Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.45
€ 17.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Worster, W. Series: Condor Books. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 435
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780285648784
- ISBN
- 9780285648784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.24
€ 16.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. Presents four different accounts of what it was to be young and growing up in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, from the 1930s to the 1960s. This title tells a story of how its young protagonist eventually succumbs to a culture of drink and violence where the harshness of life on the land sits next to industrial sprawl. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 744
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952628
- ISBN
- 9781841952628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.16
€ 20.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590175811
- ISBN
- 9781590175811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.32
€ 26.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print masterpieces, cooking up organic cuisine and polishing the family silver. In practice, the Holden Childcare Programme has fallen out of favour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KLN0016614
- ISBN
- 9780099518075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. The first great coming of age novel for the In-Betweeners generation Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186. 240 pages. The first great coming of age novel for the In-Betweeners generation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 18. Weight: 226.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857861870
- ISBN
- 9780857861870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
paperback. Depicting German life from WW1 until the early 1970s, Boll's novel follows Leni Pfeiffer and her illegitimate son, Lev, as they fight against the demolition of their Cologne apartment building. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300. 2 tomes.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099578130
- ISBN
- 9780099578130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.16
€ 15.16
Hardcover. Eleven executives are seated round a meeting room table. The president harangues them about cost cutting, restructuring, redundancy. This novel describes their thoughts. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 118 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KNW0008166
- ISBN
- 9781846551215
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- SKU
- KLN0014124
- ISBN
- 9780349114538
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. "Commissioning organisation: Phil Hogan. 261 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Fine clean copy, suggestion of shop soiling, nearly as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- SKU
- KEX0161469
- ISBN
- 9780349114538
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. From the quests and romance of classics such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White" and "Cinderella" to the danger and wit of such lesser-known tales as "The Three Snake Leaves", "Hans-my-Hedgehog" and "Godfather Death", the author brings the heart of each timeless tale to the fore, following with a commentary on the story's background and history. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141442228
- ISBN
- 9780141442228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.57
€ 12.99
€ 9.57
Paperback. When Justine Fraser found herself on an exchange programme in America, she had no idea that the quirky Nicky Bennet - a brief, steamy fling - would, years later, turn out to be one of Hollywood's biggest heart-throbs. Sexy, moody, outrageous Nicky is to die for, and when he goes missing, his enigmatic suicide note spins the media into a frenzy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 31. Weight in Grams: 217. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First THUS
- SKU
- KAK0000872
- ISBN
- 9780099476573
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Justine Fraser found herself on an exchange programme in America, she had no idea that the quirky Nicky Bennet - a brief, steamy fling - would, years later, turn out to be one of Hollywood's biggest heart-throbs. Sexy, moody, outrageous Nicky is to die for, and when he goes missing, his enigmatic suicide note spins the media into a frenzy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 31. Weight in Grams: 217. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First THUS
- SKU
- KRF0031119
- ISBN
- 9780099476573
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618491
- ISBN
- 9780816618491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.93
€ 25.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Chocked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralysing us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral, in somebody else's gravy train? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552773560
- ISBN
- 9780552773560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. A mesmerising and atmospheric tale of three mysterious deaths in an oddly isolated French village during World War I. Translator(s): Rogers, Hoyt. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857059949
- ISBN
- 9780857059949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. The reissue of four unforgettable books by acclaimed poet, novelist and dissident Irina Ratushinskaya. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473637221
- ISBN
- 9781473637221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Introduced by Tom Crawford Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862413125
- ISBN
- 9780862413125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.27
€ 15.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Greetings, Hero is the ironic, smart and tender debut of Irish writer Aiden O'Reilly. Features love, betrayal, alienation and DIY
- Publisher
- Honest Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780957142756
- ISBN
- 9780957142756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.01
€ 15.00
€ 13.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155257
- ISBN
- 9781903155257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
Paperback. After three years' hard time, minding no-one's business but his own, Ray Klein wins his parole. That same day, the disciplinary perfection of Green River State Penitentiary is torn apart by tribal war, and the prison falls into the hands of its inmates. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099579045
- ISBN
- 9780099579045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. A novel about a man in flight from his rural past, in thrall to his job and in despair about his life. Dexter Bucknell is a 40-year-old single parent hoping to inveigle his live-in girlfriend into marrying him and being a mother to his two young sons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Book Edition
- SKU
- KMR0005468
- ISBN
- 9780099772415
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910709252
- ISBN
- 9781910709252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Hardback. A mad director, off his meds, is making a movie about how he murders the producers who ruined his career. The movie is in his mind. The murders are real. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Adams Media Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440561221
- ISBN
- 9781440561221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.07
€ 25.99
€ 22.07