Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Seren
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854114358
- ISBN
- 9781854114358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.11
€ 20.11
Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183909
- ISBN
- 9780141183909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. From the author of international bestseller, SOPHIE'S WORLD, a spell-binding fable about a girl who begins to receive messages from another time.. STATION ELEVEN meets THE LITTLE PRINCE. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780229188
- ISBN
- 9781780229188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. In Old Bombay, they say you introduce only your worst enemy to opium. But in Rashid's opium room on Shuklaji Street, the air is thick with voices and ghosts. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her hair falling across her eyes. Men sprawl and mutter in the gloom. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275786
- ISBN
- 9780571275786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
€ 15.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 30. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hyperion New York
- Number of pages
- 414
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KRS0005923
- ISBN
- 9780786893928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A story of escape and salvation, with the clue for both being chess. The protagonist, Wang Yisheng, undergoes a gradual transformation from "chess fool" to "chess master" - from an alienated young man obsessed with the material needs of life to a spiritually enlightened transmitter of the Chinese tradition. Translator(s): Jenner, W.J.F. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962371
- ISBN
- 9789629962371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.50
€ 17.50
Hardback. A new novel from the bestselling Saudi author of Wolves of the Crescent Moon Translator(s): Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- MUNIRA´S BOTTLE Egypt
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163463
- ISBN
- 9789774163463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Another deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286. 416 pages. Another deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 144 x 198 x 27. Weight: 278.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847561169
- ISBN
- 9781847561169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, this is a collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells and sounds, as well as some intensely individual characters, are here. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428534
- ISBN
- 9780099428534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007528646
- ISBN
- 9780007528646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.38
€ 11.38
Paperback. Key selections of Egyptian authors by the world renowned, award-winning translator of Arabic fiction. Ideal introduction to the Arabic short story for anyone studying Arabic. Editor(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166549
- ISBN
- 9789774166549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.57
€ 20.99
€ 20.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812994384
- ISBN
- 9780812994384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.06
€ 26.99
€ 23.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 222. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0007615
- ISBN
- 9780755323463
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly back from the dead; a formidable socialist activist defying house arrest; the only surviving witness to the first local atrocity of the Second World War. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192161
- ISBN
- 9780141192161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. 1945: a lost German bomber crashes on the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. Inexplicably, in the midst of World War Two, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Translator(s): Cribb, Victoria. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099535638
- ISBN
- 9780099535638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses a beautiful voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Her fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670229
- ISBN
- 9781908670229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, Hajime and Shimamoto had been childhood sweethearts. The two eventually lost touch but now, in their thirties, they meet up again. Hajime, now a father and husband, finds himself catapulted into the past, risking all that he has in the present. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099448570
- ISBN
- 9780099448570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848404304
- ISBN
- 9781848404304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.57
€ 13.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. 'Some books change lives. This is one of them' Val McDermid A haunting story of obsessive love which scandalized the world when first published Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. 320 pages. 'Some books change lives. This is one of them' Val McDermid A haunting story of obsessive love which scandalized the world when first published. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408808979
- ISBN
- 9781408808979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274. Returning to Excellence in Education. 242 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; JN. Dimension: 145 x 201 x 17. Weight: 266.
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874775723
- ISBN
- 9780874775723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.88
€ 17.99
€ 15.88