Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker". Translator(s): Price, Francis. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight: 212. Translator(s): Price, Francis.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435909598
- ISBN
- 9780435909598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.33
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Paperback. Unfortunately, Real Life isn't working that way for The Temp. She's managed the university bit, but the job, the dough and the happily-ever-after seem harder than anybody ever told her. Living in Stockwell while she moves through a series of jobs, she realises that something isn't right. Who cares about a boss who trusts you? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KTM0006208
- ISBN
- 9780099409878
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492791
- ISBN
- 9781847492791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Populated with unforgettable characters, such as Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky or the KGB officer Belyaev, and presented here for the first time in the English language, Pushkin Hills is arguably Dovlatov's most personal work and a poignant metaphor on the Russian attitude towards life and art. Illustrator(s): Dovlatov, Katherine. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Classics Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492210
- ISBN
- 9781847492210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Walking the streets of Moscow, are the Others - possessors of supernatural powers. Night Watch Agent Anton Gorodetsky's holiday is abruptly shortened when an urgent call from Gesar forces him to return to work. Gesar has received an anonymous note, stating that an Other has revealed the full truth about their kind to a human. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Random house int
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099489948
- ISBN
- 9780099489948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Walking the streets of our cities are the Others. These men and women have access to the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world of magical power that exists alongside our own. Each has sworn allegiance to one side: the Light, or the Darkness. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099580140
- ISBN
- 9780099580140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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€ 11.10
Paperback. Anton is a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099489924
- ISBN
- 9780099489924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Alice, a powerful Dark Other, attends a planning meeting with her comrades in the Day Watch. She is sent to recuperate at a youth camp. There she meets Igor, a Light Mage. Alice remembers him as one of those involved in the battle that left her crippled. There is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099489931
- ISBN
- 9780099489931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The author is widely recognized as one of the leading living Russian poets and prose writers. In this title, his story radiates out, relaying the poet's personal history through 1994, including his unique perspective on the 1991 coup by Communist hardliners resisted by Boris Yeltsin. Translator(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807157
- ISBN
- 9780875807157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
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Paperback. Deals with Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender - one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In this book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack - and how his world then slowly devolves. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226141794
- ISBN
- 9780226141794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.58
€ 23.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 105 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Blue Dome Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935295525
- ISBN
- 9781935295525
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
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€ 9.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609452476
- ISBN
- 9781609452476
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. Pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to win back the woman who left him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Tie-In - Film Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113584
- ISBN
- 9781782113584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Archipelago United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935744641
- ISBN
- 9781935744641
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.76
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Paperback. * An exciting novel that easily bears comparison to Milan Kundera's early writing. * A wonderfully accessible literary novel, that draws on Iran's rich literary heritage but which always remains engaging and very readable. Translator(s): Khalili, Sara. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121451
- ISBN
- 9780349121451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139. .
- Publisher
- Strebor Books International, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593096045
- ISBN
- 9781593096045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.71
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Paperback. 'A wonderful, twisted, trangressive, heartbreaking, true, and hugely funny book.' A. L. Kennedy Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447207665
- ISBN
- 9781447207665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Strebor Books International, LLC United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593095888
- ISBN
- 9781593095888
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.91
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Paperback. The seventh novel in the witty, wily Inspector Singh series Series: Inspector Singh Investigates Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349402727
- ISBN
- 9780349402727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Editor(s): Allison, Shane. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Strebor Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593096380
- ISBN
- 9781593096380
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.15
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- The Muswell Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTJ0000506
- ISBN
- 9780954795962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.84
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Paperback. The son of the local sergeant in an isolated Garda station on the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, his days are balanced between the brooding, taciturn presence of his father, whom he loves and fears in equal measure, and the reassurance of his quiet, gentle mother. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784162559
- ISBN
- 9781784162559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
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Paperback. The beloved novel set at a Jane Austen fantasy camp for women, from "New York Times"-bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158. A Novel. 208 pages. The beloved novel set at a Jane Austen fantasy camp for women, from "New York Times"-bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408840092
- ISBN
- 9781408840092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062271723
- ISBN
- 9780062271723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27