×


 x 

Shopping cart

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Results 12457 - 12480 of 15635

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437024
ISBN
9780099437024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A young Jewish woman growing up in Germany in the middle of the twentieth century and an African general hired by the Doge to command his armies in sixteenth century Venice are bound by personal crisis and momentous social conflict. What emerges is Europe's age-old obsession with race, with sameness and difference, with blood. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520573
ISBN
9780099520573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A wonderful, inventive first novel set primarily in WWII and told through the disparate lives of identical twins; one a fighter pilot, the other a school teacher Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 262.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scribner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNH0010079
ISBN
9780743220170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents the rivalry between Robert Peary and Frederick Cook to be the first American to reach the North Pole. Its protagonist is Devlin Stead, a young man from St John's, Newfoundland. Devlin's mother dies when he is only five, in mysterious circumstances, and he endures a lonely childhood before discovering the truth about his parentage. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 33. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099444893
ISBN
9780099444893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

paperback. A young architect is sent to a remote town to supervise the restoration of its Minster. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 414. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small tear to bottom edge of rear cover but remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Apollo Library
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022129
ISBN
9781784977023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada Canada
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550229431
ISBN
9781550229431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.77

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292749054
ISBN
9780292749054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 113. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820339
ISBN
9780753820339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 'A remarkable novelist' The Times Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340518540
ISBN
9780340518540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ibooks United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596873650
ISBN
9781596873650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - but a world that is falling into decay. The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian. Illustrator(s): Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140074314
ISBN
9780140074314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth century. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046914
ISBN
9780141046914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155370
ISBN
9781903155370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. A young student who yearns for the life promised by a dangerously magical book. He falls in love, abandons his studies, turns his back on home and family, and embarks on restless bus trips through the provinces, in pursuit of an elusive vision. This is a wondrous odyssey, laying bare the rage of an arid heartland. Translator(s): Gun, Guneli. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571326082
ISBN
9780571326082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Strebor Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593096229
ISBN
9781593096229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with his London business to see very much of them. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy household. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 220. 384 pages. When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is too occupied with his London business to see very much of them. Jane is warmly welcomed into this happy household. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 140 x 177 x 25. Weight: 220.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780333007
ISBN
9781780333007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 278. 186 pages, 1. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 201 x 140 x 16. Weight: 278. Translator(s): Steiger, Krystyna A.
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264363
ISBN
9788086264363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. The short story is one of the most varied genres in American literature. This title brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a diverse cast of characters, including convicts, artists, farm labourers, slaves, soldiers and salesmen, witches and ghosts, families and lovers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194424
ISBN
9780141194424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. The first Turnham Malpas novel from bestselling author Rebecca Shaw. Series: Turnham Malpas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752827506
ISBN
9780752827506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284. Like new.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780007459919
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTG0000187
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000189
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000190
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk about Kevin. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Good copy, some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0000191
ISBN
9780007459919
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!