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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. * Paperback reissue of a modern classic, Iain Banks' WALKING ON GLASS, inexorably powerful' - OBSERVER Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349139203
- ISBN
- 9780349139203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 23rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187945
- ISBN
- 9780141187945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.54
€ 10.99
€ 9.54
Paperback. Do you know what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors? And more to the point, do you want to know? 'The Rise and Fall of the Queen of Suburbia is a darkly comic portrayal of marriage, relationships, neighbours and suburbia. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KTM0000637
- ISBN
- 9780007232321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Francis and Diana, two scientists investigating a lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of a youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032986
- ISBN
- 9780141032986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953478002
- ISBN
- 9780953478002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.47
€ 23.99
€ 23.47
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307405975
- ISBN
- 9780307405975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.41
€ 18.99
€ 16.41
Hardback. A heartwrenching and tense drama about a troubled family, who give up everything to join an experimental 'family camp' - with life-changing consequences. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340978177
- ISBN
- 9780340978177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 14.67
€ 24.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Rachel Walsh has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, and it's about time she had a holiday. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241958438
- ISBN
- 9780241958438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Hardcover. Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by Margaret Drabble. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 216 pages, one - perec photo. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903007
- ISBN
- 9781907903007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
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€ 18.68
Paperback. Anton is a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. Series: Night Watch. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099489924
- ISBN
- 9780099489924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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€ 11.76
Paperback. A visceral, moving, haunting English-language debut on illness, the body, and human relationships by one of Chile's brightest young authors Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 211.
- Publisher
- Deep Vellum Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941920244
- ISBN
- 9781941920244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.62
€ 16.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England'. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182599
- ISBN
- 9780141182599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. This book presents a searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224108
- ISBN
- 9781840224108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Hardcover. Lawrence is known mainly as a novelist and poet but he was also the author of many short stories and novellas. Bringing together all his shorter fiction, this volume makes it possible to survey his entire writing career. Stories include "The Prussian Officer" and "The Virgin and the Gypsy". Num Pages: 1397 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 132 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 1397
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151800
- ISBN
- 9781857151800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
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€ 24.66
Paperback. Three young firefighters must find matching sets of buttons to complete their costumes for a parade, but should they sort them by shape, color, or size?. Illustrator(s): Lum, Bernice. Series: MathStart 1. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: FA; PB; YBC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 251 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060001209
- ISBN
- 9780060001209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.08
€ 9.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061763496
- ISBN
- 9780061763496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.43
€ 18.99
€ 17.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: FA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307539
- ISBN
- 9780764307539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.45
€ 37.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969816
- ISBN
- 9780241969816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2007 RNA Novel of the Year award, the author of the bestselling SHIP OF BRIDES returns with a stunning and emotionally fulfilling novel. Num Pages: 416 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340895931
- ISBN
- 9780340895931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76