Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. The songlines are the invisible pathways that criss-cross Australia, ancient tracks connecting communities and following ancient boundaries. This is an account which recalls the authors' travels across the length and breadth of Australia seeking to find the truth about the songs and unravel the mysteries of their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; FA; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099769910
- ISBN
- 9780099769910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
mass_market. Welcome to motherhood - a land of aching fatigue, constant self-sacrifice and thankless servitude, a land of bottomless devotion, small hands and feet like warm pink roses, and velvet kisses. This book offers a collection of short stories dealing with motherhood such as: Dear George, Hey Yeah Right Get a Life and Constitutional. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 83.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784872731
- ISBN
- 9781784872731
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Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.67
€ 7.99
€ 7.67
paperback. Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfill your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of the artistic and literary world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099273585
- ISBN
- 9780099273585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
paperback. When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on a beautiful but desolate coast, she finds herself confronted with many strange mysteries. What kind of crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a brooding spell? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099285342
- ISBN
- 9780099285342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. Carel is widowed rector presiding over a London church destroyed during the war. The rectory is home to an array of residents: his daughter, Muriel; his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth; their West Indian servant, Pattie; Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099429098
- ISBN
- 9780099429098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. From the quests and romance of classics such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White" and "Cinderella" to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as "The Three Snake Leaves", "Hans-my-Hedgehog" and "Godfather Death", the author brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a commentary on the story's background and history. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141442228
- ISBN
- 9780141442228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.57
€ 12.99
€ 9.57
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.10
€ 17.99
€ 13.10
paperback. A devastating fire wakes up the Yadas to a new reality: God is on the move. Series: Yada Yada Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401689889
- ISBN
- 9781401689889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.20
€ 19.99
€ 19.20
paperback. A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006551607
- ISBN
- 9780006551607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.53
€ 13.99
€ 11.53
paperback. Brilliant and original, 'A Thousand Years of Good Prayers' introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007196630
- ISBN
- 9780007196630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.24
€ 14.99
€ 10.24
Paperback. Diagnosis: breast cancer. Prognosis: terminal. Life: only beginning. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595549990
- ISBN
- 9781595549990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.80
€ 19.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609827
- ISBN
- 9780815609827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.43
€ 21.99
€ 20.43
paperback. A startling light is cast into Ireland's darker corners in the new Booker-longlisted novel by the author of THE MAP OF TENDERNESS Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340822166
- ISBN
- 9780340822166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
paperback. A modern classic of enduring love, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781447289494
- ISBN
- 9781447289494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. A novel that tells a story of life, death, love, and the ties that bind us not only to what has been but what will be: the power of one moment, the weight of one decision, the inevitability of one outcome, and the price of one life. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573661461
- ISBN
- 9781573661461
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Condition: New
€ 21.99
€ 21.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848403482
- ISBN
- 9781848403482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in a fictional Johntown, Tennessee. This man's predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts, and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191553
- ISBN
- 9780813191553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.07
€ 34.07
paperback. Illustrator(s): Aoyama, Gosho. Series: Case Closed. Num Pages: 200 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781591163275
- ISBN
- 9781591163275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 7.73
€ 10.99
€ 7.73
Paperback. Superb fiction from the world's favourite storyteller. A group of people, all looking for something more in their lives, and all they have in common is their Italian evening class.. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752876825
- ISBN
- 9780752876825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Lott, Anna. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116150
- ISBN
- 9781551116150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25