Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Dawn breaks over Vancouver and no-one in the world has slept the night before, or almost no-one. A few people, perhaps one in ten thousand can still sleep, and they've all shared the same golden dream. A handful of children still sleep as well, but what they're dreaming remains a mystery. After 6 days of absolute sleep deprivation, psychosis will set in. After 4 weeks, the body will die. In the interim, panic ensues and a bizarre a new world arises in which those previously on the fringes of society take the lead. Paul, a writer, continues to sleep - and the new world swallows the old one whole. Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783298228
- ISBN
- 9781783298228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.65
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Paperback. In a sublime short story collection, the author explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the hush-hush floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Edition
- Main - Re-issue
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571245000
- ISBN
- 9780571245000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.69
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Paperback. The tie-in edition of Tom Ford's film Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. Originally published as Tony and Susan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Tie-In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786490186
- ISBN
- 9781786490186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.95
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Paperback. Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive.. A gritty saga from the bestselling author Kitty Neale. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378. 544 pages. Abandoned and alone, you'll do anything to survive! A gritty saga from the bestselling author Kitty Neale. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 35. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847563484
- ISBN
- 9781847563484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.89
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781760295189
- ISBN
- 9781760295189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
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€ 11.53
Paperback. A powerful and emotive story of a woman who finds worldly success but yearns for the gift of love, by No.1 bestselling writer Josephine Cox. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472245731
- ISBN
- 9781472245731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783780891
- ISBN
- 9781783780891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.26
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Paperback. A novel packed with telling details and anecdotes about life in contemporary India, set in the rural villages of Bihar and the metropolises of Bombay and Delhi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346821
- ISBN
- 9780822346821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
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hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672020
- ISBN
- 9781583672020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.48
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€ 22.48
paperback. Bestselling James Clavell's classic novel of age-old feuds played out in modern Hong Kong - now in stunning new packaging. Series: The Asian Saga. Num Pages: 1296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 57. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperback
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340750704
- ISBN
- 9780340750704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
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€ 15.06
Paperback. Liam Pennywell has spent most of his life dodging issues and skirting adventure when suddenly, in his sixty-first year, something happens that jolts him out of his certainty and leaves him with a frightening gap in his memory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099539582
- ISBN
- 9780099539582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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€ 11.01
Paperback. From one of the world's biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi occupation. Isn't it time you discovered Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt? Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874190
- ISBN
- 9781848874190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
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€ 9.95
Paperback. Features Noah, a plantation slave who escapes and makes his way to the Union forces and, finally, Texas, where he establishes a small ranch, runs a few cattle, and, with wife Nelly, begins to raise a family. But Noah, who has taken the name Freeman and named his ranch Free Land, cannot leave his past behind. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653341
- ISBN
- 9780875653341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.65
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Hardback. The eponymous Old Testament hero Noah fuels his local economy with a prescient plan to build the Ark. Though no one around him seriously believes in the coming flood, everyone is more than willing to do business with him: The people of Mesopotamia had never had it so good. Translator(s): Willcocks, Samuel P. Series: SB - The Swiss List. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857420466
- ISBN
- 9780857420466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.81
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Paperback. Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other again following a school reunion. So all is forgotten ..until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy's baby. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594758
- ISBN
- 9780099594758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Yamada answered "no" twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. This book tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys." Series: Classics of Asian American Literature. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994048
- ISBN
- 9780295994048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.10
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€ 19.10
Paperback. The final instalment in the diaries of Marie Sharp, the Bridget Jones for the SAGA generation - still growing old disgracefully Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069355
- ISBN
- 9781782069355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Hardback. Grumpy Old Women meet Bridget Jones in the continuing story of Marie Sharp, first met in the bestseller No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490. Good, clean copy in dust wrapper DW showing minor shelfwear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KSG0004306
- ISBN
- 9781780878584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Grumpy old women meet Bridget Jones in the continuing story of Marie Sharp, first met in the bestseller 'No! I Don't Want to Join a Bookclub'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780878607
- ISBN
- 9781780878607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Too young to get whisked away by a Stannah Stairlift, or to enjoy the luxury of a walk-in bath, Marie is all the same getting on in years - and she's thrilled about it. She's a bit preoccupied about whether to give up sex, but there are compensations, like falling in love with her baby grandson, and maybe falling in love with someone else too. Num Pages: 256 pages, no pictures. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Some shelf wear, but remains good
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KTJ0007221
- ISBN
- 9780141025834
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99