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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A young student who yearns for the life promised by a dangerously magical book. He falls in love, abandons his studies, turns his back on home and family, and embarks on restless bus trips through the provinces, in pursuit of an elusive vision. This is a wondrous odyssey, laying bare the rage of an arid heartland. Translator(s): Gun, Guneli. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571326082
- ISBN
- 9780571326082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155370
- ISBN
- 9781903155370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.29
€ 23.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046914
- ISBN
- 9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - but a world that is falling into decay. The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian. Illustrator(s): Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140074314
- ISBN
- 9780140074314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ibooks United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596873650
- ISBN
- 9781596873650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. 'A remarkable novelist' The Times Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340518540
- ISBN
- 9780340518540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 113. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820339
- ISBN
- 9780753820339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292749054
- ISBN
- 9780292749054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550229431
- ISBN
- 9781550229431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
paperback. A young architect is sent to a remote town to supervise the restoration of its Minster. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 414. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small tear to bottom edge of rear cover but remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Apollo Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022129
- ISBN
- 9781784977023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099444893
- ISBN
- 9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.70
€ 9.99
€ 8.70
Paperback. A wonderful, inventive first novel set primarily in WWII and told through the disparate lives of identical twins; one a fighter pilot, the other a school teacher Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KNH0010079
- ISBN
- 9780743220170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A young Jewish woman growing up in Germany in the middle of the twentieth century and an African general hired by the Doge to command his armies in sixteenth century Venice are bound by personal crisis and momentous social conflict. What emerges is Europe's age-old obsession with race, with sameness and difference, with blood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520573
- ISBN
- 9780099520573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437024
- ISBN
- 9780099437024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Bex belongs to a hidden society of misfits, homeless and runaways who live in the Narrows, the hidden paths that lie behind even the darkest of alleyways. For years they have lived apart from the rest of the world, but the Narrows are closing, and nobody knows why. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Snowbooks Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907777592
- ISBN
- 9781907777592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.01
€ 10.99
€ 10.01
Paperback. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593584
- ISBN
- 9780099593584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Banda, the trio meet good-natured Erik Christessen and his fiancee, the cool and beautiful Louise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286882
- ISBN
- 9780099286882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KTM0006025
- ISBN
- 9780141008929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Nan, in her early twenties, goes to work for the wealthy X family to help put herself through college, and is shocked by their antics. Between raising the X's son Grayer, keeping on top of her studies, moving house and ensuring Mrs X's day runs smoothly, it's a wonder Nanny ever finds time to hang out with the gorgeous HH on the sixth floor. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTM0003577
- ISBN
- 9780141008929
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KCG0002925
- ISBN
- 9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KI20002885
- ISBN
- 9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KIN0034594
- ISBN
- 9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Jo takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family, and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. Dick and Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most incompatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children are downright mystifying. Suddenly, village life seems terribly appealing. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 109 x 35. Weight in Grams: 296. Clean copy with some light shelfwear
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KST0021694
- ISBN
- 9780099427971
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Michael Reed is a man going through the motions, numbed by the death of his wife and child. But when events force him to act as if he cares, he begins to find people who - against all expectation - help him through his private labyrinth. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413771605
- ISBN
- 9780413771605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.41
€ 13.99
€ 13.41