Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. BIll Robinson's first novel-a saga of personal trauma and nautical peril-is based on actual events during the great Tokyo earthquake of 1923, when a passenger liner with 3,000 people aboard faced imminent destruction from the raging elements and was saved by the captain's courage and skills. Series: Seafarer Books. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780924486210
- ISBN
- 9780924486210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.11
€ 24.99
€ 22.11
Hardback. The humorous target of History of the Abderites is thc ignorance, backwardness, provinciality, bigotry, pedantry, lack of taste, and the sodden contentment with things as they are that Wieland found all around him. Translator(s): Dufner, Max. Num Pages: 327 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223256
- ISBN
- 9780934223256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.26
€ 140.26
Hardback. "A fascinating historical novel..Lapouge is clearly a passionate historian."-The Times Translator(s): Brownjohn, J.Maxwell. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941533324
- ISBN
- 9780941533324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.85
€ 20.99
€ 20.85
Hardback. This is both a diverting story, and an elegant piece of writing-double your reading pleasure..-Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941533782
- ISBN
- 9780941533782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.98
€ 17.99
€ 17.98
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.62
€ 110.62
Hardback. This book demonstrates that Fitzgerald's narrative is riddled with chronological incoherences, improbabilities, and flat contractions -- almost none of which, surprisingly, have been previously noted. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945636380
- ISBN
- 9780945636380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.82
€ 102.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962798771
- ISBN
- 9780962798771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
€ 14.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. Presents a portrait of Country Music, show biz, stardom, and closeted lives south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sweeping across the racial and sexual landscapes of the Deep South between 1930 and 1978, this book looks at closeted lives and the destructive aspects of fame. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgia Literary Association, US United States
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966803037
- ISBN
- 9780966803037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.32
€ 19.32
Paperback. Blood Moon is about passion, betrayal, and murder among the very rich and powerful, some of whom happen to be gay. It's about the false gods of power, wealth, and physical beauty. It's an epic tale about depravity in the glittery, glamorous, and sometimes tawdry world of South Florida. Num Pages: 514 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgia Literary Association, US United States
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966803044
- ISBN
- 9780966803044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.75
€ 14.75
Hardback. A House Divided is Jeff Caldwell's story, an account of how a dirt-poor white boy from central Louisiana survived his own turbulent family, the cultural, educational and material deprivations of the Great Depression and the horrors of World War II to stand for justice. Winner of the William Faulkner Prize (2000) for fiction. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972814300
- ISBN
- 9780972814300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.33
€ 29.99
€ 26.33
Paperback. A House Divided is Jeff Caldwell's story, an account of how a dirt-poor white boy from central Louisiana survived his own turbulent family, the cultural, educational and material deprivations of the Great Depression and the horrors of World War II to stand for justice. Winner of the William Faulkner Prize (2000) for fiction. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972814317
- ISBN
- 9780972814317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.24
€ 18.24
Paperback. Chronicles the stormy relationship of two characters as they grapple with career choices, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement during a remarkable period in American history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New Orleans Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780972814324
- ISBN
- 9780972814324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.74
€ 17.74
Paperback. These eight stories deal with ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, war and its aftershocks prominent among them. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973597172
- ISBN
- 9780973597172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.99
€ 24.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. A novel about the mystery of art and the art of mystery, and the power of both to awaken senses. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973597196
- ISBN
- 9780973597196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.66
€ 26.99
€ 23.66
Paperback. From the strange erotics of household appliances to the shock of a child's first encounter with death, this collection explores the borderland between inner and outer realities, creating a sharply etched portrait of fraught consciousness struggling for balance between the pains and sudden pleasures of being alive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FP; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973818413
- ISBN
- 9780973818413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.70
€ 25.99
€ 22.70
Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 126 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976140719
- ISBN
- 9780976140719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.65
€ 10.99
€ 10.65
Paperback. Series: Art of the Novella S. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 77
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976658306
- ISBN
- 9780976658306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.33
€ 10.99
€ 10.33
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Featherproof Books United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780977199297
- ISBN
- 9780977199297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
paperback. Violence and drug use haunt the characters of this gritty account of the darker world that blisters just below the gleaming surface of Los Angeles, yet they draw together here and there, forever trying to connect. Series: Tin House New Voice. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Tin House Books United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780977312764
- ISBN
- 9780977312764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.67
€ 15.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dzanc Books United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979312328
- ISBN
- 9780979312328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.82
€ 11.99
€ 11.82