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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Karsan Dargawalla, heir to the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi begins to tell the story of his family and the destroyed shrine in the aftermath of the violence that gripped western India in 2002. His tale begins in the 1960s, and young Karsan wishes above all else to be ordinary. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847672834
- ISBN
- 9781847672834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KAK0011158
- ISBN
- 9780099484257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Including a new story The School of English. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007580996
- ISBN
- 9780007580996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
€ 13.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Tells how led by the reliably under-insightful Binder, a team of seven British men including Dr Prone (constantly ill); Jungle the route finder (constantly lost), Constant the diplomat (constantly arguing) and 3,000 Yogistani porters, set out to conquer the highest peak in the Himalayas. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2841st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530381
- ISBN
- 9780099530381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. A government official who is inspecting a faded mansion of forgotten treasures, comes across the final, shocking gift which is bleeding the museum dry. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099553953
- ISBN
- 9780099553953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
€ 17.99
€ 14.24
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003308
- ISBN
- 9781781999530
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. A heart-warming and inspirational tale in which Enzo, a loyal family dog, tells the story of his human family, how they nearly fell apart, and what he did to bring them back together. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- 9780007281190
- ISBN
- 9780007281190
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.43
€ 13.99
€ 10.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- S Q Publications,US United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865620360
- ISBN
- 9780865620360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
paperback. Born in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discover the infinite richness of life. Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141198477
- ISBN
- 9780141198477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. A wonderful, warm novel from a major new American voice. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KAK0007666
- ISBN
- 9780007374458
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290. 96pp. Photography by Erica Lennard
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Clarkson New York
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KHS1018600
- ISBN
- 9780609600740
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The best and bestselling book for repatriating travelers." Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- N/E
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931930147
- ISBN
- 9781931930147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Five amateur bakers compete in a baking competition and discover that the vision of perfect domesticity they aspire to may not be the whole truth. For book club readers everywhere whose tastes range from The Help, One Day and The Other Hand to Katie Fforde and Gill Hornby. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444792256
- ISBN
- 9781444792256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. Two years after "The Collector" had brought him international recognition and a year before he published "The Magus", the author set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099755319
- ISBN
- 9780099755319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
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€ 14.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681774435
- ISBN
- 9781681774435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.33
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€ 18.33
Paperback. Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 33. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970942
- ISBN
- 9780241970942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517796
- ISBN
- 9781903517796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Paperback outing for the first novel from Muller since she won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature: a fierce and finely-wrought novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life Translator(s): Hulse, Michael; Boehm, Philip. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Portobello Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846273766
- ISBN
- 9781846273766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. They come together by chance in the heart of New York City, four young women at turning points in their lives. Claire finds the spacious loft apartment. But the aspiring shoe designer needs at least one roommate to manage the rent. She meets Abby, then Morgan joins them, and finally Sasha, a medical student. This is their story. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552166294
- ISBN
- 9780552166294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
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Paperback. Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194295
- ISBN
- 9780141194295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. From the author of the critically acclaimed Human Smoke, a brilliantly funny and deftly constructed new novel Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with some slight shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000529
- ISBN
- 9781847397829
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. An annotated edition of "Lolita". It attempts to elaborate on the verbal textures and show how they contribute to the novel's overall meaning. It also provides observations on the novel's artifice, games and verbal patternings. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185040
- ISBN
- 9780141185040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. This volume contains 24 short stories published between 1914 and 1919, including the six stories later collected as "You Know Me Al". Two-thirds of the stories describe real teams, real players and real events - which Lardner covered as a reporter. Editor(s): Hilton, George W. Num Pages: 648 pages, 111 half-tones. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 350 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1419.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729635
- ISBN
- 9780804729635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.92
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€ 41.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFV; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 279 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911344162
- ISBN
- 9781911344162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55