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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Forge Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765326263
ISBN
9780765326263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.53

Hardback. When Vera decides to travel to an old house in the New England countryside for a month-long escape from some devastating news about her daughter, Cassie, she has no idea her life is about to change forever. It begins innocently enough - peeling the old wallpaper from the walls as a favor to the house's owner. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611457445
ISBN
9781611457445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.00
€ 23.39

Paperback. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241951804
ISBN
9780241951804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Edward. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307278081
ISBN
9780307278081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. The book that inspired the movie Field of Dreams. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007497478
ISBN
9780007497478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Here are his notorious First Nation narratives of indigenous Canadians, and a literary homage to J. D. Salinger. Alongside the "real" story of the 1951 Giants and the afterlife of Roberto Clemente, are the legends of a pirated radio station and a hockey game rigged by tribal magic. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781616961879
ISBN
9781616961879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289005
ISBN
9780099289005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The second of four volumes of short stories which reflect Somerset Maugham's wry perception of human foibles and gift for evoking drama from a sense of time and place. Set in Malaya, America and England, they include "Flotsam and Jetsam", "The Man With the Scar" and "The Vessel of Wrath". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428848
ISBN
9780099428848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancee, the cool and beautiful Louise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286882
ISBN
9780099286882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478324
ISBN
9780099478324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one of his oldest friends. Yet Paris is not what he expects. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286851
ISBN
9780099286851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; she sympathetically observes the struggle under the pressures of convention, and the complex interplay between love and reason. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288701
ISBN
9780099288701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. A collection of short stories born of the author's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282846
ISBN
9780099282846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284864
ISBN
9780099284864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Introducing the world of Machiavelli, this title covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldly seducer and high priest of schemers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286868
ISBN
9780099286868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. This title collects stories that are rooted in author's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289708
ISBN
9780099289708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753152
ISBN
9780375753152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.11

Paperback. After a few months studying in Heidelberg, and a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist, Philip Carey settles in London to train as a doctor. And that is where he meets Mildred, the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative, tortured and masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284963
ISBN
9780099284963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. A collection of short stories such as "Rain", "The Letter", "The Vessel of Wrath" and "The Alien Corn". Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749397579
ISBN
9780749397579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 63. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099284765
ISBN
9780099284765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Velazquez and the creator of Don Juan. This title is full of happy surprises, curious facts and stimulating opinions that reflects the author's lifelong enchantment with the landscape and people of Spain. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099289401
ISBN
9780099289401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
VINTAGE (RAND)
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286875
ISBN
9780099286875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282747
ISBN
9780099282747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

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