Playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) gives us one of his most darkly comic works. A series of parable-like anecdotes--some drawn from newspaper reports, some from conversation, some even from hearsay--this satire portrays an ordinary world careening into absurdity and disaster. Translator(s): Northcott, Kenneth. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044026
- ISBN
- 9780226044026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.55
€ 16.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Roithamer has committed suicide having been driven to madness by his own frightening powers of pure thought. This work talks about the gradual breakdown of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion of the negation of his own soul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099442547
- ISBN
- 9780099442547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08