Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of St Austin's is at stake, not to mention the reputation of Jim Thomson, an excellent athlete with a talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591674
- ISBN
- 9781841591674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters, and later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners, the war is far from home. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KRA0010103
- ISBN
- 9780141046617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The much anticipated sequel to the Radio 2 Book Club favourite The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786071132
- ISBN
- 9781786071132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.55
€ 11.99
€ 10.55
Paperback. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752864365
- ISBN
- 9780752864365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered the pre-eminent writer of Brazil, but his work has only recently become known to the English-speaking world. This new translation of Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, first published in 1881, now brings Machado de Assis's sardonic wit and keen appreciation of human foibles to a much larger audience. Editor(s): Regno, Enylton De Sa. Translator(s): Rabassa, Gregory. Series: Library of Latin America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; BG; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195101706
- ISBN
- 9780195101706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. The new witty and warm novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author and TV presenter, Fern Britton. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007562992
- ISBN
- 9780007562992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 8.95
€ 11.99
€ 8.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Repack
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764203404
- ISBN
- 9780764203404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.45
€ 16.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. At her father's funeral, Melissa makes a shocking discovery that will send her on a journey across continents and into her family's hidden past.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857204028
- ISBN
- 9780857204028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.83
€ 11.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards. The Post-Birthday World is an unflinching account of the choices that unfold before us and what our decisions really mean. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007578030
- ISBN
- 9780007578030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.22
€ 14.99
€ 11.22
Paperback. The new novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed and always controversial author of Atomised. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753821183
- ISBN
- 9780753821183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Sarah St John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as she'd like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become a life-coach. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099597780
- ISBN
- 9780099597780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 7.28
€ 11.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf. Thirty years later the book is set to be reissued but the lives of the Mellow family are no longer the same. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099485056
- ISBN
- 9780099485056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A collector unearths the find of a lifetime: an eighteenth-century portrait of a man uncannily like him. Translator(s): Boyce, Emily; Aitken, Jane. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. .
- Publisher
- Gallic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910477434
- ISBN
- 9781910477434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.56
€ 13.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrels SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008160395
- ISBN
- 9780008160395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters. Editor(s): Charters, Ann. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780142437537
- ISBN
- 9780142437537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. Michael, a writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis Carmichael, while he bungles every phase of his entanglement with an older woman who has the misfortune to fall in love with him. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571225712
- ISBN
- 9780571225712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.72
€ 13.99
€ 10.72
Paperback. Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But he is not beaten yet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099540144
- ISBN
- 9780099540144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the folks had hoped, they blame Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the man. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188485
- ISBN
- 9780141188485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. First published in Gaelic in 1941 under the title "An Beal Bocht", this book was translated into English in 1973. A parody of the Gaelic peasant writings of the Irish revival, the book features Bonaparte O'Coonassa - who tells the story of his life. By the author of "The Dalkey Archive". Illustrator(s): Steadman, Ralph. Translator(s): Power, P.C. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92 128pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780586087480
- ISBN
- 9780586087480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. Mouloud Feraoun grew up in the Kabyle region of French-controlled Algeria, where the prospects for most Muslim Berber men were shepherding or emigrating to France for factory work. While Feraoun escaped by excelling in the colonial school system -- as a student and, later, as a teacher at the Ecole Normale -- he remained rooted in Kabyle culture. Translator(s): McNair, Lucy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923260
- ISBN
- 9780813923260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Richly insightful, deeply humorous, often poignant, The Ponzi Man skilfully reveals the inner-world of a man who knows every maddening thing about gambling, except how to give it up. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473627680
- ISBN
- 9781473627680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.33
€ 10.99
€ 9.33
Paperback. "Carries the flavor of the old world, its underlying ferocity leavened by a lyrical mysticism.. Her prose is transcendent."-Washington Post Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350234
- ISBN
- 9780393350234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. Espionage during the First World War Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848545847
- ISBN
- 9781848545847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. The phenomenal word of mouth bestselling author Sophie Hannah explores the various sides of motherhood in her third stunning psychological suspense novel. Series: Culver Valley Crime. Num Pages: 464 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Culver Valley Crime Book 3
- SKU
- V9780340933121
- ISBN
- 9780340933121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10