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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A beautifully written debut novel set aboard the liner St Louis as it travels from Hamburg to Cuba - supposedly taking Jewish families to a safe new home .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471161599
ISBN
9781471161599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Follows one of modern literature's most unforgettable and enduring characters - Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane - as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778831
ISBN
9780552778831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now, a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her oldest friend, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, a gay gardener. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552777063
ISBN
9780552777063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Gabriel Noone, whose late night radio stories have brought him into the homes of millions, gets the proofs of a memoir of a sickly thirteen-year-old boy who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of his parents. When Noone phones the boy, it becomes clear that Pete sees in this heartsick, middle-aged storyteller, the loving father he's always wanted. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy. Showing some shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KSG0010541
ISBN
9780552142403
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004540
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004543
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous - unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998765
ISBN
9780552998765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.47

Paperback. A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. This sixth book is part of the series that chronicles modern life. Series: Tales of the City. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998819
ISBN
9780552998819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.33

paperback. The tale of an outsider told from the inside. It speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. Cadence Roth holds the world record of shortest woman and is trying to renew her failed acting career, Maupin narrates the story through Cadence's journal entries. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998758
ISBN
9780552998758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.83

Paperback. 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099535638
ISBN
9780099535638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241255797
ISBN
9780241255797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Burr, Malcolm. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HB; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929701493
ISBN
9780929701493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910124000
ISBN
9781910124000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.88

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 466 pages, vi, 464 p. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112541
ISBN
9780226112541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. A powerful international organization wants to tip the balance of power by infiltrating the White House. At the direction of its mastermind, presidential candidates have become targets of a world-class sharpshooter. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620873113
ISBN
9781620873113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Book Guild Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911320913
ISBN
9781911320913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126. A clean copy. Cover is creased and bent in places; text remains unaffected
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
SKU
KLJ0015880
ISBN
9780812968545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 7.81

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126. Good clean copy with some minor reading wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
SKU
KLJ0015873
ISBN
9780812968545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632205889
ISBN
9781632205889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.66

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