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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. For twenty years Doro and Marcus lived in a commune, convinced lentils and free love would change the world. They didn't. What they did do was give their children a terror of radicalism, dirt, cooking rotas and poverty. So when Doro and Marcus spring a surprise on their kids the family is forced to confront some thorny truths about themselves.. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141044941
ISBN
9780141044941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the meaning of the narrative emerges from their juxtapositions, harmonies, or discords. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226807409
ISBN
9780226807409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 397 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112817
ISBN
9781551112817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. A work by the author of "White Star" and "From Empty Harbour to White Ocean". Translator(s): Johnson, Diarmuid. Num Pages: 85 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762323
ISBN
9781905762323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

Paperback. Lucky Santangelo is back - with a vengance! Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849836296
ISBN
9781849836296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509848164
ISBN
9781509848164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
World Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462380554
ISBN
9789462380554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

Pauline Melville conjures pictures of the savannah, forest and city life in South America where love is often trumped by disaster. This novel embraces nearly a century, when laughter is never far from tragedy. It is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
368
SKU
KIN0033596
ISBN
9780747535140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Luke Sutherland's extraordinary modern-day myth Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747569053
ISBN
9780747569053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. Glamour, ambition, love and sex. It's all here in the page-turning bestsellers by Louise Bagshawe Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755340552
ISBN
9780755340552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A post as special correspondent for a new and fragile Baltic state gives the young but melancholy Lushington an opportunity to turn his back on an unhappy love affair. While gathering information at the many parties he attends, he hopes to report on unrest, an assassination, perhaps even a revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0002362
ISBN
9781784750619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

paperback. Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfill your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of the artistic and literary world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099273585
ISBN
9780099273585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2003, this book suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main - Re-issue
SKU
KRF0024440
ISBN
9780571215164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255926
ISBN
9781781255926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho - a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007551804
ISBN
9780007551804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. At moments when reality shows itself to be unstable or uncanny, we experience a form of vertigo. This experience is further complicated when we try to transform experience into writing, and fact clashes with memory. Sebald's novel, part fiction, part travelogue explores this theme. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 2ACG; FA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099448891
ISBN
9780099448891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. This new edition of Kafka's famous story contains a critical introduction and notes which help to explain how the author achieves his particular effects. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Peter; Minden, Michael. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1 New
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415098779
ISBN
9780415098779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.40

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Route United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927122
ISBN
9781901927122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. Former steel worker Harry Perkins has led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes removal of American bases and public control of finance. The Establishment is appalled by the prospect. As M15 conspires with the city and the press barons, Perkins finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687402
ISBN
9781846687402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Hardcover. Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of P G Wodehouse's death, the "Everyman Wodehouse" contains all the novels and stories, edited and reset. This collection of eleven short stories starring Bertie Wooster in eleven alarming predicaments from which he has to be rescued by his peerless gentleman's gentleman - Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591421
ISBN
9781841591421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. During the WWI, five French soldiers are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. The families are notified that the men died in the line of duty. After the war, the fiance of one of the men receives a letter which hints at what might have happened. Mathilde Donnay determines to discover the fate of her beloved amid the carnage of battle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449294
ISBN
9780099449294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Includes stories such as: Trust Me, I'm a Vet (Maz and Alex); Must Be Love (Maz and Alex); The Sweetest Thing; It's a Vet's Life (Maz and Alex); The Village Vet; Vets in Love Country; Loving The Three of Us (Digital short story, companion to Follow Me Home); and Follow Me Home. Series: Talyton St George. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099570943
ISBN
9780099570943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Judith's worst nightmare comes true when Vivian Flynn, her husband's first wife, moves two doors down from the Hillside Manor. She brings along her new husband, Billy 'Blunder' Buss, who is many years her junior. But as the B&B business is going well and Vivian isn't causing any problems for the Flynns, Judith adjusts to the situation. Series: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 22. Weight in Grams: 167.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780061351556
ISBN
9780061351556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
AuthorHouse Milton Keynes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781438901909
ISBN
9781438901909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 6.16

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