Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardcover. Offers a portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. This novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608523
- ISBN
- 9780815608523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.79
€ 20.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Idealistic composer, Fish, visits economically decimated Greece with his archaeologist girlfriend, Gabrielle, but unexplained events thwart his plans for a new society. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782790532
- ISBN
- 9781782790532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.94
€ 21.94
Hardback. Based on the true story of the author's aunt and namesake, and on the search to uncover her remarkable past, A Thin Bright Line encompasses Cold War intrigues, the origins of climate research, the joyful pangs of love, and the impossible compromises of queer life in the 1950s and '60s. Num Pages: 280 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299309305
- ISBN
- 9780299309305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.73
€ 29.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- M P Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849822152
- ISBN
- 9781849822152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.67
€ 9.99
€ 8.67
Paperback. Series: MEN OF VALOUR. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800724535
- ISBN
- 9780800724535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.42
€ 24.42
Paperback. A blackly-comic novel about the price of celebrity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KTG0002339
- ISBN
- 9780747557357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A blackly-comic novel about the price of celebrity. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0001134
- ISBN
- 9780747557357
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 187 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435121624
- ISBN
- 9780435121624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.16
€ 22.16
Paperback. 'Things Fall Apart' tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first on the scene. Okonkwo becomes exiled from his tribe, as a result of his pride and his fears, with tragic consequences. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series: Classics. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435913502
- ISBN
- 9780435913502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.23
€ 17.23
Paperback. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141186887
- ISBN
- 9780141186887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent action. Will the great man's pride eventually destroy him? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141023380
- ISBN
- 9780141023380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.64
€ 11.99
€ 9.64
Paperback. Barbara must say a final farewell to her four daughters. But how can she find the words? And how can she leave them when they each have so much growing up to do? Barbara's answer is to write each daughter a letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams and secrets she couldn't always voice. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTM0000839
- ISBN
- 9780141030012
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A story of hope and second chances.. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0010827
- ISBN
- 9781444794427
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 4.99
€ 11.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The bestselling cult comedy from Mil Millington published alongside his new novel, Love and Other Near Death Experiences Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753820735
- ISBN
- 9780753820735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Presents the story of two women caught in the shadow of their teenage years. This book tells how at fifteen, Sally Tuttle and Rowena Cresswell were firm friends, until a shocking event changed their lives. It also tells how in their late thirties, they are estranged, both single mothers, both haunted with memories of their intense friendship. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007306
- ISBN
- 9780571230600
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we know it is still recognisable, we meet the nine-year-old narrator as he flees the city with his parents, just ahead of a Y2K breakdown. Next he is a teenager with a growing criminal record, taking his grandparents for a Sunday drive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099547044
- ISBN
- 9780099547044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. A dark and utterly addictive debut, Things We Have in Common is the perfect word-of-mouth read 'Genuinely chilling, this is one of the best books I've read this year' Independent Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782115977
- ISBN
- 9781782115977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. The internationally acclaimed bestseller from Iran. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689675
- ISBN
- 9781851689675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. A gripping and compelling story of a family's world turned upside down when old secrets comes to light, from the No. 1 bestselling author of IF YOU WERE ME and SUDDENLY SINGLE. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755378494
- ISBN
- 9780755378494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742375878
- ISBN
- 9781742375878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Strange, smart and sexy short stories from one of America's most brilliant contemporary writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087294
- ISBN
- 9781847087294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.94
€ 11.99
€ 9.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063835
- ISBN
- 9781927063835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
€ 21.99
€ 15.75
Paperback. If you've made quite the wrong first impression, it's not always easy to put it right.. Can love find a way in this warm-hearted and romantic bestseller from Jill Mansell? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KIN0008084
- ISBN
- 9780755336739
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. If you've made quite the wrong first impression, it's not always easy to put it right.. Can love find a way in this warm-hearted and romantic bestseller from Jill Mansell? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing light shelfwear, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009268
- ISBN
- 9780755336739
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99