Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Two short novels, published initially in the 1930s. "Musashi" deals with the dark obsessions of a 16th-century warlord. "Arrowroot" also touches on the pursuit of legend, but in a different mode, that of the uniquely Japanese form of the "essay" novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283171
- ISBN
- 9780099283171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. "The arrival of a stranger to his house in Auckland leads renowned novelist Laslo Winter to look back to the past, to London, the late 1950s. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 27. Weight in Grams: 457. Clean copy. Fine in fine unclipped dustwrapper"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KOC0025124
- ISBN
- 9781860469312
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.00
€ 11.00
Paperback. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780140167771
- ISBN
- 9780140167771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. In the parched soil of Provence, a fifth gospel has been discovered, Mary Magdalene's account of Jesus' teaching and her relationship with him. This book unveils a Christianity which embraces the female equally with the male and acknowledges and celebrates women's spirituality. It is also a story centred on Mary as the wellspring of womanhood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507697
- ISBN
- 9780099507697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. An erotic painter of dreams, who fuses the most unblemished sensuality with the most transparent spirituality. Translator(s): Buchanan, Rhonda Dahl. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893996991
- ISBN
- 9781893996991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.99
€ 16.99
€ 14.99
paperback. In a town like Twin Peaks, no one is innocent.. Her murder started the cult series, now read her words for yourself. With a foreword from David Lynch Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Simon + Schuster UK
- Number of pages
- 192
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849838627
- ISBN
- 9781849838627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. Translator(s): Velmans, Hester. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405924009
- ISBN
- 9781405924009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend is a modern classic - Adrian is as popular as ever. With a beautiful new package, this novel is perfect for long-time Adrian Mole fans or newcomers to the series. David Walliams contributes a foreword to this beautiful 30th Anniversary edition of The Secret Diary Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046426
- ISBN
- 9780141046426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
€ 11.99
€ 10.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405932189
- ISBN
- 9781405932189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Poor, plain and unconnected, Charlotte Bronte, her sisters live in the wilds of Yorkshire. Their eccentric father allows no curtains on the windows and no rugs on the floors. Their brother is a drunkard and a drug addict. But these three sisters write some of the most beloved books ever created. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061648373
- ISBN
- 9780061648373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.63
€ 16.99
€ 15.63
Paperback. In 1920s India, where do two little girls belong? Born of two cultures, belonging to neither.. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409135517
- ISBN
- 9781409135517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848090781
- ISBN
- 9781848090781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.11
€ 9.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. One lie sends a family into turmoil in a heart-rending new novel from a worldwide bestselling author, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264. 8vo. Some light shelfwear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KEX0272862
- ISBN
- 9780007248094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Mr Verloc, the secret agent, is involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory which goes disastrously wrong. Based on the text which Conrad's first English readers enjoyed, this new edition includes a critical introduction which describes Conrad's great London novel as the realization of a 'monstrous town', a place of idiocy, madness, criminality, and butchery. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536351
- ISBN
- 9780199536351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.65
€ 12.65
Hardcover. This is the only novel that Conrad set in London, and it communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. Verloc, (a Russian spy who is also working for the police) is ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151237
- ISBN
- 9781857151237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. An attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. Editor(s): Newton, Michael. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441580
- ISBN
- 9780141441580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Exile Editions Canada
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550963588
- ISBN
- 9781550963588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.07
€ 28.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 265 x 40. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Other Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590517888
- ISBN
- 9781590517888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.41
€ 27.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. What happens when the mistress gets her man? Against the odds, that's what happened to Minty. She stole her best friend Rose's husband Nathan and made him her own. But now that she's got what she wanted - marriage, kids, a family home - she's discovering a few things she didn't bargain for.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019888
- ISBN
- 9780141019888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.75
€ 19.00
€ 16.75
Paperback. A second collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter involving more alluring women, ailing warriors, enchantresses and seekers of revenge. They come from every corner of the globe to haunt, to entice, transform and even to help. Illustrator(s): Sargood, Corinna. Editor(s): Carter, Angela. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 271. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006200
- ISBN
- 9781853816161
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Powerful, touching and ultimately uplifting, Victoria Walters' debut novel about a young woman who becomes a widow aged twenty-five is a heartfelt tale of love, loss, and finding the courage to love again Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472229328
- ISBN
- 9781472229328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Fine in fine cloth covers and in publisher's slip case. Slip case showing light shelf wear. Title as new
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- House of Stratus United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0029802
- ISBN
- 9781842329559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. She had always put her daughter first - until one man changed everything Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751544459
- ISBN
- 9780751544459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Ellen Marshall, divorced and remarried, is troubled by her son's refusal to accept her second husband, but takes great comfort from her five-year-old daughter of her second marriage. She hopes to help little Ellen see that women need to break the bonds that society has forced upon them. Series: Texas Tradition Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652733
- ISBN
- 9780875652733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.96
€ 18.99
€ 17.96