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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." This book collects the significant writings of the fellow members of the Beat Generation. In poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, it captures the triumphant rudeness, energy, and exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters. Editor(s): Charters, Ann. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142437537
ISBN
9780142437537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. A laugh-out-loud love story with big ideas - and squirrels SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008160395
ISBN
9780008160395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. A collector unearths the find of a lifetime: an eighteenth-century portrait of a man uncannily like him. Translator(s): Boyce, Emily; Aitken, Jane. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198. .
Publisher
Gallic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910477434
ISBN
9781910477434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf. Thirty years later the book is set to be reissued but the lives of the Mellow family are no longer the same. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099485056
ISBN
9780099485056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Sarah St John is reeling. Her twenty-two year old son, Cully, has been killed in an avalanche and, much as she'd like to be left alone to grieve quietly, no one will let her. Her father, a retired shopping channel addict has moved into her basement. Her best friend, a divorcee who always manages to say the wrong thing, has become a life-coach. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780099597780
ISBN
9780099597780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. The new novel from the bestselling, highly acclaimed and always controversial author of Atomised. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753821183
ISBN
9780753821183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. From the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, this is the novel Lionel Shriver wrote directly afterwards. The Post-Birthday World is an unflinching account of the choices that unfold before us and what our decisions really mean. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007578030
ISBN
9780007578030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.45

Paperback. At her father's funeral, Melissa makes a shocking discovery that will send her on a journey across continents and into her family's hidden past.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857204028
ISBN
9780857204028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764203404
ISBN
9780764203404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. The new witty and warm novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author and TV presenter, Fern Britton. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007562992
ISBN
9780007562992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 8.95

Paperback. 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752864365
ISBN
9780752864365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. The much anticipated sequel to the Radio 2 Book Club favourite The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Translator(s): Cullen, John. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786071132
ISBN
9781786071132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified strangers in underground shelters, and later broadcasts stories about survivors in rubble-strewn streets. But for her listeners, the war is far from home. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KRA0010103
ISBN
9780141046617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of St Austin's is at stake, not to mention the reputation of Jim Thomson, an excellent athlete with a talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591674
ISBN
9781841591674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848879539
ISBN
9781848879539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOC0015877
ISBN
9780007563227
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A novel that features a mixed group of characters, each in his or her own way seeking some sort of salvation or redemption. It talks about the plot: how the US government and some of its quasi-autonomous agencies (CIA, FBI, DEA) all for their own reasons sponsored and financed the development of the drug cartels and their trade in Mexico. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099464983
ISBN
9780099464983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Paperback. Phil and George are brothers, more than partners, joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller; George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. Phil is a sadist; George has a gentle, loving soul. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781784870621
ISBN
9781784870621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Tells the tales of women overcoming violence and repression. This collection takes you into a world where spirits converse with humans and where unsuspecting people are drawn into forces greater than themselves. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9789383074921
ISBN
9789383074921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Five dynamic, powerful and famous couples are invited on the maiden voyage of a Russian billionaire's yacht. Could this be the trip of a lifetime? Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear to the cover
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KIN0034978
ISBN
9781849831420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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