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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 121 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099555971
ISBN
9780099555971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. In search of the unpublished manuscript of a martyred Yiddish writer, American novelist Nathan Zuckerman travels to Soviet-occupied Prague in the mid-1970s. Focusing on the unforeseen consequences of art, this book includes entries from Zuckerman's notebooks recording his sojourn among these outcast artists. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099476511
ISBN
9780099476511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Goldstein, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453091
ISBN
9781609453091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Translator(s): Bloshteyn, Maria. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 202 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590178362
ISBN
9781590178362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764201059
ISBN
9780764201059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061670916
ISBN
9780061670916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed The Girl Below comes a stunning novel of one woman's attempt to outrun the destiny that is predicted for her, moving from a remote New Zealand commune in the waning days of 1970s free-love experimentation to the heady music scene of 1980s London. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134444
ISBN
9780349134444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. An Italian poolside, Summer, 1970. Sex is very much on everyone's mind. The girls are acting like boys and the boys are going on acting like boys. Keith Nearing - a bookish twenty year old, in that much disputed territory between five foot six and five foot seven - is struggling to twist feminism towards his own ends. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Vintage London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488736
ISBN
9780099488736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pegasus
Edition
F 1st Printing Advanced Reading Copy (ARC)
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605986159
ISBN
9781605986159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. Could a felt hat have the power to change lives? When President Francois Mitterrand leaves his hat behind at a Paris brasserie, it sets off a chain of momentous events in the lives of those who come to wear it. Translator(s): Rogers, Lalaurie Louise; Aitken, Jane; Boyce, Emily. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Gallic Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908313478
ISBN
9781908313478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

paperback. The Commander in Chief of the most powerful military force in the world has acted strangely and the media want explanations, but the President is far from apologetic. He has an epiphany which leads him to realise what is wrong with society, the economy and government, and it is he who is asking searching questions about the status quo. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856832611
ISBN
9780856832611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512515
ISBN
9781905512515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062493033
ISBN
9780062493033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Intends to give the reader an appreciation for how our economy works and the wondrous role that the price of everything plays in everyday life. This book presents a story about economic growth and the unseen forces that create and sustain economic harmony all around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143354
ISBN
9780691143354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. A touching saga introducing one of Joan Jonker's most loved heroines Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 109 x 28. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747255673
ISBN
9780747255673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842382656
ISBN
9780842382656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. So when she decides to transform a group of 'special girls' into the creme de la creme at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241964002
ISBN
9780241964002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Passionate, free-thinking and unconventional, Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of 'special girls' at Marcia Blaine School. They are the Brodie set, the creme de la creme, each famous for something - Monica for mathematics, Eunice for swimming, Rose for sex - who are initiated into a world of adult games. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241956779
ISBN
9780241956779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609804381
ISBN
9781609804381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. All Wingos share one heritage.. shrimp fishing, poverty and the memory of a terrifying event - the source of Tom Wingo's self-hatred and his sister Savannah's despair. To save himself and Savannah, Tom confronts the past with the help of New York psychologist Susan Lowenstein. This work chronicles the family of Wingos of Colleton, South Carolina. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
BLACK SWAN (TWLD)
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552773584
ISBN
9780552773584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. This translation of the novel "La Princesse de Cleves", originally written in 1678, tells of life at Court in 17th-century France. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445879
ISBN
9780140445879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408851951
ISBN
9781408851951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609453527
ISBN
9781609453527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.67

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