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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Well read copy, but binding still tight. 508pp.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
SKU
KLN0007979
ISBN
9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? What are the definitive forms of our relationships - love, marriage, family, friendship - really worth? Without directly referring to the war, this novel explores these questions. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294. Used Copy But Remains Readable
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
SKU
KDK0015037
ISBN
9781853260070
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In an unnamed Middle Eastern city, four women from different social and cultural backgrounds tell their story. There is Suha, an educated Lebanese woman brought to the desert by her husband; Tamr, who must fight against male rule to educate herself; and, Suzanne, captivated by the men and the mystery of the Arabian desert. Translator(s): Cobham, Catherine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781408805909
ISBN
9781408805909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875655994
ISBN
9780875655994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. A perceptive, wildly funny and deeply moving novel Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747251132
ISBN
9780747251132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Ten-year-old August Pullman wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things. He eats ice-cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, he has been home-schooled by his parents his entire life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Adult Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778626
ISBN
9780552778626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. A deft parody of the American fame factory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004927
ISBN
9781857024050
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An enchanting and uplifting tale of love, friendship and the wondrousness of women, for wonder girls of all ages. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KRA0010667
ISBN
9781849838849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Passing bya retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 194s -and it sparks a new stage in her ife. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music. Before long he starts telling his story.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781760292072
ISBN
9781760292072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.46

paperback. Editor(s): Cropper, Anthony; Daley, Ian. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Route United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901927245
ISBN
9781901927245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. Even though they attend a school of gifted students in New York City, child geniuses Louise Mayer and her twin sister Jillian have always felt alone in the world, isolated by their brilliance. Shortly before their ninth birthday, they make an amazing discovery. They're not alone. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 104 x 30. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baen
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476780788
ISBN
9781476780788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

paperback. Focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opportunity to go to America's "Gold Mountain." This book presents the story of his attempt to assimilate the new culture, his few successes and his frequent setbacks as told by the women who cared most about him: his mother, a spinster who loved him, and a friend and co-worker. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295987149
ISBN
9780295987149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429128
ISBN
9780099429128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Words And Women: Three is the third showcase collection of short prose by women writers in the East of England. The memoir, fiction, and creative non-fiction inside reflect the brilliance, boldness and depth of women's contemporary writing in the region. Editor(s): Bryan, Lynne. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Unthank Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910061343
ISBN
9781910061343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. The author's professional writing had always expressed complex ideas in expressive prose. And the notion emerged - why not compress ideas, stories, even whole novels, into single aphorisms? This collection of single aphorisms intends to provide food for thought. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 129. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Foulsham
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780572030407
ISBN
9780572030407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643490
ISBN
9780888643490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. From an astonishing new voice, this debut charts the life of Roscoe T Martin, first as a farm owner with a fractured family, then as prison inmate.. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471152238
ISBN
9781471152238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Includes stories such as - "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "Period Piece"; "On Guard"; "An Englishman's Home"; "Excursion in Reality"; "Bella Fleace Gave a Party"; "Winner Takes All"; "Work Suspended"; "Scott-King's Modern Europe"; "Basil Seal Rides Again"; and "Charles Ryder's Schooldays". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184517
ISBN
9780141184517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Bob Slocum is anxious, bored and fearful of his job. So why is it he wants nothing more than the chance to speak at the next company convention? In this book, the author takes us for a turn on the maddening hamster wheel of work. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 6. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872786
ISBN
9781784872786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.88

Paperback. Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal - Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story! Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287. Keywords: "Subjects - Fiction - By Period,Subjects - Fiction - General"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KHS0057964
ISBN
9780006513322
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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