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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Can you save a friend who doesn't want to be saved? A powerful debut novel from an exciting new talent. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751550900
ISBN
9780751550900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Paperback. Alternating between the lives of Koreans struggling through seventy years of turbulent, post-World War Two history in their homeland and the communities of Korean immigrants grappling with assimilation in the United States, this title weaves together intricate tales of family and love, abandonment and loss on both sides of the Pacific. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 179.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571276202
ISBN
9780571276202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. A novel drawn from a little known chapter of World War II history - the brutal Soviet deportations of 1.5 million Polish civilians to forced labor camps in Siberia shortly after the Soviets occupied eastern Poland at the beginning of the war. It explores the impacts of this shattering experience on a family from four points of view. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aquila Polonica Publishing United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607720089
ISBN
9781607720089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0009143
ISBN
9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRA0009959
ISBN
9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 422. Very good copy in good dustwrappers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0007266
ISBN
9780007548705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the Californian desert.. A four-year-old boy goes missing. A British rock star goes quietly mad. An alien-worshipping cult is born. An Iraqi teenager takes part in a war game. In a remote town, near a rock formation known as The Pinnacles, lives intertwine, stories echo, and the universal search for meaning and connection continues. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141020211
ISBN
9780141020211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 134 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812978896
ISBN
9780812978896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099387817
ISBN
9780099387817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Later printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609800734
ISBN
9781609800734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099800200
ISBN
9780099800200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282969
ISBN
9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. One of America's greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575081956
ISBN
9780575081956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099819301
ISBN
9780099819301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Paperback. Pay attention please to the life of Walter F Starbuck. 1913, gave him the gift of life. 1970, gave him a job in the Nixon White House. 1975, sent him to prison for his part in the 'Watergate' scandal. Now he is coming out of jail, into the brave new world of 1980s Manhattan. This title tells the story of his first twenty-four hours of freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099999003
ISBN
9780099999003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A travelling salesman falls in love a robot, Jenny, a refrigerator with personality. A man plays with his model trains too much until the women in his life decide to take matters into their own hands. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529064
ISBN
9780099529064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. This work shows the anxieties of the postwar era. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099548850
ISBN
9780099548850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Combines science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099842606
ISBN
9780099842606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Addresses memory, suicide, the Great Depression, the loss of American eloquence, and the obsolescent thrill of reading books. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099267546
ISBN
9780099267546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Offers a collection of twelve writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099524083
ISBN
9780099524083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Eugene Debs Hartke, ex-Vietnam vet, ex-college professor, current inmate of Tarkington State Reformatory, awaits his trial and probable death from TB. How did he get there? Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
9780099877103
ISBN
9780099877103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's first and last works come together for the first time in print, in a collection aptly titled after his famous phrase, We Are What We Pretend To Be. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306822780
ISBN
9780306822780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. Four mothers. Four daughters. One life-changing holiday. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751560428
ISBN
9780751560428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.46

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vertical Inc. United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939130129
ISBN
9781939130129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

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