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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding 21st century. China 'And remember: Heaven's blessing will cease forever if there's despair and poverty in your lands.' This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Palmer, Martin. Num Pages: 256 pages, throughout. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141197463
- ISBN
- 9780141197463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty - the American high school - in this captivating debut novel. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473661264
- ISBN
- 9781473661264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
Paperback. A collection of short stories that focus on themes ranging from Los Angeles and bar culture to alcoholism, gambling, sex and violence. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753513774
- ISBN
- 9780753513774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241973653
- ISBN
- 9780241973653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured, messianic genius keeps them alive, his hoarse tirades harrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards unimaginable darkness. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140060898
- ISBN
- 9780140060898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A family tale of mad passions and volcanic family hatreds, of titanic matriarchs and their mesmerised offspring, of premature deaths and curses that strike beyond the grave. Num Pages: 448 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099592419
- ISBN
- 9780099592419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Enthralling, unusual and richly textured, The Moonlit Cage is a thrillingly realistic evocation of a lost world. It is a novel you will never forget. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755328567
- ISBN
- 9780755328567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Dealing with the motivations and emotions of the enemy, this title uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141185538
- ISBN
- 9780141185538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.80
€ 11.99
€ 10.80
Paperback. Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 63. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284765
- ISBN
- 9780099284765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Willie Cooper arrives on the doorstep of her ancestral home in Templeton, New York in the wake of a disastrous affair with her much older, married archaeology professor. That same day, the discovery of a prehistoric monster in the lake brings a media frenzy to the quiet, picture-perfect town her ancestors founded. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099515722
- ISBN
- 9780099515722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. The US government and big business teamed up to build dams and bridges across the American West. A band of individuals teamed up to prevent it happening. In this chaotic comedy their aim is to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141187624
- ISBN
- 9780141187624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Paddleless Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952419372
- ISBN
- 9780952419372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780060859565
- ISBN
- 9780060859565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.53
€ 18.99
€ 17.53
paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780061122422
- ISBN
- 9780061122422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardback. A special illustrated edition of The Monarch of the Glen, an American Gods novella from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. Illustrations by celebrated artist Daniel Egneus. Num Pages: 128 pages, Black and white, free flowing. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 345 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472235435
- ISBN
- 9781472235435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.97
€ 26.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly. Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099586555
- ISBN
- 9780099586555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.02
€ 23.99
€ 16.02
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774268
- ISBN
- 9781681774268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 6.47
€ 27.99
€ 6.47
Paperback. Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced American writer living a very private life in Maine. Until, one wintry morning, his solitude is disrupted by the arrival of a package postmarked Berlin. But what is more unsettling is the name accompanying the return address on the package: Petra Dussmann. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509745
- ISBN
- 9780099509745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Fern and Elliott have spent twenty-five years apart. They now have twelve hours to decide their future. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782062837
- ISBN
- 9781782062837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Yves Harteloup is a disappointed young man, scarred by the war. He returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye, where he spent blissful childhood holidays. There he becomes infatuated by a beautiful, bored young woman, Denise, whose rich husband is often away on business. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000854
- ISBN
- 9780099563846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. For five years, Sally and Clive have been lost in a passionate affair. Now he has dumped her, to devote himself to his wife and family, and Sally is left in freefall. Then Sally befriends Clive's wife and daughter on Facebook. But that's alright isn't it? I mean they are perfectly normal things to do. Aren't they? Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777544
- ISBN
- 9780552777544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. To those customers who visit her Indian spice shop in Oakland, California, Tilo dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: coriander for sight, tumeric for wrinkles, and fenugreek to make a rejected wife desirable. However Tilo's powers are conditional - they vanish the moment she falls in love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996709
- ISBN
- 9780552996709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A mesmerising tale of Empire, wild daring, love and conquest in Lawrence's Arabia Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809808
- ISBN
- 9781408809808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
hardcover. For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has been a gentleman adventurer, journeying all over the globe in the footsteps of his hero, the great pioneering traveller Conrad Vane. One rainy winter night, Sir James returns to London. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001460
- ISBN
- 9780701187866
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70