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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop. Trapped between caring for her alcoholic father and her job as a secretary at the boys' prison, she tempers her dreary days with dreams of escaping to the big city. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781784701468
ISBN
9781784701468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. An ex-circus strongman and Notting Hill rough-justice artist, meets his own personal holocaust and 'Einsteinian' destiny. There is maximum boredom and minimum love-making advised, while a new strain of schizophrenia overwhelms the young son of a 'father of the nuclear age'. This book offers a collection of stories that reveal a deep preoccupation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099768913
ISBN
9780099768913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780335575
ISBN
9781780335575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Captures a city in microcosm through a series of character portraits, and forms a picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance and community - but above all by a need to be loved. This novel features wry humour and the subtle shades of Manhattan moods. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226665
ISBN
9780571226665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. For the millions of Coelho's fans comes a beautiful, full-color illustrated edition of his international bestseller, featuring the art of Moebius. It is the story of a shepherd boy who yearns to travel and ends up risking everything to pursue his destiny--a charming fable about following one's dreams and reading life's omens. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Rayo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062511409
ISBN
9780062511409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Bianco, Paolo; Sobejano-Moran, Antonio. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Edition
Student ed
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101429
ISBN
9781585101429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Chronicles the stormy relationship of two characters as they grapple with career choices, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement during a remarkable period in American history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814324
ISBN
9780972814324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.62

Paperback. Una hechizante historia de tesoros perdidos y peligros ineludibles---el segundo libro en una Serie Red Lion sobresaliente Series: Red Lion. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 137. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol US
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060891107
ISBN
9780060891107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.46

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829701449
ISBN
9780829701449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.16

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061829680
ISBN
9780061829680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rayo
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060831318
ISBN
9780060831318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. 1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she's always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014181
ISBN
9780008132941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. 1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she's always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Good copy with minor shelf wear and some minor water damage to back cover and last few pages, but pages remain clear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
SKU
KTG0014492
ISBN
9780008132941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she's always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001907
ISBN
9780008132941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she's always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014528
ISBN
9780008132941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Following the hugely acclaimed bestseller Hey Nostradamus! comes a major new novel from Douglas Coupland: the wonderfully warm, funny, life-affirming story of Liz Dunn, a woman who has spent her whole life alone and lonely - until now.. This is a brilliant work of commercial literary fiction from an author who just gets better and better. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206. Previously read copy. Some shelfwear and/or soiling. Good overall
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KST0029683
ISBN
9780007162529
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 'A dark, suburban fantasy .. richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar' - The New Yorker Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086525
ISBN
9781847086525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Paperback. At the centre of the novel is the crumbling seastack of the Old Man of Hoy and the consuming relationship between a young artist, Kim, coldly passionate, talented, secretive, and Jimmy, a North Sea roughneck, engineer and climber. It deals with the possibility of friendship between men and women. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
SKU
KKD0001728
ISBN
9780571212859
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Electricity is now a film starring Agyness Deyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
KRA0009180
ISBN
9781447274940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Sunday Times bestseller and one of the most talked-about novels of 2003, now in paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0218564
ISBN
9780007151431
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "Deeply, satisfyingly original.. Elegies is the literary equivalent of a hand grenade."-Joanna Smith Rakoff, New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340235
ISBN
9780393340235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.03

paperback. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 12. Weight: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Edition
NONE
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583229316
ISBN
9781583229316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. Moving from the north-east of Scotland to the Shetland Isles to Fremantle, Australia, 'Elemental' is a novel about the life you make from the life you are given. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925228335
ISBN
9781925228335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. A scholar pursues an elusive biographer, stumbling upon buried fragments of distant lives; a woman walks out of her previous existence and encounters an ice-blond stranger from a secretive world. This title deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001472
ISBN
9780099273769
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

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