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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Features Baron Munchausen's absurd adventures. This book tells how he turned a wolf inside out in Russia, rode on a Turkish cannon ball, danced a hornpipe in the stomach of large fish which had swallowed him alive, mended his horse which had been severed in two by a portcullis, and lent his friend General Elliot a hand at the siege of Gibraltar. Num Pages: 192 pages, YES. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857155181
ISBN
9781857155181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. The Adventures of Eovaai is the most important prose satire of English politics and the administration of Sir Robert Walpole between Gullivers Travels and Jonathan Wild. Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111971
ISBN
9781551111971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Athena Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844017065
ISBN
9781844017065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 5.52

Paperback.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486421599
ISBN
9780486421599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530215
ISBN
9780714530215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905847174
ISBN
9781905847174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. The Adventures of Rivella is especially valuable for the light it throws on a woman authors relations with publishers and other writers, both male and female. Bruce Stovel, University of Alberta Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111216
ISBN
9781551111216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.53

Paperback. Series: Dover Children's Thrift Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 73.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486430317
ISBN
9780486430317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.31

Paperback. Originally published 1940. First published by Princeton 1983 and assigned new ISBN when reissued as a print-on-demand title in 2014. Translator(s): Bodde, Derk. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 514 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613314
ISBN
9780691613314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 68.36

Paperback. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. The county sheriff is a former US Marine - and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 372.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553825503
ISBN
9780553825503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. For fans of Siri Hustvedt and Nicole Krauss, THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS is an exceptional debut about the awakening of a young widow and 'carries a considerable erotic charge, but there's much more to it besides: grief is Amy Grace Loyd's subject and her narrative is as psychologically acute as it is sensual' (DAILY MAIL). Includes reading-group notes. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780226811
ISBN
9781780226811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Hardback. Includes "Things Fall Apart", "No Longer at Ease", and "Arrow of God". In "Things Fall Apart" the individual tragedy of Okonkwo, 'strong man' and tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity and colonialism. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Number of pages
536
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593272
ISBN
9781841593272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Hardcover. "The Afterlife of Stars moved me more than any other novel I've read in recent memory." --Tim O'Brien Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316308113
ISBN
9780316308113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.59

Hardcover. With this novel about the anguish of loving, and society's brutal treatment of those who transgress its codes, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152029
ISBN
9781857152029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Paperback. Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s. The charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen Olenska, whose arrival threatens his impending marriage as well as his comfortable future. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540013
ISBN
9780199540013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorously annotated by a prominent Wharton scholar. Editor(s): Waid, Candace. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Norton Critical
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393967944
ISBN
9780393967944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. A group of world-weary travellers discover the meaning of life in a mysterious Swiss mountain village. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784081485
ISBN
9781784081485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.33

Hardback. WHAT IF our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours until day becomes night and night becomes day? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464. Fine in fine dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KRA0009861
ISBN
9780857207234
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. What if our 24-hour day grew longer, first in minutes, then in hours until day becomes night and night becomes day? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0012648
ISBN
9780857207258
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A nine-year-old Kurdish boy plays in his village in the Persian mountains, gazing over the land of his fathers and forefathers. But when messengers from the hills bring whispers of war and rumours that the Shah's army is on the march, he must stand alongside his villagers and fight for their land. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408802533
ISBN
9781408802533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185286
ISBN
9780141185286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "A stunning novel, proof that Manil Suri is a major storyteller of heart and intelligence." -Amy Tan Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393333633
ISBN
9780393333633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Brindle & Glass
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897142424
ISBN
9781897142424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Hardback. Hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades", The Age of Wire and String is unlike anything you've read before -- now appearing for the first time heightened by an artist's visual interpretation of this legendary work. Illustrator(s): Morgan, Catrin. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086389
ISBN
9781847086389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

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