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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer, a young, ambitious architect, is shadowed by Salvador Carriscant, an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her father. Within weeks of their first meeting, Kay will join him for an extraordinary journey into the old man's past, initially in search of a murderer, but finally in celebration of a glorious, undying love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046907
ISBN
9780141046907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of bluster and hypocrisy. His business, trying to keep insurance companies from paying out the money they've promised. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044187
ISBN
9780141044187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, and sharp-suited hood, of paralysing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard enough for an Englishman to fit in to. Henderson could never shed enough inhibitions to become just another weirdo. Or could he? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046921
ISBN
9780141046921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. Short Stories. 368 pages. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight: 250.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747592297
ISBN
9780747592297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 116 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2014
Edition
PENGUIN ESSENTIALS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970751
ISBN
9780241970751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. 'I live on Brazzaville Beach.. I am here because two sets of strange and extraordinary events happened to me.. One in England, first, and then one in Africa.' On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044194
ISBN
9780141044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 294. 416 pages. One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything - home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money - never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408802854
ISBN
9781408802854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Hardback. A thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 614. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper.First edition signed by the author
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0303521
ISBN
9781408817742
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 50.00

Paperback. A thrilling, plot-twisting new novel set in Europe during the first world war, from the bestselling author of Any Human Heart, Restless and Ordinary Thunderstorms Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408830390
ISBN
9781408830390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241981450
ISBN
9780241981450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Paperback. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
9780141044170
ISBN
9780141044170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96.
Publisher
Drag City United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982048023
ISBN
9780982048023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. On the morning of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's house goes up in flames, destroying her entire family - her present, her past and her future. Fleeing from the carnage, stricken and alone, June finds herself in a motel room by the ocean, hundreds of miles from her Connecticut home, held captive by memories and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701055
ISBN
9781784701055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894898041
ISBN
9781894898041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
TouchWood Editions Canada
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927129005
ISBN
9781927129005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
TouchWood Editions Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926741109
ISBN
9781926741109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. With distinctive voices, compelling characters, on-the-ground observation, and suspense, this book offers a serious, illuminating take on the changing tides of race, class, and politics in late twentieth-century Chicago. It tells the story of a plasterer turned landlord in Chicago who, in the late 1970s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226202648
ISBN
9780226202648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Severn House Trade Paperback
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847517432
ISBN
9781847517432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Puns and hand-drawn illustrations tell the story of the young and earnest Algernon Swift, who is perplexed by life and all the ambiguities that language throw at him. By contrast, his elderly uncle Reverend Hawker revels in them, and, eventually, Algernon learns to feel joy amidst all the confusion. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrated with hand drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 2. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784979898
ISBN
9781784979898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Hardback. A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857540468
ISBN
9781857540468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.44

Hardcover. Luke Tanner is a thirty-something baseball player helping to build a new baseball field in his beloved hometown of Clearwater, Wisconsin. His chance discovery of a small bone fragment on the field sets in motion a series of events and discoveries that will involve his neighbors, local politicians, and the nearby Native American reservation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035136
ISBN
9780268035136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pegasus Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605985732
ISBN
9781605985732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.98

Hardback. BIll Robinson's first novel-a saga of personal trauma and nautical peril-is based on actual events during the great Tokyo earthquake of 1923, when a passenger liner with 3,000 people aboard faced imminent destruction from the raging elements and was saved by the captain's courage and skills. Series: Seafarer Books. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780924486210
ISBN
9780924486210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. An exceptional story of survival and redemption in the Andes Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252076060
ISBN
9780252076060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

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