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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Salzburg, 1946. The Hungarian Gold Train, loaded with Jewish treasure. A dazzling jewelled pendant in the form of a stylized peacock. And three men who find their carefully-wrought lives turned upside-down by three amazing and fierce women, each locked in a struggle against her own history and the history of the last hundred years. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763119
ISBN
9781444763119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KTG0007377
ISBN
9780552772921
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Is Emilia, the wicked stepmother incarnate? Passionately in love with her husband, Emilia has a secret, guilty loathing for her precocious little stepson, William - a forty-year-old in a five-year-old's body, whom she picks up from nursery every Wednesday afternoon. How can she forgive William for living, when her own cherished child has gone? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007463
ISBN
9780552772921
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A rich and rewarding story of love, loss, and the power of family from the bestselling author of Bad Mother and Love and Treasure. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444763133
ISBN
9781444763133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The central story in this book tells of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 192 pages. The central story in this book tells of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905408
ISBN
9780435905408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

Paperback. Series: Sofia Khan. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785760730
ISBN
9781785760730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Paperback. The Muslim Bridget Jones - a hilarious and heartwarming contemporary romantic comedy Series: Sofia Khan. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
twenty7 United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785770036
ISBN
9781785770036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.68

Paperback. Tells the story of Howard Roark, a brilliant architect who dares to stand alone against the hostility of second-hand souls. First published in 1943, this novel presents a view of man's creative potential. It is about ambition, power, gold and love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188621
ISBN
9780141188621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. An autobiographical novel that tells how Begag took flight on the wings of learning, growing up amid the multicultural complexities of contemporary France. Translator(s): Wolf, Naima. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 photographs, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First English Langua
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803262584
ISBN
9780803262584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. 'A psychological page-turner' - Good Housekeeping If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014509
ISBN
9781848454996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.01

paperback. Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
Break Away Book Club ed.
SKU
V9780253018175
ISBN
9780253018175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Stories capture the peculiar rites of passage of growing up Midwestern Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008381
ISBN
9780253008381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. An endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive and startlingly original debut collection that signals the arrival of a welcome new voice in American fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139975
ISBN
9780349139975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'Johnson has undoubtedly written a masterpiece' Auberon Waugh Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447200352
ISBN
9781447200352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. 'A most gifted writer' Samuel Beckett Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447200376
ISBN
9781447200376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR; FA. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight: 226. Language: Chinese.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Sinolingua
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9787802003910
ISBN
9787802003910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348. Fine in dustwrapper. DW with some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRS0029325
ISBN
9789351160182
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compelling and fascinating novel by one of Egypt's most acclaimed writers, and winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340924884
ISBN
9780340924884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. A novel that tells the story of a young Muslim who, when his life is threatened, finds sanctuary in a community of Coptic monks. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara. Series: Literature of the Middle East. Num Pages: 116 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 174. A Novel. Series: Literature of the Middle East. 116 pages, 1 map. A novel that tells the story of a young Muslim who, when his life is threatened, finds sanctuary in a community of Coptic monks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 9. Weight: 174. Translator(s): Romaine, Barbara.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520200753
ISBN
9780520200753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. We abandon our true homeland when we cannot identify with other people. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601581
ISBN
9781503601581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

paperback. Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfill your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of the artistic and literary world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099273585
ISBN
9780099273585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Hilarious and heartwarming, an east-meets-west novel for fans of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Every woman has a secret life.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 2BMP; 3JMG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780008209919
ISBN
9780008209919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Matsuie, Masashi. Num Pages: 224 pages, Black and white map illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Comma Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583577
ISBN
9781905583577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.42

Paperback. "Asleep" tells the stories of three women, all bewitched into a spiritual sleep. One, mourning a lost love, finds herself sleepwalking at night. Another, embarking on a relationship with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself unable to stay awake. The third finds her sleep haunted. Translator(s): Emmerich, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205370
ISBN
9780571205370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

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