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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. This collection comprises: "Fiesta", Hemingway's first major novel; long extracts from "A Farewell to Arms", "To Have and Have Not" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls"; 25 complete short stories; and the Epilogue to "Death in the Afternoon". Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 102 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099339311
ISBN
9780099339311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. In this book Hemingway shares his passion for bullfighting. The technical skills are described and explained, with chapters on individual bullfighters and the bulls. This work also contains a number of short stories inspired by the intense life and inevitable death of those violent afternoons. Num Pages: 336 pages, 48pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASZX; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
9780099909101
ISBN
9780099909101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Paperback. Features hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: living on the raw edge, making love, and facing the inevitable reality of death. As an introduction to the author's work, or as an overview of the themes he developed in his novels, this work presents a collection of stories. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099909705
ISBN
9780099909705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Richard Cantrell is an American Colonel living in Venice just after the Second World War. The fighting has left him scarred and embittered, a middle-aged man with a heart condition. It seems that only the love of Renata, a nineteen-year-old countess can save him. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872038
ISBN
9781784872038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Living a bachelor's life on an island in the Gulf Stream during the 30s, Hudson's existence is dictated by the waves and tides. But when his sons come to visit, Hudson must grapple with the role of father and the unfamiliar demands of family. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781784872045
ISBN
9781784872045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. Hemingway must take on his new role of leader and, of equal importance, assist his wife Mary to pursue the great lion she is determined to kill before Christmas. This work details the African landscape, the thrill of the hunt, and the heartfelt relationships with his African neighbours. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099282129
ISBN
9780099282129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.70

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: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099289821
ISBN
9780099289821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. First published in 1929, this draws on Hemingway's experiences of World War I, when he was badly wounded while serving with the Italians. This is a portrait of men at war which explores their deeper responses to the cruelty and heroism of battle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 33. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151497
ISBN
9781857151497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.67

Paperback.
Publication date
1954
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780440378648
ISBN
9780440378648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684801452
ISBN
9780684801452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684843322
ISBN
9780684843322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Prentice Hall & IBD New York
Edition
1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684865720
ISBN
9780684865720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.94

paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099586623
ISBN
9780099586623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A novel of prejudice, community and what it means to be a man in the American South. It explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" and Toni Morrison's "Beloved". It is the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687860
ISBN
9781846687860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Pocket Books
Edition
Touchstone ed
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671636036
ISBN
9780671636036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Superintendent Lascano is a detective working under the shadow of military rule in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s. He is sent to investigate the discovery of two bodies but when he arrives at the roadside crime scene he finds three. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. 227 pages. Superintendent Lascano is a detective working under the shadow of military rule in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s. He is sent to investigate the discovery of two bodies but when he arrives at the roadside crime scene he finds three. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight: 188. Translator(s): Soutar, Jethro.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738565
ISBN
9781904738565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Lane, Helen. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141985862
ISBN
9780141985862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Infamous for the murder of Maria Iribarne, the artist Juan Pablo Castel is now writing a detailed account of his relationship with the victim from his prison cell: obsessed from the first moment he saw her examining one of his paintings, Castel had become fixated on her over the next months and fantasized over how they might meet again. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194547
ISBN
9780141194547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. This novel chronicles the final decline of a poor white family in rural Georgia, who are exhorted by their patriarch, Ty Ty, to dig up their land in search of gold, and who thereby ruin it. Complex sexual entanglements and betrayals lead to a murder within the family that completes its dissolution. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820316635
ISBN
9780820316635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.80

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

€ 27.99
€ 24.09

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 21.04

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
€ 15.91

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