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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Corgi Adult
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552156387
- ISBN
- 9780552156387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KAK0002142
- ISBN
- 9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183725
- ISBN
- 9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. A deceptively simple story, by the author of "Pig Tales", about a deserted wife whose loneliness and fright become tangible. When her husband goes to buy bread but never returns, the narrator's life falls apart. She enters a distorted world, mesmerized by visions and besieged by childhood terrors. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203369
- ISBN
- 9780571203369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardcover. Manny Riley is a recovering alcoholic and struggling scriptwriter with a serious anger management problem. Lately, though, things have started to change for the better. A happy marriage, a move away from Glasgow to an idyllic seaside village and the adoption of Bailey, a lurcher with epilepsy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307226
- ISBN
- 9781906307226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782113799
- ISBN
- 9781782113799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541523
- ISBN
- 9780099541523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach - and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than his wildest dreams. But how long can paradise survive here on Earth? Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241976562
- ISBN
- 9780241976562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. Short Stories. 368 pages. A collection of twenty-four tales told in bold, distinct voices from Brazil to Africa and from Nice to Hollywood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight: 250.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747592297
- ISBN
- 9780747592297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.68
€ 13.00
€ 11.68
Paperback. By the author or "Wilfred and Eileen". While making a speech attacking modern art, Sir Alfred Munnings is taken back 40 years to a special time and place. Major Evans, listening to him on the radio, is also flooded with memories, and wonders how everything changed in both their lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349107462
- ISBN
- 9780349107462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters his life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty of joy of a love never imagined. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284680
- ISBN
- 9780099284680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Under a weak winter sun in small-town Spain, a man discovers a rotting corpse in a marsh. It's a despairing place filled with half-finished housing developments and unemployment, a place defeated by the burst of the economic bubble. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593171
- ISBN
- 9780099593171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.30
€ 25.99
€ 19.30
Hardcover. With this novel about the anguish of loving, and society's brutal treatment of those who transgress its codes, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152029
- ISBN
- 9781857152029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
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€ 14.99
Paperback. *A collection of personal essays - surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny - from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349119755
- ISBN
- 9780349119755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
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€ 11.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Bower, Alan G. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677542
- ISBN
- 9780816677542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.58
€ 18.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. A story of five young employees of a New York publishing company. There's Ivy League Caroline, who dreams of graduating from the typing pool to an editor's office; naive country girl April, who reinvents herself as the woman every man wants on his arm; and, Gregg, the free-spirited actress with a secret yearning for domesticity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141196312
- ISBN
- 9780141196312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The year is 1899, and Boer forces have surounded the small South African town of Ladysmith. As shells and shrapnel rain down, British soldiers and townsfolk dig themselves in, waiting for rescue. But General Buller's relief column can't break through. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 34. Weight in Grams: 304. 366pp. Keywords: International Literature, Fiction
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KON0827651
- ISBN
- 9780571203666
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Paddleless Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952419334
- ISBN
- 9780952419334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. In this finely crafted novel, Yusuf Idris, best known as the master of the Arabic short story, brings to life not only some of the most human characters in modern Arabic fiction but the soul of Cairo itself and the soul of a national consciousness focused on liberation. Translator(s): Hewison, Neil R. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 175
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774246999
- ISBN
- 9789774246999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.67
€ 16.99
€ 16.67
Paperback. The Big 3-0 is looming, but there's so much still to do.. The brilliant new novel from the Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling author Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857205568
- ISBN
- 9780857205568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97