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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Marie-Constance loves reading and possesses a beautiful voice. So, one day she decides to put an ad in the local paper offering her services as a paid reader. Her first client, a paralysed teenager, is transformed by her reading of a Maupassant short story. Her fame spreads and soon the rich, the creative and the famous clamour for her services. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Peirene Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908670229
- ISBN
- 9781908670229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.39
€ 16.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Reach for Tomorrow is a heartwarming tale of Rosie Ferry's indomitable spirit and determination to survive no matter what. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 120 x 31. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747258056
- ISBN
- 9780747258056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Paperback. A safe, sustainable future is certainly not assured, granted the awesome power of vested interest and inert bureaucracies. But on the evidence provided in Rays of Hope, such a future appears well worth fighting for. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; RNF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280. 240p. Paperback. P.B. Keywords: "Science & Nature - Environment & Ecology - Natural Resources Management,Subjects - Fiction - By Period - General,Subjects - Fiction - General,Subjects - Science & Natur"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company Ltd Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- SKU
- KON0587605
- ISBN
- 9780393064223
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102. 112 pages. Incredible story about a young Chilean girl's talent for recreating the magic of movies that captures the nostalgia of South American village cinemas in all their glory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 146 x 8. Weight: 102. Translator(s): Almani, Saleh. Language: Arabic.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789992194010
- ISBN
- 9789992194010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.71
€ 9.99
€ 8.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142363
- ISBN
- 9781897142363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.72
€ 27.99
€ 19.72
Paperback. Set in a Yorkshire mining village at the turn of the twentieth century, an engrossing slice of historical fiction from the acclaimed author of Netherwood Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 41. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751547689
- ISBN
- 9780751547689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Abe Ravelstein is a professor who has lived much beyond his means. His close friend Chick suggests that he put forth a book of his convictions and much to his surprise, he does and becomes a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in turn that Chick write a memoir. But, the mood turns somber once Ravelstein succumbs to AIDS and Chick himself nearly dies. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188850
- ISBN
- 9780141188850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.84
€ 13.00
€ 11.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509837861
- ISBN
- 9781509837861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781551522357
- ISBN
- 9781551522357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.34
€ 25.99
€ 19.34
paperback. Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - one of Japan's foremost stylists and a modernist master whose short stories are marked by imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour. His other works include: "Rashomon"; "In a Bamboo Grove"; "The Nose"; "O-Gin"; "Loyalty"; "Death Register"; "The Life of a Stupid Man"; and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449709
- ISBN
- 9780140449709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Penguin Classics Deluxe ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Translator(s): Kitson, Thomas J. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180832
- ISBN
- 9780231180832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.46
€ 17.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KTM0000640
- ISBN
- 9780007141760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Talks about the brutality and cowardice that overtakes the city of Niagara Falls in the aftermath of an attack on a woman and her daughter. A dissection of modern mores, this is more than the story of Teena and Bethie, and their insolent assailants. It is also the tale of their silent champion, a man who knows the meaning of justice, and love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156. A Love Story. 160 pages. Talks about the brutality and cowardice that overtakes the city of Niagara Falls in the aftermath of an attack on a woman and her daughter. A dissection of modern mores, this is more than the story of Teena and Bethie, and their insolent assailants. It is also the tale of their silent champion, a man who knows the meaning of justice, and love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight: 156.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843544135
- ISBN
- 9781843544135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Rant is an anti-hero whose recreational drug of choice is rabies. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. On designated nights, the Party Crashers chase each other in cars in the hope of a collision, and all the while Rant, the 'superspreader', transmits his lethal disease. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499367
- ISBN
- 9780099499367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Fernanda Barnes' life was once graced by security, success and stunning wealth. Now, widowed and with a mounting pile of debts, she is trying desperately to shield her three children from the rising panic within her. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 27. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KSS0003733
- ISBN
- 9780552149938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A new novel of women's friendship from the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship and Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455572854
- ISBN
- 9781455572854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.21
€ 25.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. By the author of "A White Merc with Fins", this is the sharp and comic story of a modern man in all kinds of trouble. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0201270
- ISBN
- 9780099759713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Freight Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780956613578
- ISBN
- 9780956613578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 30 pages, 26 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870333927
- ISBN
- 9780870333927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.49
€ 10.99
€ 9.49
Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Edition
- Classroom ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024632865
- ISBN
- 9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.69
€ 11.99
€ 11.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 283 x 221 x 11. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120756861
- ISBN
- 9788120756861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. People love to hate the trains. They're essential - but everyone wishes there were more of them, and that they were faster, and most of all, that they would just run on time. But whenever something new is planned for the railway, there will always be someone with objections. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552173612
- ISBN
- 9780552173612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679601722
- ISBN
- 9780679601722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.37
€ 25.99
€ 17.37