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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. It's 1974 in DeKalb County, Illinois, and the planets have failed to align for Roy Conlon. Widowed and broke, he finds that his eight-year-old son Eric is suddenly a mystery to him. And as powerful forces pull Eric away, Roy's efforts to hold onto his son are threatened by weakness, guilt, and his participation in a foolish crime. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806839
ISBN
9780875806839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. The author is widely recognized as one of the leading living Russian poets and prose writers. In this title, his story radiates out, relaying the poet's personal history through 1994, including his unique perspective on the 1991 coup by Communist hardliners resisted by Boris Yeltsin. Translator(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807157
ISBN
9780875807157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Fowler, Lois Josephs; Lamb, Cynthia; Knapp, Peggy A. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887485916
ISBN
9780887485916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Hardcover. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107044
ISBN
9781405107044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107051
ISBN
9781405107051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.13

Paperback. What would you do if you suddenly became rich? Michael O'Meara had never asked himself this question. Series: Blackwell Public Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405148504
ISBN
9781405148504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Hardback. A collection of stories that features: "Memorial Day", "Memo and Oblivion" and "The Interview". In "Memorial Day", an aging man at a public swimming pool recalls a brief but momentous affair he had with a young British woman in London thirty years ago and the paradoxical role his recently deceased father played in it. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421402734
ISBN
9781421402734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.96

Paperback. A collection of stories in which a federal agent quits his job after his warning about a terrorist attack goes unheeded; a woman fleeing her abusive lover realizes her safety will forever be out of reach; and, an American visitor to Ireland learns that he will always be too much of an outsider to understand the country's politics and cultures. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404622
ISBN
9781421404622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.96

Paperback. Cobb's The Fire Eaters"Cobb's short stories, printed in the New Yorker and other magazines, hinted at the power he displays in this beautifully controlled and convincing debut, winner of the 1992 Associated Writing Programs award for the novel."-Publisher's Weekly Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411477
ISBN
9781421411477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Like the other characters in Tracy Daugherty's masterful collection, he moves through spaces at once sacred and spoiled, within cities, deserts, and other strange environments, reckoning, taking soundings, trying to find firm footing in the world. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415802
ISBN
9781421415802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Along the way, master poet John Bricuth treats readers to a sly, sarcastic-and sometimes deeply moving-look at storytelling, old-time religion, and the American way. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418070
ISBN
9781421418070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.13

Paperback. Together, the nine stories in Don't Think illuminate the astonishing fact of existence itself while justifying the Philadelphia Inquirer's assessment that Burgin is one of America's most distinctive storytellers. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419718
ISBN
9781421419718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421032
ISBN
9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Hardback. We abandon our true homeland when we cannot identify with other people. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601581
ISBN
9781503601581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686030
ISBN
9781563686030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632430144
ISBN
9781632430144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.86

Paperback. One man's search for his true love, whilst following his other true love. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996875
ISBN
9781780996875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. An honest, fun, full-throttle story of a newly divorced woman throwing herself back into life�without a safety net! Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780997797
ISBN
9781780997797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
17th Edition
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999753
ISBN
9781780999753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.34

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780999944
ISBN
9781780999944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782791898
ISBN
9781782791898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. A story of Urban Enlightenment. To Fear, With Love is a modern-day twist on the timeless truth of human transformation and transcendence. Follow heroine Alice Bailey as she overcomes emotional suffering and adversity, using them as a catalyst to find passion and love. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795810
ISBN
9781782795810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Nature is collapsing. The government doesn't want you to know why. Welcome to 2051 and 600ppm. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782799924
ISBN
9781782799924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Escaping an abusive marriage, Maddy, a singing telegram performer, is forced to live in her car while trying to raise 100 grand to pay her husband to go away Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785352256
ISBN
9781785352256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

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