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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A journalist and her fixer struggle for the truth where truth is now a victim. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905559473
ISBN
9781905559473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 181 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Empire Publications (UK)
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901746877
ISBN
9781901746877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. It's New York, 1950. A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. By the time he'd sold his third, he decided to quit his job and make a living as a full-time writer. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. This title collects his stories from the postwar years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099282969
ISBN
9780099282969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Susie Moran has always been the breadwinner in her family. Her husband was the one who was there for their three girls. But now he wants something of his past back - the life he had before Susie's career took off, before they had children. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778558
ISBN
9780552778558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. "Ball explores the darker edges of love and sex and death with complex, vivid stories set mostly in contemporary Los Angeles."--Page 4 of cover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593766221
ISBN
9781593766221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. In early 18th-century Lisbon, Baltasar, a soldier who has lost his left hand in battle, falls in love with Blimunda, a young girl with visionary powers. From the day that he follows her home from the auto-da-fe where her mother is burned at the stake, the two are bound body and soul by love of an unassailable strength. Translator(s): Pontiero, Giovanni. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781860469015
ISBN
9781860469015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. In the Koran, there are 99 names for God. Does the 100th exist? Months before the dawn of the apocalyptic "year of the beast", 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant embarks on a quest to find the answer. He sets out on a journey that will take him across the breadth of the civilized world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099452089
ISBN
9780099452089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Two boys, both sons of doctors, are sent to the top of a mountain for "re-education" in Mao's China; an education that involves carting buckets of excrement up and down precipitous paths. They discover instead the discreet charm of bourgeois literature and the local tailor's attractive daughter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286431
ISBN
9780099286431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Revised
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803273382
ISBN
9780803273382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Empire Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909360433
ISBN
9781909360433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Wynne, Frank. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531601
ISBN
9780714531601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Yannis Loukas is editing his father's autobiography. Going through the family archives, he discovers the manuscript of an aspiring novelist named Loukas Matthaiou. While reading it, Yannis feels as if someone has put to paper his innermost thoughts. But who was the writer of this amazing story and what happened to him? Translator(s): Connolly, David. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. 400 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight: 366. Translator(s): Connolly, David.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900850575
ISBN
9781900850575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. A bold and confident debut novel about politics, money, and art in contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444788518
ISBN
9781444788518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. The renowned comedian and presenter Alexei Sayle proves himself to be a formidable literary talent in this wonderful collection of sleek, dark, and witty short stories. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340936382
ISBN
9780340936382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KTG0002293
ISBN
9781782270638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 301 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Diffusion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908713032
ISBN
9781908713032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

paperback. An utterly absorbing and brilliantly observed story of friendship, sisterhood, motherhood and fate. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
Later Printing
SKU
KLN0016018
ISBN
9780751539905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An utterly absorbing and brilliantly observed story of friendship, sisterhood, motherhood and fate. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Edition
Later Printing
SKU
KTM0000838
ISBN
9780751539905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An utterly absorbing and brilliantly observed story of friendship, sisterhood, motherhood and fate. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0016964
ISBN
9780751539905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

paperback. An utterly absorbing and brilliantly observed story of friendship, sisterhood, motherhood and fate. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Later Printing
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KLN0016965
ISBN
9780751539905
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The scandalous secrets of Emma's abuse are revealed, but she still has so much to learn out about her past. Why did her mother leave her all those years ago? What really happened the night Emma's father died? Were her memories of being happy just a dream? The repercussions of one horrific night has affected the lives of everyone involved. Series: The Breathing Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KHN0000899
ISBN
9780141348452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571273928
ISBN
9780571273928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the greatest American writers' Independent From Annie Proulx, the Pulitzer Prize---winning author of The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain," comes her masterwork: an epic, dazzling, violent, magnificently dramatic novel about the taking down of the world's forests. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007232017
ISBN
9780007232017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. The pastures of the Karlson farm in Illnois have the charm of a landscape painting, but the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees in them the ultimate fulfilment of her every wish - to win, to be honoured, to be the best. By the author of "A Thousand Acres". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KCG0004038
ISBN
9780006547266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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