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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set in 1956, this is the story of three women: Mrs Covington, her widowed daughter Evelyn, and her grand-daughter eighteen-year-old Julia. She has decided that the girl is to be kept in a state of 'innocence'. But with the arrival of her son Roland, and her eighteen-year-old grandson, James, their fragile paradise is about to be changed forever. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001417
ISBN
9780099469612
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "favorite mayor on Earth." Translator(s): Smith, Lytton. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 285.
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941920121
ISBN
9781941920121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. The extraordinary true story of the discovery of one of the greatest mathematicians Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747596325
ISBN
9780747596325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Olivia has everything going for her when she joins the merchant bank of Cyprus, until she meets and becomes infatuated with Gerald. Drawn into a degrading affair, she divulges a piece of confidential information, which will ultimately destroy her. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 114 x 36. Weight in Grams: 378. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0006021
ISBN
9780099583103
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Every day, Maria Dolz stops for breakfast at the same cafe. And every day she enjoys watching a handsome couple who follow the same routine. Then one day they aren't there, and she feels obscurely bereft. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958490
ISBN
9780241958490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192390
ISBN
9780141192390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Gallic Books United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910709085
ISBN
9781910709085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

paperback. How can one writer hurt another where it really counts? This is the problem facing novelist Richard Tull, contemplating the success of his friend and rival Gwyn Barry. Revenger's tragedy, comedy of errors, contemporary satire, The Information is an extraordinary novel of dark humour and piercing insight. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099526698
ISBN
9780099526698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. A magical story of an unusual child, with universal appeal; 'Impossible to put down', Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755302543
ISBN
9780755302543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Fall in love with a delicious novel about Paris, food and romance. Translator(s): McCann, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0010116
ISBN
9781848662452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Lavinia is accomplished, independent, and fiercely modern. She is also sheltered and self-involved, until the spirit of an Indian woman warrior enters her being. Then she dares to join a revolutionary movement against a violent dictator and finds the courage to act. Translator(s): March, Kathleen. Series: Americas S. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299206840
ISBN
9780299206840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Paperback. A priceless family heirloom holds the key to captivating secret stories, and brings three women together across the generations. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0019529
ISBN
9781409124917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027289
ISBN
9780141027289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Considered by many the quintessential novel of the Cuban Revolution, this is the first book by the Cuban writer and filmmaker Jesús Diaz (1941-2002) to appear in English. Translator(s): Ross, Kathleen. Series: Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822338444
ISBN
9780822338444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. A true story of the Berlin Tunnel or Operation Gold, the abortive brainchild of the CIA and MI6. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099277095
ISBN
9780099277095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. It is 1948 and Aleksandr, a major in the MGB (the forerunner of the KGB) is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic to investigate one of the patients there. The patient is a man long presumed dead - a now severely incapacitated veteran of the Second World War, who seems unable to remember any of his past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KCG0003958
ISBN
9780099515883
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Adam and Rachel are getting married at last. Childhood sweethearts whose lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the wedding of the year. But then Rachel's cousin Ellie makes an unexpected return to the family fold. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099569527
ISBN
9780099569527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583227220
ISBN
9781583227220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.69

Paperback. 254 pages. Editor(s): Sempsell, Kevin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manic D Press, Inc.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916397944
ISBN
9780916397944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.87

paperback. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
SKU
KEX0216073
ISBN
9780747526018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

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