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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Gulag, the Stalinist labour camps to which millions of Russians were condemned for political deviation, has become a household word in the West. This title tells the story of one typical day in a labour camp as experienced by prisoner Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is sufficient to describe the entire world of the Soviet camps. Translator(s): Willetts, H. T. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449270
ISBN
9780099449270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Features detailed accounts of the Soviet prison-camp system. This book offers author's classic portrayal of life in the gulag is all the more powerful for being slighter and more personal than those later monumental volumes. Translator(s): Willetts, H. T. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
170
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152197
ISBN
9781857152197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Solzhenitsyn's celebrated novel describes the lives of people in the Soviet Union under Stalin who were condemned on health grounds to "internment" or death. It also give a psychological insight into the intensified experience of people under varying degrees of pressure and deprivation. Translator(s): Dolberg, Alexander. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099575511
ISBN
9780099575511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. For fans of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, SHADOW OF THE WIND and booklovers everywhere, a literary thriller and a love story set in a world threatened by the disappearance of language. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780225623
ISBN
9781780225623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, this work presents the events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138. A Story of War. 176 pages. Re-creates the siege of Troy through the voices of 21 Homeric characters. From the return of Chryseis to the burial of Hector, this work presents the events arranged not by the whims of the gods in this instance but by the dictates of human nature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight: 138.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847671035
ISBN
9781847671035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Only the daughter, Nina, survives, thanks to an extraordinary act of mercy by one of the attackers. Nina is just four years old. Decades later Nina hunts down the last of her family's murderers, the man who was her saviour. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841955742
ISBN
9781841955742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Born out of the author's own experiences as a young InterRail traveller, this modern picaresque novel is a celebration of a Europe without boundaries, the joy of being young and the infinite, unpredictable paths we can go down during our lives. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846882449
ISBN
9781846882449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. A novel of intrigue, deceit and sheer desperation, Bestseller is a caustic portrait of contemporary culture and of Britain's obsession with fame, success and becoming the next J.K. Rowling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278. 288 pages. A novel of intrigue, deceit and sheer desperation, Bestseller is a caustic portrait of contemporary culture and of Britain's obsession with fame, success and becoming the next J.K. Rowling. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight: 278.
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846881282
ISBN
9781846881282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.42

Paperback. This is the first installment of a three-volume translation, and it includes The Young Maronite, The Marriage of Omar and The Nocturnal Visitor, which are set between 1912 and 1927. Translator(s): Naffis-Sahely, Andre. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772781
ISBN
9781850772781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; 2AB; 3JMG; FA; FRD. Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008206697
ISBN
9780008206697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. A fiction-only issue published to coincide with the dog-days of summer. Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905881062
ISBN
9781905881062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 105. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496708854
ISBN
9781496708854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.75

Paperback. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241976562
ISBN
9780241976562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results. The award-winning illustrations from Nicholas Garland make this a beautiful and atmospheric book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b&w illistrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 17. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571223107
ISBN
9780571223107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal - Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story! Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KHS0057964
ISBN
9780006513322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In Alex Gray's page-turning new Glasgow-set crime novel, Detective Lorimer must protect his city from a terrifying threat in the countdown to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Series: William Lorimer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751548273
ISBN
9780751548273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime and murder, with its citizens no longer able to trust the police to protect them. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard, made up of just twelve detectives, battles in vain against the tide of violence and cruelty. Series: Scotland Yard Murder Squad. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958919
ISBN
9780241958919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958933
ISBN
9780241958933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, the author discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362814
ISBN
9780099362814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Maggie lives a life of careful routines and measured pleasures. But everything changes when, walking through Gatwick airport, she is approached by a young woman who whispers a single word: 'Help.' Maggie's actions save Anja from her brutal trafficker. Then Anja makes contact, and quickly insinuates herself into Maggie's ordered life.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019205
ISBN
9780571316687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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