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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The hermetic world of boxing is notoriously difficult for outsiders to understand, though it has provided a source of fascination to numerous writers. This work is a collection of short stories and a novella. It aims to bring a different understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science, opening a window into the fighter's sole. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KAK0006871
ISBN
9780099490586
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. 1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent children's author of his age, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked by grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns her stillborn son. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 365.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0014466
ISBN
9780571238057
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783782673
ISBN
9781783782673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783783731
ISBN
9781783783731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Abandoned as a newborn at the doors of the local YMCA and then bounced between foster homes, Shannon eventually finds stability in the home of Miranda, a single mother with a daughter of her own. But as Shannon grows, so do her questions. Will she ever belong? Who is her true family? Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571305476
ISBN
9780571305476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.22

Paperback. A powerful and disturbing novel about Cambodia from an award-winning Canadian writer - an extraordinary act of empathy for those who suffered under the Khmer Rouge Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084910
ISBN
9781847084910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Europa Editions United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609450830
ISBN
9781609450830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. One night, Enaiatollah's mother tells him three things: don't use drugs, don't use weapons, don't steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn't there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. This book describes his five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555452
ISBN
9780099555452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453879
ISBN
9781609453879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.56

Paperback. A father sets out to save the Islamic world. A daughter sets out to save herself. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069508
ISBN
9781782069508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan, M D. Series: Modern Arabic Literature (Paperback). Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Number of pages
113
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774165665
ISBN
9789774165665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571311115
ISBN
9781571311115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Paperback. Fifteen year old Doria is in the misnamed Paradise Estate on the outskirts of Paris. Her father has gone off back to Morocco to find a wife who can give him a boy. This novel tells the story of Doria who is both clued up and innocent, acutely aware of what's in store for her and powerless to change it. She is funny, clever and tragically trapped. Translator(s): Ardizzone, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Definitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862301580
ISBN
9781862301580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Meet Maggie Fortenberry. Her life seems pretty much perfect - she's beautiful, charming and successful, just as you'd expect of a former Miss Alabama. But in fact, Maggie is perfectly miserable. By now she should have been living in an elegant house with an adoring husband and 2.5 children. Instead, she makes a living selling that dream to others. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555483
ISBN
9780099555483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Takes us through the lives of an engaging crew of misfits, fixers and ordinary good-hearted folk, set against the vivid natural backdrop of a mellow Alabama winter, along the riverside where birds and fish abound. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099490487
ISBN
9780099490487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A novel spanning late 1940s small-town America and the New York media world of the 1970s, by the author of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLESTOP CAFE. It tells the story of a television interviewer with emotional and drink problems who was abandoned as a teenager by her mother. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288558
ISBN
9780099288558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KEX0302784
ISBN
9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Wisconsin, 1941. With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn men's work and the All-Girl Filling Station is born, complete with neat little caps, short skirts, and roller-skates. Their peace doesn't last long though: skilled women are needed to fly planes for the war effort.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099593140
ISBN
9780099593140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs Elner Shimfissle is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next thing she knows, she is off on a strange adventure, running into people, in the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, 'What's life all about anyway?' Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507642
ISBN
9780099507642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Right in the middle of everywhere, which could be anywhere. WWII has ended and the joyous transitions to peace are being - mostly - embraced. This book portrays characters ranging from Bobby Smith, the son of the well-known radio hostess Neighbour Dorothy, to the phenomena known as the Sunset Club, Dinner on the Ground and the Funeral King. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448938
ISBN
9780099448938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A journey to the South that only Southerners know, to a time when "Blue Velvet" was played at the Senior Prom, and into the life of Daisy Fay Harper. Daisy is a sassy, truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, she tells us everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002033
ISBN
9780099297215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A reprint of the 1933 classic novel, the basis for two film versions, with a new introduciton. Editor(s): Itzkovitz, Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333241
ISBN
9780822333241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. How well do we know the ones we love? From the author of WOMEN OF A DANGEROUS AGE. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409129653
ISBN
9781409129653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. OUR SUMMER TOGETHER is an uplifting story about family, friendship and the happy surprise of finding love later in life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0019695
ISBN
9781409159926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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