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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295987149
- ISBN
- 9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
paperback. Editor(s): Cropper, Anthony; Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Route United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927245
- ISBN
- 9781901927245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. Passing bya retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 194s -and it sparks a new stage in her ife. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music. Before long he starts telling his story.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760292072
- ISBN
- 9781760292072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
€ 15.99
€ 11.53
Paperback. An enchanting and uplifting tale of love, friendship and the wondrousness of women, for wonder girls of all ages. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KRA0010667
- ISBN
- 9781849838849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A deft parody of the American fame factory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0004927
- ISBN
- 9781857024050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Adult Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778626
- ISBN
- 9780552778626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558617537
- ISBN
- 9781558617537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. A perceptive, wildly funny and deeply moving novel Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747251132
- ISBN
- 9780747251132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; and, Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of the Arabian desert. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781408805909
- ISBN
- 9781408805909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.99
€ 14.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Used Copy But Remains Readable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KDK0015037
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Well read copy, but binding still tight. 508pp.
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0007979
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Continues where "The Rainbow" left off, with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, a mining town in the Midlands, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. Editor(s): Vasey, Lindeth; Farmer, David. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441542
- ISBN
- 9780141441542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Africa Research & Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865433267
- ISBN
- 9780865433267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. At the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. This book presents a vivid account of life on the edge. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753518144
- ISBN
- 9780753518144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. * From the bestselling author of Slammerkin comes a collection of fascinating historical stories Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499548
- ISBN
- 9781860499548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926972466
- ISBN
- 9781926972466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35
Paperback. The gripping story of one woman's odyssey into the Australian outback away from tragedy and towards regaining control over her life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002047
- ISBN
- 9780340579749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Critically acclaimed Ghanaian author Kojo Laing's second novel takes the reader on a fantastic journey filled with unforgettable characters and magical places. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435045722
- ISBN
- 9780435045722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.21
€ 17.21
Paperback. Now an award-winning feature film 'The Human Resources Manager' Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559244
- ISBN
- 9781905559244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia. But when members of the People's Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chen's solitary existence is shattered, and the balance between humans and wolves is disrupted. Num Pages: 544 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 36. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027876
- ISBN
- 9780141027876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.56
€ 24.99
€ 18.56
paperback. Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141183992
- ISBN
- 9780141183992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. Sean Phillips orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities open the boundaries between the real and the imagined. As the creator of "Trace Italian" a text-based, role-playing game that's played through the mail. Sean guides subscribers through his intricately imagined terrain as they search out sanctuary in a savaged future America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador USA United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781250074713
- ISBN
- 9781250074713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.38
€ 19.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 255 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783781102
- ISBN
- 9781783781102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Translator(s): Rodel, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671701
- ISBN
- 9780914671701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.13
€ 20.99
€ 17.13