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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. To make ends meet Sylvia takes on a boarder in her husband Georgie Karacek's absence. When Georgie's epilepsy comes to light, he is discharged from the army. He suspects that his bride and the boarder are lovers. But wartime conditions explode into rioting, and that uproar puts them at odds with the town when Georgie helps a black friend flee. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653624
ISBN
9780875653624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.15

Paperback. Centers on a fictitious Texas county that embraces its legends, but not its actual history. This book exposes shared myths as lies and the truth, lacking all comfort. It paints a portrait of the denizens of the county who tacitly embrace the legend as all too human and all too frail. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653891
ISBN
9780875653891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654362
ISBN
9780875654362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655055
ISBN
9780875655055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655086
ISBN
9780875655086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.82

Paperback. "Thirteen stories from the Lone Star State"--Cover. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655130
ISBN
9780875655130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655451
ISBN
9780875655451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Series: Texas Tradition. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655505
ISBN
9780875655505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 393 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655697
ISBN
9780875655697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655994
ISBN
9780875655994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780912646985
ISBN
9780912646985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.12

Paperback. "This edition is wonderfully rich. It is a pleasure to know that the text that made Opie's reputation in her own day is back in print and prepared by such able hands." -- Christine M. Cooper, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Editor(s): King, Shelley; Pierce, John B. Num Pages: 377 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111872
ISBN
9781551111872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. "Double or Nothing" challenges the way we read fiction and the way we see words, and in the process, gives us back more of our own world and our real dilemmas than we are used to getting. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fiction Collective 2
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573660754
ISBN
9781573660754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Paperback. A lyrical novel about the way fictions can take over our lives. It tells the story of an unnamed cyber-journalist and his photographer-wife, Reyla, who, childless and approaching middle age, move to a small Idaho town. Then Genia enters the world, a baby girl conceived only in imagination. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661034
ISBN
9781573661034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.03

Paperback. Imagine a world where the American government signed a conservation act to "restore all indigenous flora and fauna to the Great Plains". Fast-forward 14 years to a bowling alley in the Indian Territories, where people find a treaty that gives all of the Americas back to the Indians. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661096
ISBN
9781573661096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.50

Paperback. Originally published in 1986, this is a work of American fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661430
ISBN
9781573661430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.03

Paperback. A stunning collection of stories that reveal wondrous play and surreal humor. Story subjects include a monogrammed cube that appears in town, a landlord that cheats you out of first place in the annual Christmas decorating contest, and learning to care for a paring knife as your mate. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fiction Collective Two United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573661560
ISBN
9781573661560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99

Paperback. A story of four intersecting lives and the events that transform them all Series: Story River Books. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176193
ISBN
9781611176193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stephen F. Austin State University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622881055
ISBN
9781622881055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.80

Paperback. Associate Professor Gale Ruthven, a vampire with nearly four hundred years of service at eighty-three colleges and universities, teaches British Romantic poetry at an obscure commuter college somewhere in far West Texas. When a powerful and seductive vampire joins the faculty, Ruthven becomes entangled in a dark mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Review Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781680030570
ISBN
9781680030570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

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