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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
KOG0001580
ISBN
9780141182452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 4.82

Hardcover. The first products of Joyce's maturity, these stories look sideways to the tender realism of Chekhov and forward to Joyce's later work "Portrait of the Artist". In the most celebrated tale, "The Dead", the author constructs the first of his poetic monologues. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510. 287pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150490
ISBN
9781857150490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.91

paperback. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132. Contains stories that show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of domestic brutishness, sentimental aunts and poets, patriots earnest or cynical, and people striving to get by. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
KKE0000935
ISBN
9781853260483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. In 'Dubliners', completed when Joyce was only 25, the author produced a definitive group portrait. The book is rooted in an accurate apprehension of the detail of Dublin life. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 265 pages, 60 lithographs. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946640850
ISBN
9780946640850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Tramp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
9780992817015
ISBN
9780992817015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 12.73

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087600
ISBN
9781844087600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.43

Hardback. Hannah Green has been asked to manage a contract archaeology project and needs to teach her team about research design, survey methods, archival research, professional ethics, curation and field safety. This textbook-as-novel introduces the hows and whys of field methodology in an entertaining way. Num Pages: 248 pages, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104068
ISBN
9780759104068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307473738
ISBN
9780307473738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.87

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rayo United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060834845
ISBN
9780060834845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 26. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503941106
ISBN
9781503941106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. This humorous adventure story is about life in rural Ireland during World War II. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332. 8vo. Good copy .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0290131
ISBN
9781856350013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. This humorous adventure story is about life in rural Ireland during World War II. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332 329pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781856350013
ISBN
9781856350013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Offers a irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and insights into the postcolonial condition. This title tells a story that begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. Translator(s): Keeler, Ward. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983929
ISBN
9780295983929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

hardcover. Nagai Kafu was one of the most important Japanese writers of fiction during the first half of the 20th century. These two works, which appear in English for the first time, are superb examples of the author's evocative descriptions of the moods and fancies of Tokyo. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722599
ISBN
9780804722599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Flambard Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873226957
ISBN
9781873226957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.24

Paperback. This work contains two novellas. In the first, a specialist in psychological warfare is driven to murderous action by the stresses of a macabre project to win the Vietnam War, and in the second, a megalomaniac Boer frontiersman wreaks hideous vengeance on a Hottentot tribe. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 cm. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099268338
ISBN
9780099268338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Red Door Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910453223
ISBN
9781910453223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783781317
ISBN
9781783781317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. DUSTY ANSWER, Rosamond Lehmann's first novel, was published to sensational acclaim in 1927 and became a landmark book of the inter-war period, shocking in its time, capturing the voice of the younger generation. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844082940
ISBN
9781844082940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. A powerful novel set against the somber background of Dunkirk and the Blitzkrieg. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574091168
ISBN
9781574091168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553281118
ISBN
9780553281118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.41

Paperback. Inimitable sleuth Falco is back with a vengeance. On one night, a man is killed and Rome's Chief Spy left for dead. This leaves no one except Falco to conduct the investigation. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production. Series: Falco. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515142
ISBN
9780099515142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864863720
ISBN
9780864863720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. An unforgettable first novel, an author to shout about, a campaign to ensure that everyone knows this is the funniest, sharpest read of the year. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007100682
ISBN
9780007100682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

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