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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Presenting an American epic poem, and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races, this volume features rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595540
ISBN
9780099595540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.83

Hardback. Nineteen classic fairy tales, retold for younger readers in the early twentieth-century, including "Rapunzel," "Little Red Riding-Hood," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "The Sleeping Beauty." Illustrator(s): Watson, A. H. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Introduction
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159218
ISBN
9780691159218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Paperback. . 8vo.Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Book Group
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Harper Trophy Ed
SKU
KEX0244366
ISBN
9780064409308
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbroker, bullied by petty officials and living in fear of the dole queue and the Means Test. His love affair with a local girl ends in a shotgun marriage, and, disowned by his family, he is tempted by crime. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224815
ISBN
9780099224815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405921343
ISBN
9781405921343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Delta
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
5/29/05
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385338127
ISBN
9780385338127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285328
ISBN
9780099285328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.51

paperback. From the author of the cult classic The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear comes another fantastical journey into Zamonia. This captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers is astonishingly inventive, amusing and engrossing. Num Pages: 688 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099472223
ISBN
9780099472223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.97

Paperback. The inspiration for the legendary Paul Newman film, THE HUSTLER is a hardboiled tale of a beautiful talent for life in smoky poolrooms. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474600804
ISBN
9781474600804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. In the sequel to the cult classic THE HUSTLER, Eddie Felson returns to the poolroom to give the game one last shot. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474600828
ISBN
9781474600828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. From the author of THE HUSTLER, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT is a modern classic about a troubled chess prodigy and her battle to survive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781474600842
ISBN
9781474600842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445834
ISBN
9781885445834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.76

Hardback. In this lively translation of Wang Chen-ho's ribald satire, a Taiwanese village loses all perspective -- and common sense -- at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. This irreverent novel by one of Taiwan's best-known writers is both a masterpiece of fiction and a vivid reflection of Taiwanese identity and the impact of Western culture. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112024
ISBN
9780231112024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.89
€ 63.79

Paperback. A burned-out private detective is enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the US Constitution..the real one. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061252051
ISBN
9780061252051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

The Last Hangman is a powerful, sparsely written novel that explores, in brutal detail and measured prose, the life of a man who killed for a living. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 283. Good clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
Number of pages
240
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KSG0015732
ISBN
9780857897497
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A stark and violent exploration of an American myth, this is a novel about the doomed gunslinger Billy the Kid. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784975135
ISBN
9781784975135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Landish Druken, son of a Newfoundland sealing captain, is a formidable figure - broader than most doorways, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. He turns his back on family tradition and leaves St John's to head to Princeton University, where he is befriended by 'Van' Vanderluyden, son of the wealthiest man in America. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572039
ISBN
9780099572039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099444893
ISBN
9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780956613585
ISBN
9780956613585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

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