Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0017285
- ISBN
- 9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Revolves around the character of Hend, an Arabic teacher and would-be writer in her late thirties, who emigrates to the United States from Cairo with her eight year old son after the painful break-up of her marriage. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571280056
- ISBN
- 9780571280056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
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€ 10.75
Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241972700
- ISBN
- 9780241972700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
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Paperback. It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141041742
- ISBN
- 9780141041742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.10
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€ 10.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155165
- ISBN
- 9781903155165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.21
€ 23.99
€ 19.21
Hardcover. A mother's reflection inspired by hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery. Devastated by the loss of her companion and awed by the task of saving the puppies, the narrator is surprised to discover she enjoys this exclusive commitment. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532367
- ISBN
- 9781557532367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.55
€ 13.55
Paperback. Series: Second Chances. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310207085
- ISBN
- 9780310207085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550961218
- ISBN
- 9781550961218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.18
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€ 23.18
Paperback. Broken Ground is remarkable for its prophetic vision of the hollow securities promised by incarceration and of the effects of "privatization" as an armature of American imperialism-in both the domestic and international realms. Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990484
- ISBN
- 9780295990484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.66
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€ 23.66
Paperback. Broken Glass is a Congolese riff on European classics from the most notable Francophone African writer of his generation. Translator(s): Stevenson, Helen. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846688157
- ISBN
- 9781846688157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the month of April. Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride's heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these 'civilised' strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449874
- ISBN
- 9780099449874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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€ 11.02
Paperback. When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 81 x 35. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509769
- ISBN
- 9780099509769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. * A penetrating new novel about the burden of celebrity and the making of American myths and heroes by one of America's bestselling writers * 'Updike is one of the very few people who are among Oates's peers' - TLS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0003024
- ISBN
- 9781860497704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183862
- ISBN
- 9780141183862
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
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€ 12.60
Paperback. A murder investigation in post-war France becomes an exploration of the legacy of German occupation. Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906694685
- ISBN
- 9781906694685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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€ 11.05
paperback. The number 1 European bestseller by the author of the international phenomenon A Man Called Ove, Britt-Marie was Here is a funny, poignant and uplifting tale of love, community, and second chances. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473617230
- ISBN
- 9781473617230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
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€ 11.04
Paperback. More than 2500 authors entered the Bristol Short Story Prize 2014/15. These are the 20 shortlisted stories published in the eighth volume of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089231
- ISBN
- 9781910089231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. These outstanding stories from the 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize will provoke, stimulate, move, amuse, unsettle, and entertain. A wonderfully diverse and exhilarating collection of short stories, that enhances Bristol Short Story Prize's reputation as a major contributor to the resurgence of the short story genre. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910089088
- ISBN
- 9781910089088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.40
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Paperback. Series: Hidden Faces Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310251033
- ISBN
- 9780310251033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.74
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 60. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556437571
- ISBN
- 9781556437571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.75
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€ 14.75
Hardcover. Offers an account of author's work with Guy Bolton in musical comedy, which occupied much of his energy from his arrival in America and effectively made his reputation. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591933
- ISBN
- 9781841591933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
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paperback. Fifteen pages of story and illustrations. Num Pages: 16 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 87 x 3. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021503
- ISBN
- 9780876856062
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. On their first meeting, Emrys and Sebastian fall powerfully in love with each other. Up until the moment they meet, they have found passion only in obsessions with ancient civilizations. Now, three weeks after their meeting, Emrys leaves her long-time lover and her job in America to be with Sebastian, a man she has met only once. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC london
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747568049
- ISBN
- 9780747568049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.30
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Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849821650
- ISBN
- 9781849821650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46