Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a disgraced woman, and their romance will defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099478331
- ISBN
- 9780099478331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. A spellbinding novel about marriage, passion, loss, renewal, and the healing power of love Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131981
- ISBN
- 9781471131981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Angry, dazzling and humane, The French Art of War is the Goncourt-winning novel about the intervals of peace and the moments of unspeakable savagery in French wars spanning half the world and half a century. Translator(s): Wynne, Frank. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857897534
- ISBN
- 9780857897534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583220757
- ISBN
- 9781583220757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.50
€ 15.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. An American is burdened by a recurrent dream about his native Ireland, a country that had long ceased to interest or troubles him. Convinced that the Irish are asking him for help, he equips his errant grand-nephew, Tom Blessman, with a generous bank account, and dispatches him to the old country to offer assistance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001507
- ISBN
- 9780099492955
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy has lived a half-life in a group home for eight years. Unable to bear it any longer, he commits a desperate act which helps him to disappear to another place. Freddie is the night porter at the home, who works two jobs yet can't make ends meet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571300303
- ISBN
- 9780571300303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. In eight inimitable stories, Cees Nooteboom, one of the great modern novelists, meditates on love, loss and the shadow of death. Translator(s): Rilke, Ina. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849165570
- ISBN
- 9781849165570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. Two young women living during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted. There exists a complex relationship between a German countess and a married Scottish soldier. A wounded prisoner of war has a disturbing influence on an Englishwoman. These three novels deal with human relationships and the devastating results of war. Editor(s): Miehl, Dieter. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441832
- ISBN
- 9780141441832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559849
- ISBN
- 9780099559849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTJ0049776
- ISBN
- 9780552771092
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 'Comic genius' (The Observer) and the second Nursery Crime detective novel by the bestselling Jasper Fforde. Series: Nursery Crime Adventures. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w line illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Paper Back - 8th Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340835739
- ISBN
- 9780340835739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. There, this fourth wise man learns the recipe from a fellow prisoner, and learns of the existence and meaning of Jesus. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857331
- ISBN
- 9780801857331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.80
€ 29.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Set in the Irish Catholic community of 1950s Liverpool and in Ireland, this is a saga of working class families, living on the edge of poverty yet bound together by humour and loyalty, gossip, grumbling and endless cups of tea. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 62. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781786692375
- ISBN
- 9781786692375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.87
€ 13.87
Paperback. Obsession, longing, deceit and even murder feature in this quartet of provocative novellas, which gives a modern twist to tales of women for whom all is not necessarily as it seems. Drawing on history, culture and lore, this is a riveting exploration of the complexities of motherhood: edgy and engrossing, moving, yet at times, disturbing. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Saraband
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908643575
- ISBN
- 9781908643575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
€ 11.99
€ 9.95
Paperback. A thrilling new adventure from the bestselling author of THE GREAT ZOO OF CHINA and SCARECROW AND THE ARMY OF THIEVES. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409167136
- ISBN
- 9781409167136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks Landmark
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402274688
- ISBN
- 9781402274688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.64
€ 15.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. Divided into four narratives, echoing the four texts of Confucianism and the four Gospels of the New Testament, this book tells the story of one of China's most controversial periods. It also shows us the power of camaraderie, love and faith against oppression and the darkest possible odds. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099569497
- ISBN
- 9780099569497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Tells the story of Howard Roark, a brilliant architect who dares to stand alone against the hostility of second-hand souls. First published in 1943, this novel presents a view of man's creative potential. It is about ambition, power, gold and love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188621
- ISBN
- 9780141188621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. From the author of Chez Moi, a tenderly drawn novel of loss and loneliness, friendship and love Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846274121
- ISBN
- 9781846274121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
€ 10.99
€ 9.08
Paperback. Describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth; Meerson, Olga. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099529743
- ISBN
- 9780099529743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864735089
- ISBN
- 9780864735089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.02
€ 26.02
Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212269
- ISBN
- 9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.93
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€ 23.93
Hardback. By the author of the Booker longlisted The Welsh Girl, a vibrant, powerful and iconoclastic novel telling the little-known story of the Chinese in America, and of America through its Chinese. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340980231
- ISBN
- 9780340980231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.27
€ 21.99
€ 16.27
Paperback. By the author of the Booker longlisted The Welsh Girl, a vibrant, powerful and iconoclastic novel telling the little-known story of the Chinese in America, and of America through its Chinese. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340980255
- ISBN
- 9780340980255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86