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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A semi-autobiography of the childhood of Alan Kent, from early manhood to artist. The text includes brief, graphic sketches which illustrate the struggle against various hardening effects of a brutal and seemingly indifferent world. Illustrator(s): Frizzell, Ralph. Num Pages: 88 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820317892
ISBN
9780820317892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.10

Paperback. When Carruthers receives a letter from his friend Davies suggesting a Baltic sailing trip the vision of a manned yacht, A1 scenery and excellent duck shooting quickly works its charm. Much to Carruther's disgust, the reality couldn't be more different. Why should anyone want to kill Davies? What are the Germans trying to hide? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582793
ISBN
9780099582793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Four friends get together to watch the 1998 World Cup final. One of them has an idea: let's write down our wishes for the next few years, put them away, and during the next final, we'll get them out and see how many we've achieved. The four men's bond is deep, but tested by betrayal, death, and distance their alliance comes under pressure. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Translated Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701184421
ISBN
9780701184421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. It is 1995 and Noa and Amir have decided to move in together. Noa is studying photography in Jerusalem and Amir is a psychology student in Tel Aviv, so they choose a tiny flat in a village called El-Kastel. Noa and Amir's flat is separated from that of their landlords, by a thin wall, but on each side we find a completely different world. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507673
ISBN
9780099507673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Dori's father has gone travelling in South America and, suffering from some kind of breakdown, following the death of his wife, he goes missing. Dori sets out to find him, leaving his wife and young son at home in Israel. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra. Num Pages: 624 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099578550
ISBN
9780099578550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.13

Paperback. Family secrets and lies in small-town America, from Man Booker and Orange Prize shortlisted author Esi Edugyan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846689390
ISBN
9781846689390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Sixteen-year-old Lisa has high hopes for her first year in London. But she is squeezed into a flat with her bohemian mother and a little brother obsessed with foxes. Lisa trails through the city, dabbling with drugs and romance, and refusing to lose faith in her belief that something fantastic will happen to mark the rest of her life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747594475
ISBN
9780747594475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. After Klaus Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Poring over Klaus' letters to his wife Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begins to sense an absence in her own life that may not be filled by simply going home. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011073
ISBN
9780141011073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408857212
ISBN
9781408857212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Two little girls are taken by their mother to Morocco on a 1960s pilgrimage of self-discovery. For Mum, it is not just an escape from the grinding conventions of English life but a quest for personal fulfilment; her children, however, seek something more solid and stable amidst the shifting desert sands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140174120
ISBN
9780140174120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. On a holiday with her father, Lara meets the Willoughby family, rife with illicit alliances and vendettas. The more embroiled Lara becomes with them, and with the beautiful Kip, the more consumed she is with doubt, curiosity and dread. And so begins her journey into self discovery and across the fine line between childhood and what lies beyond. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Thus
SKU
V9780747593195
ISBN
9780747593195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. What we have here is a bunch of perfectly healthy women who happen to be of the brass-bra-wearing and chain-link bikinis sort. Each is fighting in her own way for the freedom to express herself - often by thrusting sword through a censor's black heart! The chicks in chainmail are back, and they will not be oppressed, repressed, or depressed! Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476780634
ISBN
9781476780634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Sara has a hard time understanding why Seth wants to befriend the new girl in town and even share their secrets of Thacker's Trail. Even Solomon's reassuring words don't soothe Sara. But Sara discovers that not only does Annette's presence not detract from her joyful experience, but that it adds to it in more ways than she could have imagined. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hay House Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401911607
ISBN
9781401911607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Solomon reappears and gives Sara and her classmate Seth a fresh and enlightening perspective on life on this planet. These two adventurous, tree-climbing friends dialogue with their ethereal feathered mentor regarding their varied experiences with parents, teachers, other students, neighbours, and property owners. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Hay House Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781401911591
ISBN
9781401911591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 190 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 123.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679848042
ISBN
9780679848042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.07

Paperback. When Mordy, our hero, discovers that his girlfriend from his life before has also 'offed' herself, he sets out to find her, and so follows a strange adventure.. Num Pages: 96 pages, -. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701184315
ISBN
9780701184315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. A man barges into a writer's house and, holding a gun to his head, demands that he tell him a story, something to take him away from real world. A pathological liar discovers one day that the lies he tells come true. A young woman finds a zip in her boyfriend's mouth, and when she opens it he unfolds to reveal a completely different man inside. Translator(s): Silverston, Sondra; Shlesinger, Miriam; Englander, Nathan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563327
ISBN
9780099563327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Part anthology and part travelogue, Translating Libya presents the country through the eyes of seventeen Libyan short story writers and one American diplomat. Editor(s): Chorin, Ethan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Darf Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850772842
ISBN
9781850772842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155479
ISBN
9781903155479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.37

Paperback. Snowdie has to bring up her twin boys alone after her husband, King Maclain, disappears one day, discarding his hat on the banks of the Big Black. Loch Morrison, convalescing with malaria, watches from his bedroom window as wayward Virgie Rainey meets a sailor in the vacant house opposite. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 370 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196848
ISBN
9780141196848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

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