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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The tragic story of a rebellious, fiercely intelligent young slave who breaks all the rules: in learning to read and write; in falling in love with a white girl, the daughter of his owner, and finally in trying to escape and joining her in the free North. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099462217
ISBN
9780099462217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A gloriously rich and blackly funny French bestseller about Rose, a 105-year-old chef who has experienced life at its fullest.. and at its most deadly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 257 x 23. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782394143
ISBN
9781782394143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the author achieves his particular effects. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Peter; Minden, Michael. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1 New
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415098779
ISBN
9780415098779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

Paperback. First published in 1930 under the title Fever Pitch, The Lizard Woman is Frank Waters' first novel. It foreshadows a theme central to Waters' later work: that we must attune our spirits to the land to fully understand our places in the natural order. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 280. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804009874
ISBN
9780804009874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Ohio University Press oh
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804008914
ISBN
9780804008914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.52

Paperback. Series: Pike's Peak. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227536
ISBN
9780804010474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822152
ISBN
9781849822152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849822053
ISBN
9781849822053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. An award-winning novel depicting life in Poland behind the Iron Curtain. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784978235
ISBN
9781784978235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Vienna, 1903. An operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her luxurious villa. It appears that she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib, discovered during autopsy, suggests other and more sinister possibilities. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519683
ISBN
9780099519683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. It is Vienna at the beginning of the last century, and Dr Max Liebermann is a young psychoanalyst. His friend Oskar Rheinhardt is a Detective Inspector. It is through Rheinhardt that Libermann is called upon to help with police investigations surrounding the death of a young medium, in what seems at first to be supernatural circumstances. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471288
ISBN
9780099471288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Vienna 1903. Outside one of the city's most splendid baroque churches the decapitated body of a monk is found. Then, the remains of a municipal councilor are discovered in the grounds of another church - his head also ripped from his body. Both men were rabid anti-Semites and suspicions fall on Vienna's close-knit community of Hassidic Jews. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
PROOF
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099519744
ISBN
9780099519744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In the grip of a Siberian winter in 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. Detective Inspector, Oskar Rheinhardt summons a young disciple of Freud - his friend Dr Max Liebermann - to assist him with the case. The investigation draws them into the sphere of Vienna's secret societies. Series: Liebermann Papers. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099471325
ISBN
9780099471325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 896 pages, 3 inset b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 47. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340920756
ISBN
9780340920756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. His father hanged himself when the boy was three years old, and now, as an adult, he retires from a world that he finds insupportable to the paradise of his childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162. Weight in Grams: 520. 187pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1003730
ISBN
9780747509097
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Education Now Publishing Co-operative Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871526486
ISBN
9781871526486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Ford, Professor of English Mark. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
265
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375711480
ISBN
9780375711480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.62

paperback. The story of the title deals with a little boy named Larry and his feelings towards his father. When his father returns home from World War II, Larry is resentful and jealous of losing his mother's undivided attention, and finds himself in a constant struggle to win back her affections. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Classics England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141187877
ISBN
9780141187877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. A stunning high-concept post-apocalyptic debut novel in the vein of The Passage by Justin Cronin and Wool by Hugh Howey. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782398929
ISBN
9781782398929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Paperback. The text of this edition presents, fully annotated, the 1899 First Edition text of McTeague, a significant example of American literary naturalism and a commentary on turn-of-the-century American cultural values. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393970135
ISBN
9780393970135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

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