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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420466
ISBN
9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Samuel Wachtman´s Sons, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941905081
ISBN
9781941905081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.65

Paperback. This collection is a companion to "Modern Short Stories One". The 15 short stories included are by writers from Africa, America, Australia, India, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain. The writers include Dino Buzzati, Dorothy Parker, Primo Levi, Maeve Binchy, Garrison Keillor and Peter Carey. Editor(s): Hunter, Jim. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 178 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 128. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006264
ISBN
9780571169863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west.. the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 21. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241951583
ISBN
9780241951583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover.
Edition
Media tie-in
Publisher
Modern Library
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679602989
ISBN
9780679602989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st Ballantine Books trade ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345410085
ISBN
9780345410085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.19

Paperback. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 18. Weight in Grams: 126. Series: Bloomsbury Classic Reads. 224 pages, maps. The sultry classic of a journalist's sordid life in Puerto Rico. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 112 x 16. Weight: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK open market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747574576
ISBN
9780747574576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. One Hundred Shadows is an oblique, hard-edged novel tinged with offbeat fantasy, set in a slum electronics market in central Seoul earmarked for demolition. Translator(s): Jung, Yewon. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911284024
ISBN
9781911284024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. In a drab North Korean city, a seventh daughter is born to a couple longing for a son. Abandoned hours after her birth, she is eventually rescued by her grandmother. The old woman names the child Bari, after a legend telling of a forsaken princess who undertakes a quest for an elixir that will bring peace to the souls of the dead. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859641743
ISBN
9781859641743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Lee, Jennifer M. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564789150
ISBN
9781564789150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849821353
ISBN
9781849821353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
PULP Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901072242
ISBN
9781901072242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. 25th anniversary edition of Iain Banks' masterly novel THE CROW ROAD Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349142838
ISBN
9780349142838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Paperback reissue of Iain Banks' masterly novel THE CROW ROAD Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139159
ISBN
9780349139159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel, reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139234
ISBN
9780349139234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Dark family secrets and a passionate love affair, full of his trademark warmth, humanity and ingenuity, Iain Banks's classic novel is reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139142
ISBN
9780349139142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Iain Banks's classic novel reissued with a striking new cover Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139210
ISBN
9780349139210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. * Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' WALKING ON GLASS, inexorably powerful' - OBSERVER Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139203
ISBN
9780349139203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Iain Banks' momentous first novel, published in 1984 is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139180
ISBN
9780349139180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' COMPLICITY, 'ingenious, daring and brilliant' - Guardian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349139135
ISBN
9780349139135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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