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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The characters who inhabit Blake's haunting landscape-awash in their own worlds, adrift in their own lives-struggle to salvage what they can of their hopes and dreams from the encroaching tides. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421032
ISBN
9781421421032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. Jaraby expects to get the job, but he reckons without the bitterness of Nox, who still remembers the humiliations of his school years. And when Jaraby's son gets into trouble with the law, Nox has the perfect stick with which to beat him. Series: William Trevor Backlist Novels. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241969250
ISBN
9780241969250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. A child is found standing on the street, with an empty bucket in her hand, and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270581
ISBN
9781846270581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461050
ISBN
9780099461050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 106 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 177 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628970166
ISBN
9781628970166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. The old man has gone 84 days without catching a fish, everything about him is old except his eyes, they are the colour of the sea. He finally catches a fish, but this is no ordinary fish, nor is his fierce and determined response. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 64.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099908401
ISBN
9780099908401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, this work presents the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It is a story of heroic endeavour and of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Publication date
1999
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099273967
ISBN
9780099273967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Part detective story, part fable, this novel takes the reader to a mythical post-industrial city where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarianism have been erased. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080200
ISBN
9780231080200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Strebor Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593095727
ISBN
9781593095727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Hardcover. Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, Adela Cork buys her Hollywood house. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in-law Smedley, searches the house for Carmen's legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591780
ISBN
9781841591780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915864775
ISBN
9780915864775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.62

Paperback. Polly McLaren is young, scatty and impossibly romantic. She works for a demanding boss, and has a gorgeous if never-there-when-you-need-him boyfriend. But the day a handsome stranger recognises her old school scarf, her life is knocked completely off kilter. Adam is American, new to the country and begs Polly's help in finding his missing fiance. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958308
ISBN
9780241958308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781509824755
ISBN
9781509824755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. The Number One New York Times bestseller: What if the only one you want is the one you shouldn't have? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444799019
ISBN
9781444799019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Open Letter
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934824788
ISBN
9781934824788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.79

Paperback. A contemporary love story told with Katy's inimitable laugh-out-loud humour, poignancy and heart. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250. 8vo.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KEX0296438
ISBN
9780007277384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 221 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Condition
New
SKU
9780451494580
ISBN
9780451494580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Motley, T. Series: American Literature Series. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564785190
ISBN
9781564785190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. One eternal optimist.. Jess Thomas, with two jobs and two kids and never enough money, wears flip flops in the hope of spring. And when life knocks her down she does her best to bounce right back. But no one told her it's okay to ask for help. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 41. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405909051
ISBN
9781405909051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street is back with the first in a sexy new romance series set in a small town on the Delaware coastline. Series: Hart's Boardwalk. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349412580
ISBN
9780349412580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405923736
ISBN
9781405923736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. A deliciously dark cautionary tale about falling in love with someone you shouldn't have Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751542523
ISBN
9780751542523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In this "brilliantly realized" (Booklist) novel a freak accident allows a wife and mother to explore the alluring alternative of the Road Not Taken--now available in paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Hachette Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316305709
ISBN
9780316305709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.99

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