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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A novel that immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family - Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola - in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. It shows how the past savagely defines the present. Unlovely and unloved, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes like those of her privileged white schoolfellows. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099759911
ISBN
9780099759911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. In Savages, the author introduces Ben and Chon, twenty something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. In this prequel, the author reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon and O became the people they are. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099576549
ISBN
9780099576549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. An extraordinary account of a young woman's journey into motherhood Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. 320 pages. An extraordinary account of a young woman's journey into motherhood. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight: 222.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857860064
ISBN
9780857860064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner, a prescient and haunting novel of life in Saudi Arabia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007172917
ISBN
9780007172917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241302484
ISBN
9780241302484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Maxim Leo was in his late teens when the Berlin Wall came down. In this book, he tells the story of his family, which was very much like the German Democratic Republic in miniature. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; BM; FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782270423
ISBN
9781782270423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. The quest for V. sweeps us through sixty years and a panorama of Alexandria, Paris, Malta, Florence, Africa and New York. But who, where or what is V.? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099533313
ISBN
9780099533313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall', a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved 'Every Day is Mother's Day'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841153407
ISBN
9781841153407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Gore Vidal's two related novels in a single volume, with a new introduction by the author. Myra Breckinridge arrives in Hollywood intending to prove that it is possible to work out in life all one's fantasies - and survive. And in "Myron" she returns to battle it out with her eponymous alter ego. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 30. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349103655
ISBN
9780349103655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. An exhilarating collection of stories from the legendary Jackie Kay Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511803
ISBN
9780330511803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. For ambitious industrialist Charles Freeman, it offers new opportunities and marriage to Mary. He buys the big house on the hill and nails his aspirations to the future. In quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of family joy and tragedy. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099538004
ISBN
9780099538004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Series: Open Door Series 6. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
New Island Books
Number of pages
70
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905494866
ISBN
9781905494866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.95

Paperback. A sweeping saga of generations of a rural Egyptian family and the history of the wider Egypt that affects their lives. Winner of the 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Translator(s): Roberts, Nancy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166204
ISBN
9789774166204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509806492
ISBN
9781509806492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Nora Roberts - The World's Greatest Storyteller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749940829
ISBN
9780749940829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099593584
ISBN
9780099593584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. The third novel in Robert Douglas' much-loved Glaswegian trilogy will delight readers with its blend of humour, tragedy, and vivid sense of place. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755380312
ISBN
9780755380312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344. 288 pages. Nazi occupied Poland. A German army officer investigates the murder of an abbess amid the horrors of brutal occupation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FF. Dimension: 181 x 197 x 24. Weight: 306.
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904738664
ISBN
9781904738664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. From the inimitable Michael Palin comes the warm and witty story of an everyman, a tantalising offer, a journey to India and the search for the truth. Includes Reading Group Notes. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828120
ISBN
9780753828120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Paperback. A collection of fables. It is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. It features a comic story "The Argentine Ant". Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287032
ISBN
9780099287032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

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