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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Six years later, the author has returned with a bracing new collection of short stories that will do for the center of the country what Cheever did for the suburbs of New York. This title explores the complexities of human interactions and imbues them with an honest naturalism that is sure to endear him to readers - in the Midwest and beyond. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806938
- ISBN
- 9780875806938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
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Paperback. Cane, Cob and Chimney Jewett are young Georgia sharecroppers held under the thumb of their domineering, God-struck father Pearl. When he dies unexpectedly, they set out on horseback to rob and loot their way to wealth and infamy, inspired by a lurid dime novel that only one of them can read. But little goes as planned.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703240
- ISBN
- 9781784703240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. A collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it does not appear on any map. The youth there grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520979
- ISBN
- 9780099520979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099563389
- ISBN
- 9780099563389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
€ 13.99
€ 11.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Swan Isle Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997228700
- ISBN
- 9780997228700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.37
€ 19.99
€ 17.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WaterBrook Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400071296
- ISBN
- 9781400071296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.05
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€ 17.05
Paperback. A brand new edition of book made famous by the film starring Paul Newman to tie-in with a new West End Theatre production. Includes an introduction by the film critic Andrea Quirke. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780333816
- ISBN
- 9781780333816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Paperback. 1920s Yorkshire Frankie Ford is honest and hardworking and has ambitions to become a ward sister at a prestigious London teaching hospital. But, hiding a secret, Frankie flees her comfortable home counties life to begin training as a district nurse in the poverty-stricken streets of Leeds. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099599593
- ISBN
- 9780099599593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
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€ 19.34
Paperback. The Nightingale Sisters Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569428
- ISBN
- 9780099569428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country.. Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers. Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099599579
- ISBN
- 9780099599579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
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€ 10.26
Paperback. All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas.. The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care for her enemies? Series: Nightingales. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784750015
- ISBN
- 9781784750015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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€ 11.08
Hardback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200499
- ISBN
- 9780631200499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. A young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead on the floor. A heart attack seems the likely cause, but Commissario Brunetti is not so sure and decides to take a closer look. Soon he discovers that she was part of an organization that cares for abused women and that her apartment was a safe-house. Series: Brunetti. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559764
- ISBN
- 9780099559764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 277 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575949
- ISBN
- 9781927575949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927575284
- ISBN
- 9781927575284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
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Paperback. Donna Tartt's phenomenally acclaimed new novel. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139630
- ISBN
- 9780349139630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
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Paperback. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398. 576 pages. A follow up to the "The Secret History". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight: 400.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747573647
- ISBN
- 9780747573647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
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Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780140167771
- ISBN
- 9780140167771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
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€ 11.14
Paperback. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Mira
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- KST0022082
- ISBN
- 9780778304685
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Forced into service at the age of fourteen, orphan Katie Mair must enter the bleak and cut off household, Howe of Denty, that turns out to be not as respectable as it first appears. One desperate act of defence from Katie is to a start a chain of despair, passion and revenge. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Birlinn Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841588254
- ISBN
- 9781841588254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.01
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€ 10.01
Paperback. Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. He is trapped in the throes of a midlife crisis, made worse when a young guru and Franka find each other irresistible. This work takes you along with Fred as he embarks on a journey of self discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive. Translator(s): Brownjohn, John. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001551
- ISBN
- 9780747557814
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher and erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of 'The Golden Notebook'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007498789
- ISBN
- 9780007498789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
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€ 12.91
paperback. The story of a middle-aged woman's search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780586088999
- ISBN
- 9780586088999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.40
€ 16.99
€ 13.40
paperback. The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007498772
- ISBN
- 9780007498772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.67
€ 13.99
€ 10.67