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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A strange, compelling fable about Europe, capitalism and the human heart. Vatanescu, an impoverished construction worker, wants a future for himself and a pair of football boots for his son. So he decides to head north to a cold, dark country where there is money to be made.. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Short Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781780722313
ISBN
9781780722313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A fresh and creative first novel about a young girl struggling to overcome the obstacles of growing up in a Reno trailer park. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260. Good, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0005220
ISBN
9781780874432
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863569111
ISBN
9780863569111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Four friends. One intensely hot summer of sex, chemical experimentation, shifting loyalties and disillusionment that will change their lives forever. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908069788
ISBN
9781908069788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908946898
ISBN
9781908946898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Parthian Books
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910409978
ISBN
9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. It's the end of an intensely hot summer in Vancouver, and Razor's complex and misunderstood best friend Chris has just driven a stolen police car through a road block and over a cliff to his death. Fireball takes us back to the start of that relentless summer, and unravels the events leading to Chris's death. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906998103
ISBN
9781906998103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0295998
ISBN
9780008210144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Grunebaum, Jason. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609806514
ISBN
9781609806514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. Set in the 17th century, in Italy, France and on the high seas, this is a tale of medieval legends and dastardly deeds, mixed with portions of exploration literature. Roberto, a young nobleman, waits alone on a Pacific island, separated from the island beyond: the island of the day before. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396664
ISBN
9780749396664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. An attempt to answer the question, how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability and how much on our linguistic resources? Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, to expound a clear critique of Kant. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099276951
ISBN
9780099276951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. This novel by the author of "The Name of the Rose" follows that book's format of a complex intellectual thriller. The plot ranges back and forth through the centuries, full of arcane knowledge, secret societies, love, death, passion and perversion. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287155
ISBN
9780099287155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House GB
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555988
ISBN
9780099555988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555971
ISBN
9780099555971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Hardcover. Who is killing monks in a great medieval abbey famed for its library - and why? Brother William of Baskerville is sent to find out, taking with him the assistant who later tells the tale of his investigations. This story combines elements of detective fiction, metaphysical thriller, post-modernist puzzle and historical novel. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrated in full colour throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152999
ISBN
9781857152999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

paperback. It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own story. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099422396
ISBN
9780099422396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 48. Weight in Grams: 512. 410 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 48. Weight: 512.
Publisher
Shola Books
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951975213
ISBN
9780951975213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Longstone Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955437304
ISBN
9780955437304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Advance Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910408049
ISBN
9781910408049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Strowbridge, Clarence C. Series: Dover Large Print Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Large type edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486422510
ISBN
9780486422510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Compress South Africa
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780620295932
ISBN
9780620295932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

paperback. Illustrator(s): West, Roland. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7ill.M. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fox Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954362713
ISBN
9780954362713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Publisher
Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552665497
ISBN
9781552665497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manor House Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978107000
ISBN
9780978107000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

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