Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
CD-Audio. On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor who has seen the best and the worst the twentieth century had to offer, is forced to confront the events that made up his life. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Random House Audiobooks
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846574306
- ISBN
- 9781846574306
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.28
€ 27.99
€ 19.28
Paperback. Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099588979
- ISBN
- 9780099588979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
paperback. Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. This work explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 580. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0000118
- ISBN
- 9780099458265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and endpapers with minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KSS0008120
- ISBN
- 9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 177 x 30. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099599883
- ISBN
- 9780099599883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 5.80
€ 8.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003233
- ISBN
- 9780099394310
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Mike Engleby says things that others dare not even think. In the 1970s, he is a university student, having survived a 'traditional' school. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides an account of English education. Yet, beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0011917
- ISBN
- 9780099458272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001449
- ISBN
- 9780099275831
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. During the WWI, five French soldiers are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. The families are notified that the men died in the line of duty. After the war, the fiance of one of the men receives a letter which hints at what might have happened. Mathilde Donnay determines to discover the fate of her beloved amid the carnage of battle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449294
- ISBN
- 9780099449294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. A rich, fearless novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0011645
- ISBN
- 9780007536108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Why did Tsuneo's shy wife end up stone dead in a boutique in a louche Tokyo neighborhood? He discovers she's been having an affair, and, in a moment of panic, kills her lover. No apparent motive, no witnesses, a faltering investigation. But the pressure builds and Tsuneo starts making mistakes. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Bitter Lemon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908524638
- ISBN
- 9781908524638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477822081
- ISBN
- 9781477822081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.67
€ 15.99
€ 15.67
Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza Translator(s): Amr, Kholood. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. 320 pages. Moving from Palestine to London to the Gulf, this unique novel brilliantly depicts modern-day family life in Gaza. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight: 222.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408822036
- ISBN
- 9781408822036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Translator(s): Schenck, Linda. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Norvik Pr
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870041928
- ISBN
- 9781870041928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
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€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
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€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
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€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
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€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05