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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set largely in locations along the French Riviera, these 11 short stories depict with great compassion the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this privileged region. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280076
- ISBN
- 9780803280076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Shanghai Peoples Publishing House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9787208111103
- ISBN
- 9787208111103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.78
€ 34.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The first novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer Translator(s): Beecher, Merike Lepasaar. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- MacLehose Press
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2018
- SKU
- V9781784299781
- ISBN
- 9781784299781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. Timo von Bock's release by the Czar from nine years' incarceration does not spell the end of the Baron's troubles: he is confined to his Livonian estate to live under the constant eye of police informers planted among his own household, and is subjected to endless humiliations. It is claimed that he is a madman and in need of 'protection'. Translator(s): Hollo, Anselm. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860465796
- ISBN
- 9781860465796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.02
€ 26.99
€ 19.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Racom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933199535
- ISBN
- 9781933199535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 7.11
€ 33.99
€ 7.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- World Editions Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789462380653
- ISBN
- 9789462380653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Black Paintings from the Lives of the Men in the Goya Family. Series: Dedalus Europe 2012. 252 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 22. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Jones, Antonia Lloyd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650697
- ISBN
- 9781907650697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. "[A] compelling debut.. Townsend's writing [is] full of fresh turns of phrase and keen insights."-Anaya Mathis, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350821
- ISBN
- 9780393350821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.88
€ 31.99
€ 26.88
paperback. Claire is a young geologist working in Tunisia. Her partner sends her postcards from a cold flat in London. John is Irish and the wrong religion. She writes back - Tunisia is warm, full of the bright colours of the desert. Claire doesn't mention Ali - she doesn't think John would understand. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952155881
- ISBN
- 9780952155881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.33
€ 9.33
Paperback. Tells the story of a boy Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852241278
- ISBN
- 9781852241278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. The author's professional writing had always expressed complex ideas in expressive prose. And the notion emerged - why not compress ideas, stories, even whole novels, into single aphorisms? This collection of single aphorisms intends to provide food for thought. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 129. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Foulsham
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780572030407
- ISBN
- 9780572030407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.30
€ 8.30
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995618
- ISBN
- 9780295995618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943, SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for: 'The Eagle has landed'. It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: Operation Eagle, Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405917520
- ISBN
- 9781405917520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The electrifying WWII bestseller from the master of the game. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 30. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000884
- ISBN
- 9780007223725
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906998141
- ISBN
- 9781906998141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Lost during the author's lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S S Westminster: drinking, arguing, playing cards, dodging torpedoes and contemplating the beauty of the sea. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193342
- ISBN
- 9780141193342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Presents the author's high school experiences as a sporting jock in Massachusetts and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198217
- ISBN
- 9780141198217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Follows two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184883
- ISBN
- 9780141184883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Offers an examination of the author's own New York life. Transcribing taped conversations between members of their group as they took drugs and drank, this book reveals a portrait of people caught up in destructive relationships with substances, and one another. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198224
- ISBN
- 9780141198224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The author roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. In this book, he reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own high-spirited philosophy of self-fulfilment. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184906
- ISBN
- 9780141184906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Presents the story of two men engaged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039600
- ISBN
- 9780143039600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 111 x 18. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951538
- ISBN
- 9780241951538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.70
€ 8.70
Paperback. A semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198231
- ISBN
- 9780141198231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. Editor(s): Cunnell, Howard. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189215
- ISBN
- 9780141189215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.85
€ 14.99
€ 11.85