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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. When Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, he thinks back on his humble beginnings and painful love affairs. Moving from 1930's Wyoming, through 1950's Spain and Kenya, to modern Texas and Tanzania, Crossing Stars tells the story of three generations and one man's chance to become the father he had wanted to be. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761861218
ISBN
9780761861218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.60

Num Pages: 160 pages, 414 color photos. BIC Classification: FA; TDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307621
ISBN
9780764307621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780767901260
ISBN
9780767901260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. A flavourful and fascinating collection of 42 brilliantly written short stories by 22 Latino North American writers. Editor(s): Torres-Recinos, Julio; Molina Lora, Luis. Series: Literary Translation. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776608099
ISBN
9780776608099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. A woman contemplates the deadly consequences of a croissant. Children's fates are intertwined with a Rottweiler's. Witty and refreshing, with unpredictable plots and quirky characters, Death Sentences intrigue and entertain. Translator(s): Hildebrand, Cassidy. Series: Literary Translation. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 151.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776622095
ISBN
9780776622095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.71

Paperback. Series: Seren Classics. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113085
ISBN
9781854113085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113337
ISBN
9781854113337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854113375
ISBN
9781854113375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854114204
ISBN
9781854114204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.30

Hardback. A collection of short stories that evoke the reality of the South Pacific: the story of a do-it-yourself murder mystery; an assassination attempt on the Queen; and a futuristic tale set in 1999. Several of these pieces were first collected as "The New Land", which won the 1990 Buckland Award. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857540468
ISBN
9781857540468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Ditch-crawling has no rules, just aesthetic principles, the most important thing is to travel lightly, leave no legacies, and try to make no sound at all. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547689
ISBN
9781857547689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Avalon Travel Publishing United States
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802134196
ISBN
9780802134196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Grove Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802142061
ISBN
9780802142061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Fresh off his National Book Award win, Alexie delivers a heartbreaking and hilarious collection of stories that explores the precarious balance between self-preservation and external responsibility in art, family, and the world at large. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802144898
ISBN
9780802144898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. "The Last Agrarian" portrays the history and character of the people of the mid-South through a history of his family, giving, in the words of critic J. A. Bryant, Jr., a "rendering of a bygone world that brings the ache of beauty remembered." Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879941106
ISBN
9781879941106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. First novel by a modern master of Southern fiction, this tale is reminiscent of Hardy's Return of the Native-set in rural twentieth-century Tennessee. Southern Classics Series. Series: Southern Classics. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
J S Sanders and Company Incorporated United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879941182
ISBN
9781879941182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.30

hardcover. Surreal, existential love story set in Paris.Charming, cerebral.-Philadelphia Inquirer Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593026
ISBN
9781882593026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.04

Hardback. A story of love and loss, and the evolution of farm life as the 20th century unfolded, narrated by a feisty farm woman as she reflects on her life. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593217
ISBN
9781882593217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.31

Hardback. A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taked-for-granted-wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593323
ISBN
9781882593323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.60

Paperback. This first-person narrative of a baby boomer's mid-life crisis is set in Baton Rouge. Sorrow alternates with good-ol'-boy humor as the hero struggles over three consecutive days surrounding his 47th birthday to come to terms with grief, aging and the disappointments of a childless marriage. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 217.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593460
ISBN
9781882593460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.32

Paperback. House Work is the lyrical history of a family of five in working-class Pittsburgh. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593477
ISBN
9781882593477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593491
ISBN
9781882593491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.60

hardcover. This novel is an amusing, ironic tale of a contemporary Arab village elder, the family and political turmoil that engulf him, and his nightly discussions with an angel who helps him understand how our modern, fractious world got this way. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridgeworks United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593514
ISBN
9781882593514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

Hardback. Navy intelligence officer Neal Olen finds himself a pawn of both the author,a woman with whom he had an affair and who hopes to promote her book and the Navy eager to demonstrate zero tolerance of sex scandals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593590
ISBN
9781882593590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.69

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