Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of two families in post-colonial Africa, the first - poor, working-class and ill-educated - is compared to the young politically aware college student and her journalist fiance. The middle-class pair become victims of the same brutal violence that the poor and powerless suffer. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905835
- ISBN
- 9780435905835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.33
€ 17.33
Paperback. With truth impossible to disentangle from invention, Tobias Hecht followed the lead of Verissimo, his would-be informant, creating characters, rendering a tale that didn't happen but that might have, probing at what it means to translate a life into words. This book is a tribute to and reinterpretation of the Latin American testimonio genre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337881
- ISBN
- 9780822337881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. A novel from an American writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003259
- ISBN
- 9780747574651
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. An ancient race of lycanthropes survives in modern LA and its numbers are growing as packs convert the city's downtrodden into their fold. Stuck in the middle are a local dogcatcher and the woman he loves, whose secret past haunts her as she fights a bloody one-woman battle to save their relationship. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099512462
- ISBN
- 9780099512462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.95
€ 10.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Tom Hurst, a junior lecturer at the College, breaking every rule of the whodunnit genre, follows a trail of arcane clues that leads him to Botswana and Mma Delicious Ontoast. His investigations then take him to Sweden and Burt Colander; to Edinburgh, where he is grudgingly helped by DI John "Just-Now" Rhombus; and to Richmond, Virginia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 193.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KLN0018184
- ISBN
- 9781841958514
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. A collection of short stories that is about our globalizing and atomizing world - with stories set in India, Sweden, Australia, and Iran - that also looks at how we meet and fail to meet and what connects us to one another, as well as waste and communication, and, in turn, communication through waste. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857422071
- ISBN
- 9780857422071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.51
€ 27.99
€ 22.51
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNW0014461
- ISBN
- 9780141006536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A thrilling novel of diamonds, deceit and a trip up-river Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473633179
- ISBN
- 9781473633179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.51
€ 17.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. There's something wrong next door. At least, that's what neighbors Howie Jeffries and Emily Phane both think. Since his daughter and wife moved out, Howie has been alone, an accidental recluse content with his fishing and his dreams of someday sailing away from himself on a boat. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521259
- ISBN
- 9780099521259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Burt Hecker, aka Eckbert Attquiet, a 63 year old medieval re-enactor has a momentous nose, who dresses in tunics and drinks too much mead. His wife Kitty has died and their relationship is now the stuff of history; he has sold all of his possessions and bought a ticket to Europe, bent on rescuing his son Tristan from the 'evil' city of Prague. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099506935
- ISBN
- 9780099506935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881613936
- ISBN
- 9789881613936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602827875
- ISBN
- 9781602827875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.30
€ 18.99
€ 17.30
Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942993
- ISBN
- 9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.32
€ 33.99
€ 29.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120744479
- ISBN
- 9788120744479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 123 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120749795
- ISBN
- 9788120749795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 100 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 283 x 9. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 100
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120754331
- ISBN
- 9788120754331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Frank Gale has been an unfaithful husband, but he plans to take his wife and daughter to Mexico, where he will come clean about his affair and try to make it up to them. His plans, however, go wrong when he misses the flight and the plane crashes - killing all on board. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. . Good clean copy. Showing light shelf wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021546
- ISBN
- 9780571170234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Hodder African Readers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 4. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340984161
- ISBN
- 9780340984161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.43
€ 17.43
Paperback. Noah, a debt collector and investigator in his late twenties, is slowly putting away enough money to get out of the murky world of solicitors, bankers, bent coppers and cheating wives for good. [..] but then comes the job that changes everything. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844810
- ISBN
- 9781909844810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. It's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman, a socialite and heiress to an oil fortune, whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 223.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0007685
- ISBN
- 9780099554066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. It's Manchester, July 1996, the month after the IRA bomb, and the Evening News is carrying reports of two murders. On the front page is a glamorous Egyptian woman, a socialite and heiress to an oil fortune, whose partially clothed body has been found in a basement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 223.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0012786
- ISBN
- 9780099554066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 1867, Ryazan, a Russian city in winter. Ten-year-old Konstantin, deafened by scarlet fever, dreams of flight - escaping to Moscow, fleeing to the silent stars. And his daring visions, pregnant with humanity's future, will take him further than anyone could believe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670920938
- ISBN
- 9780670920938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783781669
- ISBN
- 9781783781669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Tom Connolly's dazzling second novel is a funny, turbulent, and heartfelt study of male relationships, and a glorious love letter to the city of New York. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Myriad Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908434883
- ISBN
- 9781908434883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.29
€ 18.99
€ 18.29