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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set in Japan in the run-up to Pearl Harbour, the mesmerising tale of a young man forced to make life-changing decisions, by one of the most highly acclaimed British writers Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340825150
- ISBN
- 9780340825150
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. A novel set in post-9/11 New York City about a supermodel and the ultimate Broadway blockbuster. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584350309
- ISBN
- 9781584350309
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.59
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€ 15.59
Paperback. FLYING UNDER BRIDGES is Sandi Toksvig's hugely enjoyable everyday tale of morals, marriage and murder. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751531336
- ISBN
- 9780751531336
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Now a major film: J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- Film tie-in edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008134891
- ISBN
- 9780008134891
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
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Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140023404
- ISBN
- 9780140023404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
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€ 16.79
Paperback. Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. This book tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys." Series: Classics of Asian American Literature. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994048
- ISBN
- 9780295994048
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.10
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€ 19.10
Paperback. Alexei Sayle is back, with a new collection of dark, timely, and comic tales. These dazzlingly written stories cut right to the heart of the modern world Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340819449
- ISBN
- 9780340819449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. An astounding novel that penetrates the 20th-century experience, from one of Europe's most feted authors Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340831267
- ISBN
- 9780340831267
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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Paperback. Critically acclaimed author Alexei Sayle introduces the curious tale of MISTER ROBERTS in his most funny and poignant novel yet. Num Pages: 192 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340961568
- ISBN
- 9780340961568
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. A magical story of an unusual child, with universal appeal; 'Impossible to put down', Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755302543
- ISBN
- 9780755302543
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755345571
- ISBN
- 9780755345571
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. A Tasmanian Belinda Bauer Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755387854
- ISBN
- 9780755387854
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he knew all he needed to about women's bodies.. And now he's getting a biology lesson he could have so lived without .. Sometimes, life just isn't fair to the babe magnet supremo. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844880904
- ISBN
- 9781844880904
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
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€ 16.87
Paperback. It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. This book captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. Translator(s): Glad, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140186956
- ISBN
- 9780140186956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
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€ 12.53
Paperback. A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. It chronicles Antoine's struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185491
- ISBN
- 9780141185491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
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Paperback. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198064
- ISBN
- 9780141198064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
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Paperback. Longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, deWitt's dazzlingly original second novel is a darkly funny, offbeat western about a reluctant assassin and his murderous brother. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9781847083197
- ISBN
- 9781847083197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.84
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€ 9.84
Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185132
- ISBN
- 9780141185132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are still some posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises and the eerie bogs of Big Nothin' that the city really lives. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099549154
- ISBN
- 9780099549154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.07
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Paperback. Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444791983
- ISBN
- 9781444791983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.34
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Paperback. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521310
- ISBN
- 9780099521310
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Includes the original screenplay, with its director's notes, and the narrative. This book follows from a previously undiscovered manuscript by the author that was found in the UCLA Research Library. Editor(s): Morsberger, Robert. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186283
- ISBN
- 9780141186283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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Paperback. WASHINGTON SHADOW is the second in the critically acclaimed Peter Cotton series following the fortunes of British spy Peter Cotton. For all fans of John le Carre, Robert Harris, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719520938
- ISBN
- 9780719520938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
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Paperback. Hilarious, uplifting and romantic, The Twelve Dates of Christmas is perfect for fans of Kirsty Greenwood, Giovanna Fletcher and Lindsey Kelk. Previously published in ebook - now available for the first time in paperback. Winner of the Novelicious Debut of Year Award. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751557299
- ISBN
- 9780751557299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27