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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. This novel portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Using the points of view of a perceptive young Nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy Jewish boy just married to the love of his life, Irwin Shaw conveys the scope, confusion and complexity of war. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 704 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 926.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226751290
ISBN
9780226751290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551521817
ISBN
9781551521817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. The seventeen year old Hornblower became infamous as soon as he stepped on board ship as the midshipman who was seasick in the Spithead, but things were soon to change. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Penguin UK
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119398
ISBN
9780140119398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 44. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Film and TV-Tie Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140271737
ISBN
9780140271737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453343
ISBN
9781609453343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. T S makes sense of his chaotic family life by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 190 x 29. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099589990
ISBN
9780099589990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. From the no.1 bestselling author--a wonderful, romantic novel now with a brand new cover. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781455567331
ISBN
9781455567331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. This beautiful, literary commercial novel in the vein of PREP will be an exciting, stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 428. Some light shelf wear else as new,
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Tinder Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0004925
ISBN
9780755395187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This stunning, literary commercial novel in the vein of Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep is a New York Times bestseller and a stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755395194
ISBN
9780755395194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. This beautiful, literary commercial novel in the vein of PREP will be an exciting, stand-out debut launch for Tinder Press BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 428. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Tinder Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KEX0260019
ISBN
9780755395187
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The hilarious Man Booker-longlisted novel from the author of 'Darkmans' and 'The Burley Cross Postbox Theft'. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KAK0002925
ISBN
9780007476664
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007150939
ISBN
9780007150939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. Series: Dover Thrift S. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 5AF; FA; FYB; YFA. Dimension: 209 x 134 x 5. Weight: 72.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298573
ISBN
9780486298573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Vetch, John. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222181
ISBN
9780811222181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. Wilfred Davis, quiet, retired, respectable widower, is sitting and sobbing on a park bench. He has lost his daughter and any sense of purpose. A mysterious stranger passes him a handkerchief, and strikes up a conversation that leads to friendship and an unconventional new home for Wilfred. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870287
ISBN
9781784870287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. An unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444756142
ISBN
9781444756142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large middle-class London family, from an uncertain spring in 1880 to a party on a summer evening in the 1930s. We see them each endure and remember heart-break, loss, radical change and stifling conformity, marriage and regret. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099982807
ISBN
9780099982807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448. A Novel About the Saskatchewan Doctors Strike. 264 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552664827
ISBN
9781552664827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Publication date
1994
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
SKU
KCW0005847
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0006015
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. It had never been the best of marriages. There was something potentially explosive just below the surface of life at Wearcill House, but when that explosion came it was in a totally unforeseeable and devastating form, plunging the Coulsons into an excoriating series of crises out of which would come both good and evil. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 22. Weight in Grams: 174. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KTJ0008193
ISBN
9780552132473
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447241652
ISBN
9781447241652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. * A major paperback from one of our great writers:following the first of her speculative fiction, ORYX AND CRAKE Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 169 x 33. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780349004075
ISBN
9780349004075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815654
ISBN
9781509815654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

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