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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Businessman George F Babbitt loves the latest appliances, making money and the Republican party. In fact, he loves being a Solid Citizen even more than he loves his wife. In the economic boom years of 1920s America, Babbitt became a symbol of middle-class mediocrity, and his name an enduring part of the American lexicon. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099264712
- ISBN
- 9780099264712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga -one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology. Translator(s): Elias-Bursac, Ellen; Hawkesworth, Celia; Thompson, Mark. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Series: Myths. 256 pages. Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga - one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight: 240.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847673060
- ISBN
- 9781847673060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.57
€ 15.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 25. Weight in Grams: 183.
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553263503
- ISBN
- 9780553263503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.47
€ 10.47
Paperback. Azazeel takes 5th century quarrels in the Coptic Church as the ground for an ambitious investigation into good and evil, faith and doubt.' - Boyd Tonkin, Independent In this haunting and controversial novel, Youssef Ziedan confronts issues as vital today as they were nearly two millenia ago. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874299
- ISBN
- 9781848874299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.58
€ 15.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435045739
- ISBN
- 9780435045739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.66
€ 15.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821759
- ISBN
- 9781849821759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. A novel about parenthood and sacrifice, from the acclaimed author of CHOOSE ME and HER GIANT OCTOPUS MOMENT. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444784718
- ISBN
- 9781444784718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Revitalises the American road trip novel, from the perspective of a vulnerable but spirited woman. This book paints an earthy and surprising picture of 1920s America, its smells and textures, its population of drifters and con artists, pimps and prostitutes. It is epic in sweep, but intimate and psychologically acute, moving but unsentimental. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080134
- ISBN
- 9781847080134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.27
€ 10.99
€ 9.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594933059
- ISBN
- 9781594933059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292. 224 pages. One of the loveliest riddles of Austrian literature is finally available in English translation: Gert Jonke's 1982 novel, Awakening to the Great Sleep War, is an expedition through a world in constant nervous motion, where reality is rapidly fraying. This enormously comic--and equally melancholic--tale is perhaps Jonke's masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 141 x 203 x 17. Weight: 292. Translator(s): Snook, Jean M.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787941
- ISBN
- 9781564787941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.29
€ 16.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140487
- ISBN
- 9781588140487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.55
€ 38.99
€ 28.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New Falcon Publications,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781561841288
- ISBN
- 9781561841288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. What might a young girl be driven to do if she thought she had the power to change what lies ahead? This is the story of what happens when the future collides with the past. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778640
- ISBN
- 9780552778640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Westerners familiar only with stereotypical images of bowing geisha and dark-suited businessmen will be surprised by the cast of characters translator Lane Dunlop introduces in this anthology. Lovers of fiction and students of Japan are certain to find these stories absorbing, engaging and instructive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Tuttle Shokai Inc Japan
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805308509
- ISBN
- 9784805308509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.89
€ 18.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. An absorbing novel of politics, family fractures and scandal in late 70s Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340518564
- ISBN
- 9780340518564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Leve, Edouard. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136. 120 pages. A brilliant and sobering self-portrait made up entirely of facts, and a companion to the harrowing book Suicide. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 177 x 129 x 10. Weight: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564787071
- ISBN
- 9781564787071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
€ 13.99
€ 13.51
Paperback. Rin is flying back from her honeymoon. She's madly in love with her husband, Shin, and the future looks rosy. This title follows Rin's life backwards through time from this moment so that we see her when she is eighteen, sixteen and finally fifteen, and a picture of the dark heart and violent past of this disturbed young woman gradually develops. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515982
- ISBN
- 9780099515982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.91
€ 21.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. 'A remarkable achievement' Mary Stewart Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Pan Books
- Number of pages
- 944
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330298735
- ISBN
- 9780330298735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Acclaimed poet's debut novel explores loss and the legacy of childhood grief, as five siblings prepare for one sister's death. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Coach House Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552452523
- ISBN
- 9781552452523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.44
€ 19.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Iris Murdoch called Auto da Fe "one of the few great novels of the century." Peter Kien is a reclusive Sinologist living in Germany between the wars. Canetti creates the elements in Kien, and in his personal relationships, that will lead to his destruction." Translator(s): Wedgwood, C. V. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 34. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843432586
- ISBN
- 9781843432586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.49
€ 25.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. A novel that is both a moving love story and a thought-provoking meditation upon the nature of painting. It is above all an exploration of what it means to be an artist in contemporary society. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571298754
- ISBN
- 9780571298754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.10
€ 13.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple promptly erase from the boy all knowledge of his identity and he grows up ignorant of his past. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241951804
- ISBN
- 9780241951804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.53
€ 16.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. The beloved novel set at a Jane Austen fantasy camp for women, from "New York Times"-bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158. A Novel. 208 pages. The beloved novel set at a Jane Austen fantasy camp for women, from "New York Times"-bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 14. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408840092
- ISBN
- 9781408840092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A critical edition of Carlos Fuentes' 1962 novel, *Aura*, accompanied by an introduction and notes on the text. Editor(s): Standish, Peter. Series: Durham Modern Language Series. Num Pages: 52 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081835
- ISBN
- 9780719081835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74