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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfalll Closes at Dawn. Series: Vintage Magic. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554790
ISBN
9780099554790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25- year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. Translator(s): Solberg, Tor Ketil. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 12. Weight in Grams: 112. 208 pages. Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25- year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 178 x 111 x 12. Weight: 114. Translator(s): Solberg, Tor Ketil.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841956725
ISBN
9781841956725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560432
ISBN
9780099560432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A long-awaited new novel set in the period of the French and Indian Wars brings a new dimension to the region s history" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652137
ISBN
9781584652137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. Contains short stories, featuring men, who are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909309
ISBN
9780099909309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 136. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099586630
ISBN
9780099586630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285038
ISBN
9780099285038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. In 1918 Ernset Hemingway went to the "war to end all wars", in the ambulance service in Italy. He was wounded and twice decorated. Here he recreates the fear, comradeship, and the courage of his young American volunteer and the men an women he meets in Italy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273974
ISBN
9780099273974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.67

Paperback. The old man has gone 84 days without catching a fish, everything about him is old except his eyes, they are the colour of the sea. He finally catches a fish, but this is no ordinary fish, nor is his fierce and determined response. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 64.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099908401
ISBN
9780099908401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. In 1918 the author went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. This title tells a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Special edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099582564
ISBN
9780099582564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Presents Hemingway stories, in which men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. They range from the haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099908807
ISBN
9780099908807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, this work presents the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It is a story of heroic endeavour and of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273967
ISBN
9780099273967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Hemingway's first novel, set in 1920s Paris, a city of Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with the aristocratic, beautiful and sensuous Brett Ashley, and the couple are drawn towards the dazzle and excitement of the Spanish fiesta. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 15. Weight in Grams: 122.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099908500
ISBN
9780099908500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 31. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780099908609
ISBN
9780099908609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A young American volunteers for the Italian ambulance service in World War I. Working near the front, he meets and falls in love with a British nurse. Disillusioned by the war, he makes the decision to desert, taking his new love to Switzerland. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 20. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099910107
ISBN
9780099910107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Hardcover. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) is celebrated as a novelist and man of action. He is perhaps most famous for Whom The Bell Tolls and A Farewell To Arms. He was equally prolific as a writer of short stories. This collection includes all Hemingway's shorter fiction arranged chronologically from 'Up in Michigan' (1923) to 'Old Man at the Bridge (1938). Num Pages: 788 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 133 x 45. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151879
ISBN
9781857151879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Harry Morgan was hard - the classic Hemingway hero - rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression. He ran risks, too, from stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses. But it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence, and keep his belly full. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909002
ISBN
9780099909002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Brings together a wide selection of the author's works, that offers an introduction to his extensive writing. This title includes the full text of "Fiesta"; and, long extracts from his three works of fiction, "A Farewell to Arms", "To Have and Have Not" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460978
ISBN
9780099460978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Features stories which are partly autobiographical, men and women of passion live, fight, love and die in scenes of dramatic intensity. In this book, the stories range from haunting tragedy on the snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro, to brutal America with its deceptive calm, and war-ravaged Europe. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460923
ISBN
9780099460923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Shares the sights, the sounds, the excitement, and the knowledge which fuelled the authors passion for Spain and the bullfight. This book contains some of his finest writing, inspired by the intense life, as well as the inevitable death, of those hot, violent afternoons. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random House Gro
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285021
ISBN
9780099285021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. A collection of Hemingway's first forty-nine short stories, including "Up in Michigan", "Fifty Grand", and "The Light of the World", and the "Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Winner Take Nothing" and "Men Without Women" collections. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099339212
ISBN
9780099339212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The War is just over. In Venice, a city affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls in love with Renata, an Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break anyone's heart'. Cantrell is war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness of the love she is offering. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Arrow Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909606
ISBN
9780099909606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Spring is coming to the small towns of Michigan, but the snow still covers the land when Scripps O'Neil sets of for Chicago, decides to stop a while in Petoskey, and meets up with Yogi Johnson. Subtitled "A Romantic Novel in Honour of the Passing of a Great Race", this work parodies the themes and styles of the 'great race' of writers. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099909507
ISBN
9780099909507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Touchstone ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684824994
ISBN
9780684824994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.38

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