Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.45
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.62
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.03
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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
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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
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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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.16
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Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Used Copy But Remains Readable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KDK0015037
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Well read copy, but binding still tight. 508pp.
- Condition
- Used, Acceptable
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KLN0007979
- ISBN
- 9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Continues where "The Rainbow" left off, with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, a mining town in the Midlands, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. Editor(s): Vasey, Lindeth; Farmer, David. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441542
- ISBN
- 9780141441542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. Dark, but bright with genius, "Women in Love" is a prophetic masterpiece steeped in eroticism, filled with perceptions about sexual power and obsession that have proven to be timeless and true. Features a new Introduction. Revised reissue. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555239
- ISBN
- 9780199555239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Africa Research & Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865433267
- ISBN
- 9780865433267
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.36
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Paperback. Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. At the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. This book presents a vivid account of life on the edge. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753518144
- ISBN
- 9780753518144
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
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Paperback. * From the bestselling author of Slammerkin comes a collection of fascinating historical stories Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860499548
- ISBN
- 9781860499548
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926972466
- ISBN
- 9781926972466
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.44
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Paperback. This story of the Texas frontier dramatizes the capture by a Comanche band of a ten-year-old white girl and her five-year-old sister from the upper reaches of the Brazos River a decade before the Civil War. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875651958
- ISBN
- 9780875651958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
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Paperback. The gripping story of one woman's odyssey into the Australian outback away from tragedy and towards regaining control over her life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002047
- ISBN
- 9780340579749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Critically acclaimed Ghanaian author Kojo Laing's second novel takes the reader on a fantastic journey filled with unforgettable characters and magical places. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435045722
- ISBN
- 9780435045722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.08
€ 18.08
Paperback. Now an award-winning feature film 'The Human Resources Manager' Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905559244
- ISBN
- 9781905559244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
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€ 10.18