Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set in the river bottoms of southeast Texas where the Navasota and Brazos rivers come together, "High John the Conqueror" tells the story of African American cotton farmers struggling to hold on to their land during the last years of the Great Depression. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651866
- ISBN
- 9780875651866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652351
- ISBN
- 9780875652351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardcover. Reynolds is a 40-something liquor-store owner in East Texas, with a bible-beating mother and a brother who illegally sells automatic weapons. This novel captures small-town East Texas, its attitudes and habits and language, with a wonderful sense of place. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652566
- ISBN
- 9780875652566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.30
€ 26.99
€ 24.30
Hardcover. This text looks at the United States-Mexico border in fiction, film and song. Borderlands have long served as backgrounds for depicting social instability. They are readily used as backdrops for films, novels, ballads, and tales in which characters shift easily from one culture to another. Num Pages: 312 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; AB; APF; AVQ; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652573
- ISBN
- 9780875652573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.70
€ 32.99
€ 28.70
Hardcover. When Gordo O'Connor answers the doorbell one night when he is at home alone with his sons, he encounters an angry man who shoots him in the chest. Fortunately he escapes serious injury, but the gunshot begins a chain of events that alters the course of his life forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652696
- ISBN
- 9780875652696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Ellen Marshall, divorced and remarried, is troubled by her son's refusal to accept her second husband, but takes great comfort from her five-year-old daughter of her second marriage. She hopes to help little Ellen see that women need to break the bonds that society has forced upon them. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652733
- ISBN
- 9780875652733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96
Hardcover. Living in a small conservative and racist town, Thomas Patterson, a stiff young criminal lawyer, is running for state district judge and hoping for endorsements from either the governor or young Lyndon Johnson, who's running for the senate. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652801
- ISBN
- 9780875652801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.91
€ 24.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652849
- ISBN
- 9780875652849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.02
€ 17.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. Cile Tate is leaving her Presbyterian preacher husband to return to the early love of her life, Drew Williams. When Cile decides to leave Eben Tate, she is amazed that he announces her abandonment of him and their two daughters from his pulpit. All this makes Cile a fallen woman in the eyes of the church members and the citizens of Waco. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653310
- ISBN
- 9780875653310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.87
€ 17.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. Features Noah, a plantation slave who escapes and makes his way to the Union forces and, finally, Texas, where he establishes a small ranch, runs a few cattle, and, with wife Nelly, begins to raise a family. But Noah, who has taken the name Freeman and named his ranch Free Land, cannot leave his past behind. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653341
- ISBN
- 9780875653341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.65
€ 20.99
€ 19.65
Hardcover. Late in life, Clayton Elliot faces long-deferred hard choices. Circumstances force him to bury his recently deceased wife, Adelita, in the little West Texas border town of Solitario instead of next to their three-year-old daughter on their hardpan ranch. To pay for Adelita's cancer treatments, Clayton sold this ranchland to water developers. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653563
- ISBN
- 9780875653563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.53
€ 26.99
€ 25.53
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
€ 29.99€ 28.79
€ 29.99
€ 28.79
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
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
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€ 23.07
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€ 23.07
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€ 21.88
€ 24.99
€ 21.88
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€ 22.76
€ 24.99
€ 22.76
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€ 21.88
€ 24.99
€ 21.88
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€ 23.65
€ 26.99
€ 23.65
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€ 22.76
€ 24.99
€ 22.76
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
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
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€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
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
€ 19.25
€ 19.25
paperback. In her 1981 collection of stories, In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, Ellen Gilchrist writes about New Orleans as no other writer. Laced with envy, greed, lust, terror, and self-deceit, her stories will shock and compel readers. Series: Southern Revivals. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781611176612
- ISBN
- 9781611176612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.69
€ 18.99
€ 17.69
paperback. Meet Maud. Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable - or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger. But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968185
- ISBN
- 9780241968185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.69
€ 19.99
€ 10.69