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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Offers a series of ten novels, all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: schoolboys and businessmen, writers and soldiers, prostitutes and patient wives, actresses and models. This title includes: "The Rich Pay Late", "Friends in Low Places", "The Sabre Squadron", and "Fielding Gray". Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561323
ISBN
9780099561323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.90

Paperback. Short and pithy sketches on the weird and wonderful world of love. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846689222
ISBN
9781846689222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781252833
ISBN
9781781252833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781257487
ISBN
9781781257487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Seymour isn't cool, but he isn't a geek either. He's a lonely, obedient 8th grade loser at Glendale, a second tier prep school in Manhattan. His chubbiness has recently earned him the nick name "Chunk Style" and he has resigned himself to a life of isolation. All of this is about to change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687556
ISBN
9781846687556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

paperback. The stunning new cover style will bring the fifth novel in Simon Scarrow's popular Eagle series to the attention of a whole new army of fans Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 480 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349999
ISBN
9780755349999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.87

paperback. As savage enemies rise against the Roman army, a treacherous battle begins. The first novel in Simon Scarrow's popular Roman series Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Headline
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349708
ISBN
9780755349708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.33

Paperback. Time is running out for the Roman invaders. The second novel in Simon Scarrow's popular Roman series Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349968
ISBN
9780755349968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. AD 44. Britannia. General Plautius's wife and children are being held hostage by Druids. Can Centurion Macro and Optio Cato save them? The third gripping novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series, which includes CENTURION, BRITANNIA and THE GLADIATOR. Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755349975
ISBN
9780755349975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Britannia, AD 44. Centurions Macro and Cato (the latter newly promoted) face trouble on two fronts - from the rebellious tribes, and from a deadly plot directly targetting the two soldiers. The powerful fourth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series, which includes BRITANNIA, THE GLADIATOR and CENTURION. Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780755349982
ISBN
9780755349982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her role in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction. Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a story of passion. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Corgi London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552154574
ISBN
9780552154574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. A beautiful love story among the ruins of Athens. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780743783
ISBN
9781780743783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. A sensationally sexy new series by bestselling Swedish romance author Simona Ahrnstedt - perfect for fans of E.L. James, Sylvia Day and Laurelin Paige Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KTK0097372
ISBN
9780349413761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. * This extraordinary novel, considered by many to be one of the finest examples of Simone de Beauvoir's imaginative writing, tells the story of a man doomed to immortality. Translator(s): Cameron, Euan. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 29. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860490026
ISBN
9781860490026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability - in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007204656
ISBN
9780007204656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. A Harper Perennial Modern Classics reissue of this unflinching examination of post-war French intellectual life, and an amazing chronicle of love, philosophy and politics from one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007203949
ISBN
9780007203949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoir's first novel - a lacerating study of a young, naive couple in love and the usurping woman who comes between them. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 324. 409pp + 16pp.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
9780007204649
ISBN
9780007204649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 9.40

Paperback. "One of the most acute and thoughtful achievements of French fiction at mid-century." - New York Times Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393318845
ISBN
9780393318845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176801
ISBN
9781590176801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Amsterdam 1654: a dangerous secret threatens to destroy a young widow's new life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780008212100
ISBN
9780008212100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Young Jawad, born to a Shi'ite family of corpse washers and shrouders in Baghdad, decides to abandon the family tradition, choosing instead to become a sculptor, to celebrate life rather than tend to death. He enters Baghdad's Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, determined to forge his own path. But the circumstances of history dictate otherwise. Translator(s): Antoon, Sinan. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205640
ISBN
9780300205640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

Paperback. A novel about London - its past, its people, and its underbelly. It combines a spiritual inquest into the Whitechapel Ripper murders and the dark side of the late Victorian imagination with a posse of seedy book dealers hot on the trail of obscure rarities of that period. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014845
ISBN
9780141014845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Businessman George F Babbitt loves the latest appliances, making money and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. In the economic boom years of 1920s America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099264712
ISBN
9780099264712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375759253
ISBN
9780375759253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.51

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