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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. London, November, 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets, and arrested. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559290
ISBN
9780099559290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 1160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
1160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310311805
ISBN
9780310311805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 48.16

Paperback. London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk job and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Britannia, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241966907
ISBN
9780241966907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Exact Change,U.S. United States
Number of pages
139
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
annotated ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781878972071
ISBN
9781878972071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.72

Series: An Alvarez and Pescoli Novel. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 105 x 191 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Zebra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781420136074
ISBN
9781420136074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 108 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. 599 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Dimension: 173 x 108 x 25. Weight: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam
Number of pages
599
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553258479
ISBN
9780553258479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.66

board_book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 368. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light wear to dust jacket
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000354
ISBN
9780241290088
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Like Rip Van Winkle returning to his hometown to find that all has changed, Nathan Zuckerman comes back to New York, the city he left 11 years before. Alone on his New England mountain, Zuckerman has been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, no women, no news, no tasks other than his work and the enduring of old age. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Books / Random House
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099516088
ISBN
9780099516088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Claire is a young geologist working in Tunisia. Her partner sends her postcards from a cold flat in London. John is Irish and the wrong religion. She writes back - Tunisia is warm, full of the bright colours of the desert. Claire doesn't mention Ali - she doesn't think John would understand. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952155881
ISBN
9780952155881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.27

Paperback. Translator(s): Bush, Peter. Series: Spanish Literature Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786357
ISBN
9781564786357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922485
ISBN
9780813922485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.42

Paperback. Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author's native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil. Translator(s): Cosman, Carol. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188256
ISBN
9780141188256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The first novel in a major trilogy exposing the guilt, loneliness and nihilism of the ex-pat experience in post-colonial Africa. Translator(s): Petersen, Mette. Series: The Africa Trilogy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857051103
ISBN
9780857051103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNW0014461
ISBN
9780141006536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. President Elect Jack Meade wakes up in a hospital bed after being found near death on a beach. His last memory was of cruising off the Florida coast. No one believes he is the new President. Then on TV he sees a live interview with his doppelganger - he has been replaced with a dead ringer. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0005474
ISBN
9780099269946
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Turtle Point Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885586407
ISBN
9781885586407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103556
ISBN
9780226103556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Some shelf wear, and a little dusty, but remains good.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
SKU
KTJ0006531
ISBN
9780552998420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Probably Pym's most famous novel 'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' Philip Larkin Series: VMC Designer Collection. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085262
ISBN
9781844085262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback.
Publisher
Gibson Square Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908096562
ISBN
9781908096562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. The natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke dramatises the epic story of evolution. A novel that tells the story of life on Earth.. Series: Gollancz S.F. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 114 x 50. Weight in Grams: 412.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Gollancz
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575074095
ISBN
9780575074095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756550
ISBN
9781876756550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.94

Paperback. In 1950s Leicestershire, a young girl searches for love and adventure Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 28. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747239949
ISBN
9780747239949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

paperback. A beautiful story of an American couple and their adopted son, and how a very innocent knowledge and fascination of 'things that glow' leads to a loss of faith and their lives being ripped apart. Num Pages: 400 pages, Step back cover. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Simon & Schuster Pbk ed.
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743258098
ISBN
9780743258098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.67

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