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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Laughs, love, office life. And a little touch of magic .. From the bestselling author of LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY and AMANDA'S WEDDING. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 266. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KTM0006993
ISBN
9780007105557
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Recently divorced, thirty-six-year-old Neill Bassett is engaged in an extraordinary experiment. By day, he works at a Silicon Valley software company, where he is helping to create the world's first 'living' artificial intelligence - a computer programme based on the personality of his late father. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0003909
ISBN
9780241964866
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal - Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story! Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KHS0057964
ISBN
9780006513322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Napoleon Publishing Canada
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894917506
ISBN
9781894917506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.13

Paperback. Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job. So why is it he wants nothing more than the chance to speak at the next company convention? In this book, the author takes us for a turn on the maddening hamster wheel of work. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872786
ISBN
9781784872786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Paperback. Includes stories such as - "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "Period Piece"; "On Guard"; "An Englishman's Home"; "Excursion in Reality"; "Bella Fleace Gave a Party"; "Winner Takes All"; "Work Suspended"; "Scott-King's Modern Europe"; "Basil Seal Rides Again"; and "Charles Ryder's Schooldays". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184517
ISBN
9780141184517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. From an astonishing new voice, this debut charts the life of Roscoe T Martin, first as a farm owner with a fractured family, then as prison inmate.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471152238
ISBN
9781471152238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643490
ISBN
9780888643490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564780362
ISBN
9781564780362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.23

Paperback. The author's professional writing had always expressed complex ideas in expressive prose. And the notion emerged - why not compress ideas, stories, even whole novels, into single aphorisms? This collection of single aphorisms intends to provide food for thought. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 129. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Foulsham
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780572030407
ISBN
9780572030407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.26

Paperback. Words And Women: Three is the third showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction inside reflect the brilliance, boldness and depth of women's contemporary writing in the region. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Unthank Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910061343
ISBN
9781910061343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429128
ISBN
9780099429128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987149
ISBN
9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. Even though they attend a school of gifted students in New York City, child geniuses Louise Mayer and her twin sister Jillian have always felt alone in the world, isolated by their brilliance. Shortly before their ninth birthday, they make an amazing discovery. They're not alone. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 30. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476780788
ISBN
9781476780788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.54

paperback. Editor(s): Cropper, Anthony; Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Route United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927245
ISBN
9781901927245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812976557
ISBN
9780812976557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.21

Paperback. Passing bya retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 194s -and it sparks a new stage in her ife. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music. Before long he starts telling his story.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760292072
ISBN
9781760292072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Adult Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778626
ISBN
9780552778626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558617537
ISBN
9781558617537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. A perceptive, wildly funny and deeply moving novel Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747251132
ISBN
9780747251132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655994
ISBN
9780875655994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.03

Paperback. Translator(s): Moger, Robin. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166624
ISBN
9789774166624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.75

Hardcover. Translated for the first time in English, this collection of short fiction details the plight of urban Algerian women and raises far-reaching issues. The stories criticise the post-colonial socialist regime, which is seen as denying and subjugating women whilst celebrating the liberation of men. Translator(s): de Jager, Marjolijn; De Jager, Marjolijn. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914022
ISBN
9780813914022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.00

Paperback. This collection of short stories details the plight of urban Algerian women and raises serious issues. The stories criticise the post-colonial regime, for denying and subjugating women whilst celebrating men's liberation. Clarisse Zimra's afterword includes an informing interview with the author. Translator(s): De Jager, Marjolijn. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918808
ISBN
9780813918808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.16

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