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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. It's the 1970s and cracks are starting to appear in the alliance between China and its Communist cohort Albania. When an Albanian steps on the foot of a Chinese diplomat the tension cranks up - couriers between Tirana and Beijing carry annotated x-rays of the foot back and forth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560890
- ISBN
- 9780099560890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Leather / fine binding. Series: Leather-Bound Classics. Num Pages: 1392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1924.
- Publisher
- Canterbury Classics
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Lea
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626860988
- ISBN
- 9781626860988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.85
€ 38.85
Hardcover. Compiled in three beautifully slip-cased hardback editions, with an introduction by Toni Morrison, this book focuses on the understanding of the human condition and philosophical exploration of the polarities of good and evil. Num Pages: 3008 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 171 x 175. Weight in Grams: 5010.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713999563
- ISBN
- 9780713999563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.28€ 99.60
€ 142.28
€ 99.60
CD-Audio. Offers a complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues. This collection includes all twelve Talking Heads, the precursor of that series, and, A Woman of No Importance. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785291661
- ISBN
- 9781785291661
CD
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.31
€ 34.99
€ 23.31
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Number of pages
- 1026
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394716787
- ISBN
- 9780394716787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.09
€ 21.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. With 92 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories spanning five decades, and featuring such classics as Prima Belladonna and The Index, Ballard's "Complete Stories" evokes Kafka and Borges with its ability to render psychosis, modern paranoia, and fantastical creations on the page. Num Pages: 1199 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393339291
- ISBN
- 9780393339291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.91
€ 37.99
€ 37.91
paperback. A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188089
- ISBN
- 9780141188089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
paperback. The second in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 46. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007245765
- ISBN
- 9780007245765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.53
€ 19.99
€ 15.53
paperback. First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007242290
- ISBN
- 9780007242290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.83
€ 19.99
€ 13.83
Hardcover. Celebrate "an authentic American genius" (Gore Vidal) in James Purdy's first complete short story collection. Num Pages: 752 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- First Edition ~1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406699
- ISBN
- 9780871406699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.05
€ 37.99
€ 32.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684843322
- ISBN
- 9780684843322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Collects adult short stories, in which the author begins by using his experiences in the war to write fiction. In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, this title includes tales such as 'Man from the South'; 'Lamb to the Slaughter'; and 'The Sound Machine'. Num Pages: 624 pages, portraits (black and white). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405910101
- ISBN
- 9781405910101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.64
€ 16.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Includes eight tales such as 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405910118
- ISBN
- 9781405910118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.03
€ 19.99
€ 15.03
Paperback. A collection of short stories composed between 1910-62. It includes "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "A House of Gentlefolks"; and, "The Sympathetic Passenger". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141193687
- ISBN
- 9780141193687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Includes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations. Editor(s): Munro, H. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184494
- ISBN
- 9780141184494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Translator(s): Volokhonsky, Larissa; Pevear, Richard. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- Vintage Classics ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400032921
- ISBN
- 9781400032921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.60
€ 21.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207876
- ISBN
- 9780253207876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston includes Sherston's Progress and both Memoirs, Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571099139
- ISBN
- 9780571099139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.57
€ 25.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. George MacDonald Fraser's hilarious stories of the most disastrous soldier in the British Army - collected together for the first time in one volume. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006513711
- ISBN
- 9780006513711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351900
- ISBN
- 9781584351900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Henry Bech, the celebrated author of "Travel Light", has been scrutinized, canonized and vilified by critics and readers across the world. This work explores the writing life and what happens when a writer becomes a literary celebrity. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188560
- ISBN
- 9780141188560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.29
€ 15.99
€ 12.29
Hardcover. From his birth in 1923 to his belated paternity and public apotheosis as a septuagenarian in 1999, Bech plugs away, globetrotting in the company of foreign dignitaries one day and schlepping in tattered tweeds on the college lecture circuit the next. This book presents a portrait of literary life in America from an incomparable American writer. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152647
- ISBN
- 9781857152647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
CD-Audio. A complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carre's bestselling novels. It includes dramatisations that perfectly capture the atmosphere of le Carre's taut, thrilling spy novels. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 139 x 36. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785293184
- ISBN
- 9781785293184
CD
Condition: New
€ 60.77€ 43.81
€ 60.77
€ 43.81
Paperback. Father Brown first made his appearance in "The Innocence of Father Brown" in 1911. This collection contains all of the Father Brown stories, showing thr quiet wit and compassion that has endeared him to many, whilst solving his mysteries by a mixture of imagination and a sympathetic worldliness in a totally believable manner. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 37. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised & enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260032
- ISBN
- 9781853260032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.31
€ 6.31