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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. What do a dead cat, a computer whizz-kid, an electric monk, quantum mechanics, a chronologit over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and pizza have in common? Apparently not much, until Dirk Gently begins his investigation. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 41. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
William Heinemann
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition, First Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780434009190
ISBN
9780434009190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Takes you on a journey across the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures - animals that they may never get another chance to see. This book describes the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but lovable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, and the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099536796
ISBN
9780099536796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In the near future bees are extinct - until five unconnected individuals, in different parts of the world, are stung. Immediately snatched up by ominous figures in hazmat suits, interrogated searately in neutral Ikea-like chambers, and then released as 15-minute-celebrities into a world. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537380
ISBN
9780099537380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783943365863
ISBN
9783943365863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.81

Paperback. Following the hugely acclaimed bestseller Hey Nostradamus! comes a major new novel from Douglas Coupland: the wonderfully warm, funny, life-affirming story of Liz Dunn, a woman who has spent her whole life alone and lonely - until now.. This is a brilliant work of commercial literary fiction from an author who just gets better and better. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KST0029683
ISBN
9780007162529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, Hey Nostradamus! is Douglas Coupland's most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Edition
SKU
KRF0036028
ISBN
9780007162512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion and the afterlife. This title asks as many questions as it answers and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species - and that there is no turning back. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538189
ISBN
9780099538189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Features Raymond Gunt, a decent chap who tries to do the right thing. Or, to put it another way, the worst person ever: a foul-mouthed, misanthropic cameraman, trailing creditors, ex-wives and unhappy homeless people in his wake. Men dislike him, women flee from him. This book is about a human being with absolutely no redeeming social value. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099537397
ISBN
9780099537397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Douglas Coupland's classic. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Edition
1964 no other dates
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142593
ISBN
9780349142593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Andy, Dag and Claire represent the new generation - Generation X. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349108391
ISBN
9780349108391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear - all served Coupland-style. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551270
ISBN
9780006551270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.58

Paperback. On the eve of the next Space Shuttle mission, a divided family comes together..Warm, witty and wise, 'All Families Are Psychotic' is Coupland at the very top of his form. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007117536
ISBN
9780007117536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.58

Paperback. Neutral America is debating the proper response to the war in Europe. Increasingly involved in this debate is Henry Ford: inventor, industrialist, billionaire. He is against war - it is bad for business. Into his orbit comes Rosika Schwimmer, who persuades him that a Peace Ship filled with the great and the good should sail to Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099465966
ISBN
9780099465966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Hannah Buchan thinks herself ordinary. She is not the revolutionary child that her painter mother and famous radical father had hoped for. Raised in the creative chaos of 1960s America, Hannah vows to reject her parents' liberal lifestyle, and settles instead for typical family life in a nondescript corner of Maine. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 422. Clean copy in good condition
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0005336
ISBN
9780099468295
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job, his marriage and his relationship with his only child. And when the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he votes with his feet and flees - to Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and page edges
Edition
1st Arrow Book Edition
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0007570
ISBN
9780099469254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Robin knew Paul wasn't perfect. But he said they were so lucky to have found each other, and she believed it was true. In the heady strangeness of Morocco, he is everything she wants him to be - passionate, talented, knowledgeable. She is convinced that it is here she will finally become pregnant. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780099585183
ISBN
9780099585183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children. But life, as Jane discovers, is a random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with an erratic man named Theo. And then she falls pregnant. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509684
ISBN
9780099509684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. *A fiendishly clever, yet serious tale of middle-class frustration that will touch anyone who has ever wanted to escape their life. The Thriller goes into a new domain - The Real World. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349117386
ISBN
9780349117386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced American writer living a very private life in Maine. Until, one wintry morning, his solitude is disrupted by the arrival of a package postmarked Berlin. But what is more unsettling is the name accompanying the return address on the package: Petra Dussmann. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509745
ISBN
9780099509745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. David Armitage - husband, father and failure - has lived the life of an unsuccessful screenwriter for eleven years. When one of his scripts is bought for television, David's life is transformed, more dramatically than he could have ever imagined. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469261
ISBN
9780099469261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

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