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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Shows the reality of what is true battling against what is permitted to be true. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141982960
ISBN
9780141982960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. This novel is set against the backdrop of Iran's turbulent modern history, is a saga of an indentured servant's devotion and love for his masters during the years 1928 to 1981. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593873
ISBN
9781882593873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.50

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781507201466
ISBN
9781507201466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.21

Hardback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781507201473
ISBN
9781507201473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWWB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241296066
ISBN
9780241296066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Tells the story of a young Turkish woman's descent towards moral annihilation. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906011819
ISBN
9781906011819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. New schools edition, with notes, of one of John B.'s finest plays which is on the Leaving Certificate curriculum for 2016 Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Edition
School edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781781172858
ISBN
9781781172858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. New schools edition, with notes, of one of John B.'s finest plays which is on the Leaving Certificate curriculum for 2016 Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003884
ISBN
9781781172858
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185118
ISBN
9780141185118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185507
ISBN
9780141185507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy and enterprising forebears, a long line of New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186313
ISBN
9780141186313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Features Jim Nolan, who is disenfranchised and alone, and, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186023
ISBN
9780141186023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Juan Chicoy is at the wheel, a man of the land, hot-blooded and uninhibited. His passengers include Ernest, a travelling salesman out for fun, seventeen-year-old Kit, also known as Pimples, and Camille the stripper who dances at stag nights and takes the star-struck young Norma under her wing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186115
ISBN
9780141186115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Set in the depression of the 1930s, this is the story of one of the thousands of destitute families which fled the Dust Bowl for the promise of California. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1939. Num Pages: 578 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Everyman London
Number of pages
578
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151541
ISBN
9781857151541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel, Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself, and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185521
ISBN
9780141185521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Such is the strength of Joe Saul's desperate longing for a child, that he feels as if a dark curse is upon him after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His young, devoted wife loves him so much that she secretly conceives the child of another man. Soon Joe discovers her deception. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186061
ISBN
9780141186061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Streetwise George and his childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But do dreams come at a price! Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023571
ISBN
9780141023571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Hardback. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394688
ISBN
9780141394688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the author that was found in the UCLA Research Library. Editor(s): Morsberger, Robert. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186283
ISBN
9780141186283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Lee Chong, the owner of the well-stocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse that Mack and his troupe of good-natured 'boys' call home. Dora runs the Bear Flag Restaurant with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc, secreted away in his home at Western Biological Laboratories, is the fount of all wisdom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185088
ISBN
9780141185088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. A story of Joad family, who are forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185064
ISBN
9780141185064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185071
ISBN
9780141185071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Jody Tiflin is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
9780141185095
ISBN
9780141185095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Drifters in search of work, George and his childlike friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780141185101
ISBN
9780141185101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.44

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