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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Ally James' life is in need of a makeover. Juggling the demands of a neurotic boss, the sudden appearance of her ex-husband's arm candy and the whirl of school runs seems to have become a mammoth effort of late. Can packaging and promoting possibly be the same as dating and falling in love? And how on earth would you find the time for a makeover? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
SKU
KNW0008638
ISBN
9780099492429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132541
ISBN
9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.79
€ 107.60

Paperback. At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780099561378
ISBN
9780099561378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Reminiscent of Voltaire, Broges and Kafka, "A Dog's Head" is a piece of realism. It tells the story of Edmund Du Chaillu, a boy born, to his bourgeois parents' horror, with the head of a spaniel. Edmund must endure his schoolmates' teasing as well as an urge to carry a newspaper in his mouth. Translator(s): Chancellor, Robin. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226174921
ISBN
9780226174921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970652
ISBN
9781620970652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595586704
ISBN
9781595586704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.67

paperback. 'I'm off', says Felix Ferrer to his wife. 'I'm leaving you'. And closing the door on their suburban home, Ferrer, a creature of appetite, impulse and habit, a man of our times, embarks on a journey to the extremes. Not weighing up every girl he sees. Not ignoring his doctor's warnings to avoid the very hot and the very cold. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860469503
ISBN
9781860469503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 84 pages, 1 b&w halftone, glossary. BIC Classification: DNF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859894883
ISBN
9780859894883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.42

Paperback. Translator(s): Ford, Edward. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583225240
ISBN
9781583225240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.08

Paperback. For years, thirty-eight-year-old Portia Nathan has hidden behind her busy career as a Princeton admissions officer and her less than passionate relationship. Then the piece of her past that she has tried so hard to bury resurfaces, catapulting her on an extraordinary journey of the heart that challenges everything she ever thought she believed. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Tie-In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309092
ISBN
9780571309092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Grace Sachs, a happily married therapist with a young son, thinks she knows everything about women, men and marriage. She is about to publish a book called You Should Have Known, based on her pet theory: women don't value their intuition about what men are really like, leading to serious trouble later on. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571307531
ISBN
9780571307531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cinnamon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910836712
ISBN
9781910836712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594633805
ISBN
9781594633805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Kimberley Chang and her mother move from Hong Kong to New York. A new life awaits them - making a new home in a new country. But all they can afford is a verminous, broken-windowed Brooklyn apartment. The only heating is an unreliable oven. They are deep in debt. And neither one speaks one word of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042749
ISBN
9780141042749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. The prequel to what will be the publishing event of the year: the final volume of Jean M. Auel's six-book series, The Land of Painted Caves Num Pages: 800 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 53. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444713145
ISBN
9781444713145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Fourth novel in Jean M Auel's magnificent epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth. Series: Earth's Children. Num Pages: 848 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444704372
ISBN
9781444704372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. The triumphant finale of the hugely successful Earth's Childrens(R) series Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340824276
ISBN
9780340824276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The prequel to what will be the publishing event of the year: the final volume of Jean M. Auel's six-book series, The Land of Painted Caves Num Pages: 736 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444704358
ISBN
9781444704358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. From the author of "Airs of Providence", "The Very Rich Hours", and "The Courage of Girls", this book brings together a dozen new stories. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801848537
ISBN
9780801848537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Family pleasures, marriage, the essential moments and mysteries of a seemingly ordinary world that break into magical territory before we can brace ourselves-Jean McGarry puts us in life's rough seas with what the New York Times has called a "deft, comic, and devastatingly precise" hand. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896583
ISBN
9780801896583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785079443
ISBN
9781785079443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Obsession, longing, deceit and even murder feature in this quartet of provocative novellas, which gives a modern twist to tales of women for whom all is not necessarily as it seems. Drawing on history, culture and lore, this is a riveting exploration of the complexities of motherhood: edgy and engrossing, moving, yet at times, disturbing. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908643575
ISBN
9781908643575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984858
ISBN
9780141984858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185422
ISBN
9780141185422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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