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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and some good Starkadder table talk over. Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: "Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting". Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099528678
ISBN
9780099528678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'Johnson has undoubtedly written a masterpiece' Auberon Waugh Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447200352
ISBN
9781447200352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 13. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811209540
ISBN
9780811209540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099484189
ISBN
9780099484189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli. Translator(s): Frenaye, Frances. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; FA; FC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183213
ISBN
9780141183213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 30. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571190218
ISBN
9780571190218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107051
ISBN
9781405107051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.78

Hardcover. The wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s. Translator(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107044
ISBN
9781405107044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062079640
ISBN
9780062079640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
20 Anv
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927063484
ISBN
9781927063484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. Who can resist Billy's plea to 'Choose Me'? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444766851
ISBN
9781444766851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Victor Mancini has devised a scam to pay for his mother's medical care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" you will feel responsible for the rest of their lives. Multiply that by a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy income. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
9780099422686
ISBN
9780099422686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. With CHOICES, Noah Gordon brings to a close his great trilogy spanning the generations of the Cole dynasty. Series: Cole. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 26. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006239
ISBN
9780751514742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. This rediscovered classic is an internationally bestselling novel, back in print and available in the U.S. for the first time in 45 years. Published in 1956 by Moore at age 18, this is the astonishingly candid story of a young girl's sudden, urgent awakening to love and desire. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062246912
ISBN
9780062246912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Life is sweet for chocolate maker Chloe Lyon.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282. 384 pages. Life is sweet for chocolate maker Chloe Lyon. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight: 274.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847561145
ISBN
9781847561145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious moral danger to his flock - especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998482
ISBN
9780552998482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. In this moving first novel, a Korean-American family faces not only intergenerational cultural conflicts between immigrant parents and their Americanized daughters, but also the results of a terrible prophecy, made by a fortune-teller 20 years earlier to Chinhominey, the long-estranged grandmother. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593491
ISBN
9781882593491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128. a Novel. 120 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 8. Weight: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231514
ISBN
9781845231514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531113
ISBN
9780714531113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Series: Eastern European Literature Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564783745
ISBN
9781564783745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.23

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