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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose invention of moveable metal type was to change the written word for ever and alter the course of history itself. Johann Gutenberg died 60 years later, robbed of his business, his printing presses and, so he thought, of his immortality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002258
- ISBN
- 9780701169657
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Hodder African Readers. Num Pages: 80 pages, 10. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340984239
- ISBN
- 9780340984239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.85
€ 16.85
Paperback. Berlin, 1946. During one of the coldest winters on record, Pavel Richter, a decommissioned GI, finds himself at odds with a rogue British Army colonel and a Soviet General when a friend deposits the frozen body of a dead Russian spy in his apartment. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230. 352 pages. Berlin, 1946. During one of the coldest winters on record, Pavel Richter, a decommissioned GI, finds himself at odds with a rogue British Army colonel and a Soviet General when a friend deposits the frozen body of a dead Russian spy in his apartment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 153 x 23. Weight: 230.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747596318
- ISBN
- 9780747596318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. A darkly enthralling literary novel about secrets and murder. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 35. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720906
- ISBN
- 9781780720906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
Paperback. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264. 384 pages. A tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, The Quiet Twin is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dread and deception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 162 x 202 x 25. Weight: 264.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408821688
- ISBN
- 9781408821688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. A haunting novel about two brothers' fraught relationship in 1950s Ireland Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748344
- ISBN
- 9781780748344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Growing up in a Scottish village, best friends with the boys next door, Nina Findlay thinks her life will unfold like an old folktale. But after a serious road accident on a Greek island Nina can't stop obsessing about the details of the past. The time has come, she realises, to unravel the taut knot of her life BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780722269
- ISBN
- 9781780722269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. A novel of family legacies, love and betrayal.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857386397
- ISBN
- 9780857386397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. When Lillie Mae's mother dies, Lillie Mae is sent to live with her uncle and aunt, who she hardly knows, in Whistler's Hollow. Although they are kind there is something very strange about their house and no one at school will play with Lillie Mae. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747561064
- ISBN
- 9780747561064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.00
€ 7.00
Paperback. Janek Janowiec is awaiting trial. In his cramped attic apartment in Krakow, he has decided to set straight the record of his life, and yet he is wracked by the guilt and knowledge of a number of terrible secrets. What happened to his friend, the charismatic revolutionary leader, Fredzio? What exactly did his father do in the war? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 189. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002085
- ISBN
- 9780747553083
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Linney, Bob. Num Pages: 144 pages, 11 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 246 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Charlcombe Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956851055
- ISBN
- 9780956851055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Paperback. Written in 1966, 'Tarantula' is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780007215041
- ISBN
- 9780007215041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 5.70
€ 10.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611855616
- ISBN
- 9781611855616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.63
€ 25.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. Series: A. D. Chronicles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842375351
- ISBN
- 9780842375351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.10
€ 18.99
€ 15.10
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264448
- ISBN
- 9788086264448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Translator(s): Pargeter, Edith. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241290224
- ISBN
- 9780241290224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.47
€ 10.99
€ 9.47
Paperback. Mr Kafka is avoiding his landlady's blueberry wine breath, a stonemason witnesses the destruction of a monument to Stalin he risked his life to build, and factory men strain to catch a glimpse of a beautiful bathing murderess. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871178
- ISBN
- 9781784871178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. *The greatest novel by one of the greatest of all Czech writers. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349101255
- ISBN
- 9780349101255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Naughton, James. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241290262
- ISBN
- 9780241290262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Saints and sinners, emperors and embezzlers, barmaids and balalaikas all play their part in the bawdy reminiscences of Hrabal's cobbler as he charms an audience of young beauties. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540625
- ISBN
- 9780099540625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Edition
- Classroom ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024632865
- ISBN
- 9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Homi Seervai is a Parsi scientist, who invents a machine which activates the memory store of the brain. When a love affair finishes, Homi uses the machine to relive good times, but the machine goes wrong, and he experiences ancestral and racial memories. This is the author's first novel. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143811
- ISBN
- 9780226143811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. * The stunning new novel from Bonnie Burnard: 'A writer who can tell you hard truths, hopefully' Alice Munro Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086405
- ISBN
- 9781844086405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781681370767
- ISBN
- 9781681370767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.28
€ 15.99
€ 12.28