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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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
€ 17.49

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
€ 10.95

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
€ 10.02

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: 324.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780099593584
ISBN
9780099593584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.64

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
€ 10.95

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Literature & Drama. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486265513
ISBN
9780486265513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.32

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375702624
ISBN
9780375702624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.96

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
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445834
ISBN
9781885445834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863133
ISBN
9780864863133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

Paperback. The psychiatrist's couch holds many secrets. Can it also hold the key to a series of brutal murders? The thrilling first novel from the internationally bestselling Master of Suspense. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007228287
ISBN
9780007228287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Allison Markin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846276026
ISBN
9781846276026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pariah Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993037801
ISBN
9780993037801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062412171
ISBN
9780062412171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.71

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