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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558618053
ISBN
9781558618053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. A deeply atmospheric literary tour de force with a cast of unforgettable characters, By Gaslight is the remarkable story of one detectives ceaseless hunt for an elusive criminal. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786071026
ISBN
9781786071026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like MADAME BOVARY blasted by lightning .. A masterpiece'. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Flamingo
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780586090398
ISBN
9780586090398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dzanc Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936873623
ISBN
9781936873623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.67

Paperback. From the Pultizer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours', comes the story of a marriage thrown off course by a moment of mistaken identity. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007437849
ISBN
9780007437849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. 'Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope to read. Flawless' Mary Louden, THE TIMES Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819517
ISBN
9780753819517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. 'A subtle examination of innocence and guilt' (Observer). Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 106. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0002423
ISBN
9780340562314
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 8vo.Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Thorsons
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0291247
ISBN
9780722535202
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Presents a story of love and betrayal, of seduction and of possession, and of a people desperately trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom of their times. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747557852
ISBN
9780747557852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Grove Press New York
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802136879
ISBN
9780802136879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Santa Fe Writer´s Project
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939650382
ISBN
9781939650382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. Follows the life of Serge Carrefax, a man who surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that obliterate him. Born to the sound of one of the experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099547020
ISBN
9780099547020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

CD-Audio. Whether flying a cat to Abu Dhabi, dealing with a nervous bassoonist, hunting for a cleverly-hidden lemon or attempting to celebrate Christmas in seven minutes, no job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. This book deals with this topic. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 142 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
BBC Physical Audio
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910281994
ISBN
9781910281994
CD
Condition: New

€ 73.08
€ 51.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926972909
ISBN
9781926972909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Rome's leaders are frightened: the brilliant, ruthless Gaius Julius Caesar must be crushed before he can overthrow the government and become dictator. This novel opens in Gaul, scene of Caesar's magnificent victory over fierce people. His conquest is in the name of Rome. Series: Masters of Rome. Num Pages: 864 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460435
ISBN
9780099460435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. A new paperback edition of the major early novel by the Egyptian Nobel laureate Translator(s): Hutchins, William M. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774161568
ISBN
9789774161568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.76

Paperback. Set in Egypt, this collection presents stories that are universal - whether it's the girl whose mother no longer recognises her, a young man who uses the changing political climate to avenge his despotic father, or the woman consumed by guilt for abandoning her children. It also unveils the scents and sensations of Cairo from early 1930s onwards. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Trade
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590252
ISBN
9781846590252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167423
ISBN
9789774167423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 168 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Mercier Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
9781856352789
ISBN
9781856352789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 106 x 24. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Avon
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062566393
ISBN
9780062566393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.63

paperback. Traces the fortunes of Edward Driffield and his extraordinary wife Rosie, one of the most delightful heroines of twentieth-century literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099282778
ISBN
9780099282778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Num Pages: 176 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 132. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KKD0006536
ISBN
9780099767114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 11.35

Paperback. Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980's, this book tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, it is a haunting love story that unfolds in a land where tenderness and innocence can only flicker briefly in the dark. Num Pages: 176 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 148 154pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780099767114
ISBN
9780099767114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.35

Paperback. Dougal Haston's Calculated Risk is a fictional portrayal of the world of mountaineering in its 1970s mountaineering heyday: a tale of love, major ascents and tragedy. The realities and tensions of big-time climbing, firmly focussed on the Alps and the Himalaya, are revealed with greater clarity through the medium of fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages, one large topographical map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFHA; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364. Adventure and Romance in Scotland and the Alps. 192 pages, one large topographical map. Presents a fictional portrayal of the world of mountaineers doing the demanding routes at a time when climbing was still emerging from its primitive inter-war and post war austerities, and climbs were still a stark struggle with the elements. This work reveals the realities and tensions of big-time climbing, focusing on the Alps and the Himalaya. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFHA; FA. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cordee
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898573661
ISBN
9781898573661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

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