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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. What does it mean to be a good daughter, sister, friend and citizen - and a good Muslim? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847679758
ISBN
9781847679758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503944435
ISBN
9781503944435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.13

Paperback. When Roz Rosenzweig, self-described spitfire and loud n' proud New York Jew, meets Edwin Anderson at a party in the 1970s in her friend's Manhatten apartment, she has trouble believing that the earnest Nebraskan is for real. But Roz is quickly attracted to Edwin and is more happy than stunned when their improbable courtship results in marriage. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0002118
ISBN
9780099422723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, and Leonora his perfect wife, but beneath the surface their marriage seethes with unhappiness and deception. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441849
ISBN
9780141441849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardcover. This is the story of fatal attraction and its consequences. The American narrator's highly-strung wife falls for his bluff, inarticulate English friend. Retrospectively piecing the story together, the betrayed and now widowed husband puzzles over the mysteries of the affair. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150209
ISBN
9781857150209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Folio Society London
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New
SKU
KSG0022657
ISBN
9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it. Illustrator(s): Lada, Josef. Translator(s): Parrott, Cecil. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449914
ISBN
9780140449914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927924
ISBN
9780393927924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113814
ISBN
9781551113814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher and erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of 'The Golden Notebook'. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007498789
ISBN
9780007498789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. A feisty, flirty tale of one woman's quest to cure her disastrous love life, by Sunday Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe (winner of the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance) and Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams (RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013 winner). . The perfect summer read. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751551099
ISBN
9780751551099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Translator(s): Landers, Clifford E. Series: Brazilian Literature Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785947
ISBN
9781564785947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.18

Paperback. Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator - one who's been working with Nick - turns up dead, Archer soon realizes this isn't simply about some stolen loot. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196602
ISBN
9780141196602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tracks the disillusionments and epiphanies of young punks living on the outskirts of Gainesville, FL. This title explores the boundaries (if there are any) between religion and politics, faith and fanaticism, and what happens when those boundaries break down. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061881824
ISBN
9780061881824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. In award-winning writer Simon Mawer's new novel, a banished priest discovers the fifth gospel, and with it, the power to bring down the Christian faith. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 236.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349113586
ISBN
9780349113586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. When Benjamin came down from university, this is how he talked - 'For twenty-one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it's got me'. It was not what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was appalled when Ben raped Mrs Robinson and ran off with her daughter. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140026931
ISBN
9780140026931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. As far as Benjamin's parents are concerned, his future is sewn up. Now he has graduated from college, will go to Yale or Harvard, get a good job and enjoy life. When his parents' friend, an older woman, strips naked in front of him and they begin an affair, it seems he might have found a way out. That is, until her daughter comes into the picture. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190242
ISBN
9780141190242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Editor(s): Watson, Roderick. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 446. "The Quarrywood", "Weatherhouse", "A Pass in the Grampian", "The Living Mountain". 672 pages, 1 map. Describes Jenny Kilgour's coming of age as she has to choose between the kindly harshness of her grandfather's life on a remote hill farm, and the vulgar and glorious energy of Bella Cassie, a local girl who left the community to pursue success as a singer, and has now returned to scandalise them all. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 43. Weight: 532.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862415891
ISBN
9780862415891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 110 x 32. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Co United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565549012
ISBN
9781565549012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.24

Paperback.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007152810
ISBN
9780007152810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.37

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