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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Razumov aims to overcome the denial of his noble birth by a brilliant career in the tsarist bureaucracy created by Peter the Great. But in pre-revolutionary Russia Peter's legacy is autocracy tempered by assassination, and Razumov is soon caught in a tragic web with Haldin's trustful sister Natalia in spy-haunted Geneva. Editor(s): Donovan, Stephen. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441948
- ISBN
- 9780141441948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. It deals with topical moral issues such r s1he defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny and the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society. This new edition uses the English first edition text and has a new bibliography and chronology. Editor(s): Hawthorn, Jeremy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552375
- ISBN
- 9780199552375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. It is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac. In the shadow of the volcano, ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate, ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul, ex-husband, an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182254
- ISBN
- 9780141182254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088383
- ISBN
- 9781847088383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. One of Michel Faber's best-loved novels, this is an utterly compulsive and mysterious masterpiece Series: Canons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890528
- ISBN
- 9781786890528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Set in Italy, France, Ireland or the USA, this title features stories that unpick the casual brutalities of a patriarchal society or the delusions of sexual desire. It includes depictions of Irish or Italian hypocrisies, and also the male bastions of Church and politics. It can shock the reader with their sudden, serenely-accepted violence. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571294909
- ISBN
- 9780571294909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 4.99
€ 16.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 515 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284. Clean copy showing some shelf wear, nicks and bumps to cover with sunning to page edges but remains clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0013989
- ISBN
- 9781842233856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. This title deals with the lives of British pilots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571274017
- ISBN
- 9780571274017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.30
€ 8.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Feel Good Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956336606
- ISBN
- 9780956336606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429074
- ISBN
- 9780099429074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. It is the summer of 1981 and Catherine is laid low by childhood illness. Stuck inside her family's sprawling Victorian mansion, she can only look down into the garden and observe the goings-on upon the lawn. Sam and Rosa, her elder teenage cousins, have come to spend the school holiday, and Catherine savours the brief visits Sam makes to her room. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278. 8vo. Very good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KEX0261429
- ISBN
- 9780099469131
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A couple on a journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. Translator(s): Parks, Tim; Creagh, Patrick; McLaughlin, Martin; Weaver, William. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141189727
- ISBN
- 9780141189727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, and a major film from the director of House of Flying Daggers Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087037
- ISBN
- 9781844087037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Features the adventures of two young Hungarian basketball players through the turbulent years between the end of World War II and the anti-Soviet uprising of 1956. This work tells the story of the two improbably heroes, Pataki and Gyuri, who travel the length and breadth of Hungary in a epic quest for food, lodging, and female companionship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099438052
- ISBN
- 9780099438052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A powerful and moving autobiography from a gifted writer who has been compared to Joyce and Yeats. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136. Good clean copy. Showing light shelfwear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0021765
- ISBN
- 9780753807095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. As savage enemies rise against the Roman army, a treacherous battle begins. The first novel in Simon Scarrow's popular Roman series Series: Eagles of the Empire. Num Pages: 448 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Headline
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755349708
- ISBN
- 9780755349708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.50
€ 9.50
Paperback. Exploring a boy's childhood in Barcelona during the Franco dictatorship, this work is based on the autobiographical experience of prize-winning Catalan author Jordi Coca. Translator(s): Thomson, Richard. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762392
- ISBN
- 9781905762392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Monday, August 25th. In one of Stephen King's most riveting novels, in which every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. a Maine town and its inhabitants are isolated from the world by an invisible, impenetrable dome. Num Pages: 896 pages, Black and white map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 61. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340992586
- ISBN
- 9780340992586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
Paperback. Imagine swapping your house for a stay in an Italian villa .. and falling in love with the owner's life .. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409150879
- ISBN
- 9781409150879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Follows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. This title presents a critique of inequality between ranks, the incomprehension of those who have not experienced battle, and of war itself. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141393438
- ISBN
- 9780141393438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Impeccably researched and emotionally gripping, this is the war story of the year. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Abacus Software
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780351320804
- ISBN
- 9780351320804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. For fans of Judy Finnigan and Rosamunde Pilcher, a spelling-binding tale of romance and intrigue, set against the gorgeous Cornish coast. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409148289
- ISBN
- 9781409148289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Under a Blood Red Sky is a breathtaking epic novel - a tale of love, escape, revenge and redemption. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751540444
- ISBN
- 9780751540444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.89
€ 13.00
€ 11.89
Paperback. Guy Crouchback has lost his Halberdier idealism. A desk job in London gives him the chance of reconciliation with his former wife. Then, in Yugoslavia, as a liaison officer with the partisans, he finally becomes aware of the futility of a war he once saw in terms of honour. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186870
- ISBN
- 9780141186870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02