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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Upton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390315
- ISBN
- 9780140390315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 991. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252014802
- ISBN
- 9780252014802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.06
€ 31.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039587
- ISBN
- 9780143039587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.82
€ 24.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. A novel, in which the narrator unexpectedly finds himself back in the world of his childhood: Switzerland in the 1940s. He returns to his childhood home to find his parents frantic because their son is missing. Then, in another switch, the young boy that he was back then turns up in the present of the early 1990s, during the Gulf War. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422118
- ISBN
- 9780857422118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.41
€ 21.99
€ 18.41
Hardback. The day after his ninety-fourth birthday, a man is sitting in a beautiful garden. It is a paradise where he often played during his childhood, and it is here that he is recording the story of his adventures with Mr Adamson. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Donal. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780857422323
- ISBN
- 9780857422323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning masterpiece from one of the all-time greats of Science Fiction. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473221628
- ISBN
- 9781473221628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. A powerful and vivid debut collection describing the plight of children caught up in difficult and often harrowing situations throughout the continent of Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349120645
- ISBN
- 9780349120645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lake Union Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935597315
- ISBN
- 9781935597315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.84
€ 15.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. Official Netflix Original Film tie-in about the experiences of Agu, a child-soldier fighting in an Africian civil war. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473625556
- ISBN
- 9781473625556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Award-winning writer and doctor Uzo Iweala travels a continent getting to know the people whose lives have been affected by HIV and AIDs. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719523601
- ISBN
- 9780719523601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590130193
- ISBN
- 9781590130193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. The central novel from V.S. Naipaul's Booker Prize-winning narrative of displacement, published for the first time in a stand-alone edition. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522908
- ISBN
- 9780330522908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. An astonishing novel about hope, despair, poverty and laughter. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprints
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330523004
- ISBN
- 9780330523004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. The great novel of Africa from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Edition
- Reprints
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522991
- ISBN
- 9780330522991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. 'A wonderful book .. a magical book' Jan Morris, Independent Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522861
- ISBN
- 9780330522861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A masterpiece. Naipaul has never been funnier than this' Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522854
- ISBN
- 9780330522854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Paperback. V.S. Naipaul's first novel -- humorous, endlessly inventive and brilliantly imagined. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522939
- ISBN
- 9780330522939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. V. S. Naipaul's novel of fraudulent revolution, schizophrenia and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522915
- ISBN
- 9780330522915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Follows the fortunes of Mr Biswas, the outsider who refuses to conform to the customs of his grander in-laws whose house he lives in. Finally finding a house of his own, he triumphs over the smaller minds who would repress him. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 564
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 56272nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152135
- ISBN
- 9781857152135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522885
- ISBN
- 9780330522885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27