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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Includes tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns. Translator(s): Hainsworth, Peter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191331
- ISBN
- 9780141191331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564787569
- ISBN
- 9781564787569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 6.23
€ 13.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447415
- ISBN
- 9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922485
- ISBN
- 9780813922485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.42
€ 32.42
Editor(s): Arata, Stephen (University of Virginia). Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 559 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551115023
- ISBN
- 9781551115023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.27
€ 42.27
Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515944
- ISBN
- 9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Samia Omar grows up in war-torn Somalia, dreaming of being a world-class sprinter. She sleeps with a photo of Mo Farah by her bed and trains hard. After achieving a place on the national team to compete in the Beijing Olympics, she sets her sights on the 2012 games in London. This book is based on a true story. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571322695
- ISBN
- 9780571322695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Hardcover. A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. Through the eyes of his princely protagonist, the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic, pastoral society, torn apart by revolution, death and decay. Translator(s): Colquhoun, A. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150230
- ISBN
- 9781857150230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.57
€ 23.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. The matchless detective and psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is visiting the picturesque village of Spey in search of a local witch when Gerald Conway, a junior master at Spey College, is found murdered. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526230
- ISBN
- 9780099526230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Fowler, Lois Josephs; Lamb, Cynthia; Knapp, Peggy A. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485916
- ISBN
- 9780887485916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.20
€ 25.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. A dazzling debut, a gripping, panoramic novel of magic and science, love and death set in 1920s America Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- 1st Paper Back - 27th Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340794999
- ISBN
- 9780340794999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. After the death of her lover Jake, Talulla Demetriou finds herself to be the last living werewolf. Pregnant, grieving and on the run, she flees to an Alaskan hunting lodge to have her child in secret and keep the bloodline alive. Series: The Last Werewolf Trilogy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main - New cover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112679
- ISBN
- 9781782112679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. A stunningly-written portrait of Lucifer encountering the world of the senses, telling his version of the Bible, and discovering what it's like to be human - in Clerkenwell. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743220132
- ISBN
- 9780743220132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. For two centuries Jacob Marlowe has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his kind, he knows he can't go on. But as Jake counts down to demise, a violent murder and a meeting plunge him straight back into the desperate pursuit of life. Series: The Last Werewolf Trilogy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main - New cover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782112662
- ISBN
- 9781782112662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Remshi is the oldest vampire in existence. He is searching for the werewolf named Talulla, whom he believes is the reincarnation of his long lost - and only - love. But he is not the only one seeking Talulla. Series: The Last Werewolf Trilogy. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847679512
- ISBN
- 9781847679512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743220156
- ISBN
- 9780743220156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Series: Nunatak Fiction S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780920897690
- ISBN
- 9780920897690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.68
€ 9.99
€ 8.68
Hardcover. Beautiful widow Joan D'Silva is at Howrah Station, fleeing Calcutta with her 11-year-old son Errol. Also on the same train is Laxhimi, a notorious hijira prostitute: charismatic, sensual and powerful. They are both running away to Lucknow to escape danger, but soon their lives will become entangled in a web of corruption and blackmail. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908946904
- ISBN
- 9781908946904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse-yet tightly written-vignettes. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894312
- ISBN
- 9780801894312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421032
- ISBN
- 9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.19
€ 24.99
€ 22.19
Paperback. A terrifying secret. A shocking discovery has been made deep within Rome's ancient catacombs. One that the Vatican is determined must never be made public - for the sake of all mankind. A deadly conspiracy. But there are others who want to keep the truth hidden for far more sinister reasons. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KTM0004788
- ISBN
- 9780099545736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A terrifying secret. A shocking discovery has been made deep within Rome's ancient catacombs. One that the Vatican is determined must never be made public - for the sake of all mankind. A deadly conspiracy. But there are others who want to keep the truth hidden for far more sinister reasons. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 326. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0023433
- ISBN
- 9780099545736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A fictionalised account of the the development of the Delorean gull-wing car. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784971779
- ISBN
- 9781784971779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Belfast, 1970s: Craig, St John and Mazine meet while at secondary school. Three very different people, they each come from testing backgrounds, and become friends just as life gets exciting and adulthood beckons. The years pass, and they try to live with themselves and the darker deeds of their hometown as honestly as they can. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571305230
- ISBN
- 9780571305230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99