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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185125
ISBN
9780141185125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Dealing with the motivations and emotions of the enemy, this title uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185538
ISBN
9780141185538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.80

Paperback. RUSSIA UNDER STALIN, THE MEXICO OF FRIDA KAHLO, TROTSKY'S ASSASSINATION, AND CONTEMPORARY CUBA, ALL IN A PRIZE WINNING HISTORICAL NOVEL. Translator(s): Kushner, Anna. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908524447
ISBN
9781908524447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212. 288 pages. It is a sweltering August in Aberystwyth. A man wearing a Soviet museum curator's uniform walks into Louie Knight's office and spins a wild and impossible tale of love, death, madness and betrayal. Sure, Louie had heard about Hughesovka, the legendary replica of Aberystwyth built in the Ukraine by some crazy nineteenth-century czar. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408801024
ISBN
9781408801024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a green-eyed beauty who answers to the name Miaow, and a case that is out of this world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214. 256 pages. In the latest hilarious instalment of Malcolm Pryce's Aberystwyth mysteries, Wales's answer to Philip Marlowe faces an axe-wielding rabbit-hugger, a green-eyed beauty who answers to the name Miaow, and a case that is out of this world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight: 184.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408821954
ISBN
9781408821954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.15

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553386240
ISBN
9780553386240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.39

paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Kensington Publishing United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496708427
ISBN
9781496708427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
454
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9789889979973
ISBN
9789889979973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633693
ISBN
9780815633693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143334149
ISBN
9780143334149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.18

Paperback. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166440
ISBN
9789774166440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. Tells the story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393605
ISBN
9780141393605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220. Good copy showing light age and wear. Ex Libris stamp to title page
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics U.K.
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025988
ISBN
9780140186802
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

Hardback. Translator(s): Fenkl, Heinz Insu. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178648
ISBN
9780231178648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.80

Paperback. Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the age of 23 to discover the course of the River Niger in West Africa. When he reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been presumed dead, and the tale of his perilous journey published in 1799 was greeted with great acclaim. Series: STANFORD TRAVEL CLASSICS. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
John Beaufoy Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909612785
ISBN
9781909612785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.51

paperback. The extraordinary stories of 'Saki' are a mixture of humorous satire, irony and the macabre, in which the stupidities and hypocrisy of conventional society are viciously pilloried. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260711
ISBN
9781853260711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. France's greatest food critic is dying, after a lifetime in single-minded pursuit of sensual delights. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 144. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0037347
ISBN
9781906040314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A hot summer. Two cities. Everyone started out with the best of intentions .. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300. Good copy with some wear on the cover and minor tearing on the spine
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KAK0000941
ISBN
9781444733044
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTM0000681
ISBN
9781444743357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland Ireland
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473606661
ISBN
9781473606661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KHN0001669
ISBN
9781444743371
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0032492
ISBN
9781444743388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844135837
ISBN
9781844135837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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