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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. From the Booker Prizewinning author of 'Offshore' and 'The Blue Flower'; a funny, touching, authentic story of life at Broadcasting House during the Blitz. Num Pages: 208 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006542544
- ISBN
- 9780006542544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
paperback. Jacques Rebiere and Thomas Midwinter, both sixteen when this story starts in 1876, come from different countries and contrasting families. They are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human. This work explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really are. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 580. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KKD0000118
- ISBN
- 9780099458265
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, this book shows us an America where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282198
- ISBN
- 9780099282198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. For Joe, the summer of 1977 meant punk rock, fun and violence. Fast forward to 1988 and Joe is on the Trans-Siberian express coming to terms with his best mate's suicide back in 1977. In the present, Joe still has to come to terms with Smiles's death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002076
- ISBN
- 9780099283164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. For Joe, the summer of 1977 meant punk rock, fun and violence. Fast forward to 1988 and Joe is on the Trans-Siberian express coming to terms with his best mate's suicide back in 1977. In the present, Joe still has to come to terms with Smiles's death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002075
- ISBN
- 9780099283164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. As shocking as it is moving, a novel about love, ideology and man's inhumanity to man by the internationally renowned Makine. Translator(s): Strachan, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340936788
- ISBN
- 9780340936788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099288527
- ISBN
- 9780099288527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.70
€ 11.99
€ 9.70
paperback. Once it had been the great forest of Lythe. And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor. But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees. The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family at all. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001775
- ISBN
- 9780552996198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.33
€ 13.99
€ 10.33
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846275975
- ISBN
- 9781846275975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the case. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571284047
- ISBN
- 9780571284047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.35
€ 12.99
€ 9.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320479
- ISBN
- 9781851320479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. What goes on behind closed doors? Hows Your Father tells the story of four generations of one Hackney family on a rollercoaster ride of drugs, violence, sickness, infidelity and the redeeming joys of motherhood. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Trade edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780721477
- ISBN
- 9781780721477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. E. M. Forster is one of the great twentieth century authors. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st BCA Edition
- SKU
- V9780340512142
- ISBN
- 9780340512142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.38
€ 24.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182131
- ISBN
- 9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Hardcover. Half German by birth and middle-class English by upbringing, Helen and Margaret Schlegel struggle to come to terms with the problems of their inheritance in Edwardian England. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150254
- ISBN
- 9781857150254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. If he's the one.. how will I know? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426. In good condition. A well read copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KRS0010721
- ISBN
- 9780755307593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If he's the one.. how will I know? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- SKU
- KTM0006202
- ISBN
- 9780755307593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If he's the one.. how will I know? Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 426. In good condition. A well read copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Printing
- Publisher
- Headline Review
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRS0010695
- ISBN
- 9780755307593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141020044
- ISBN
- 9780141020044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
€ 20.99
€ 16.82
Paperback. Sixteen-year-old high-school drop-out Bobby moves to Dallas to join his big brother Jim in the jewellery trade. Jim's glamorous girlfriend Lisa is the best saleswoman in the business and from the moment Bobby meets her he falls under her spell. Bobby discovers a new world - glitzy, trashy and hedonistic - where sex and money rule. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532187
- ISBN
- 9780099532187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. One early September afternoon, Yosef and Mariam, young Ethiopians set off on a road trip in search of an identity as an American couple. Thirty years later, Yosef has died, and the couple's son, Jonas, is desperate to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521037
- ISBN
- 9780099521037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
First published in 1977, this novel of ideas follows Konrad Rutkowski - professor of medieval history and former Gestapo officer - as he returns to the scene of his war crimes determined to renounce, or perhaps justify, his Nazi past. Translator(s): Rakic, Bogdan; Dickey, Stephen M. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 121 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117198
- ISBN
- 9780810117198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.52
€ 95.52
Paperback. Moving between Italy and England, the lives of four people intertwine across half a century: a dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma; a blind girl tries to make sense of a world she can no longer see; a landscape artist finds himself trapped in dangerous terrain, and more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571315635
- ISBN
- 9780571315635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Tara Fraser has a secret. Desperate to escape herself and her past, she changes her name, packs up her London home and moves to a town in the North of England where she knows no one. But one of her new neighbours, Nancy, is intrigued by her. And as hard as Tara tries to distance herself, she starts to drop her guard. Then a letter arrives.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702304
- ISBN
- 9781784702304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08