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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375714184
ISBN
9780375714184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.75

Paperback. First published in 1953, The Charioteer is a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, unapologetic portrayal of homosexuality that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room as a landmark work in gay literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089505
ISBN
9781844089505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Enter Harrison Barlow, who like so many young men of wars past, simply wants to serve his people and partake of the grand adventure of military life. Only, Harrison is not a hot pilot, nor a crack shot with a rifle. What good is a Chaplain's Assistant in the interstellar battles which will decide the fate of all? More than he thinks. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Baen
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476736853
ISBN
9781476736853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718158972
ISBN
9780718158972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Mallory Book 10: the tenth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Headline
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755385393
ISBN
9780755385393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. * by one of the finest chroniclers of the lives of northern working-class women Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860686118
ISBN
9780860686118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189048
ISBN
9780141189048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140023404
ISBN
9780140023404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

paperback. In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755111
ISBN
9780099755111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. First published in Sweden, Bjor Larsson's thriller became a bestseller in Europe. Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574091144
ISBN
9781574091144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172. 288 pages. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight: 196.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843547419
ISBN
9781843547419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. After a nervous collapse while serving at the altar, his college principal sends him on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413224
ISBN
9781906413224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.69

Paperback. A companion volume which expands on the knowledge contained in each of the nine insights of "The Celestine Prophecy". It aims to foster readers' spiritual growth by putting them in touch with evidence of their own experience. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553503708
ISBN
9780553503708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in a Peruvian manuscript, this book tells you how to make connections between the events happening in your own life right now, and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553409024
ISBN
9780553409024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328386
ISBN
9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Presents the story of Michael Caradock, a writer whose life has ended violently on an isolated Welsh island. This book follows his protected Welsh childhood, his crucial first encounters with sex, his literary success in London and his final withdrawal to Wales. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762958
ISBN
9781905762958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Somerville Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992736415
ISBN
9780992736415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in a fictional Johntown, Tennessee. This man's predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts, and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813191553
ISBN
9780813191553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.08

Paperback. Cipriano and his daughter craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and the Centre orders cast quantities and then recants. Resigned to idleness, Cipriano moves to a soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city. This is an Orwellian nightmare, a family fable and a love story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449157
ISBN
9780099449157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Holden Caulfield is a dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780241950432
ISBN
9780241950432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.12

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