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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. R K Narayan witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of warmth and vibrancy. This book features stories such as "Swami and Friends", "The Bachelor of Arts", "The Dark Room", and "The English Teacher". Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 38. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152937
ISBN
9781857152937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Hardcover. Chronicles the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 1519 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 181 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
1530
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152142
ISBN
9781857152142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. Fifty-six and overweight, Harry Rabbit Angstrom has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, is giving him cause for concern. His son is a wreck of a man and his wife has decided that she wants to be a working girl. He has to make the most of life. After all, he doesn't have much time left. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188447
ISBN
9780141188447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. It's 1979 and Rabbit is no longer running. He's walking, and beginning to get out of breath. That's ok, though - it gives him the chance to enjoy the wealth that comes with middle age. So why is it that he finds it so hard to accept the way that things have turned out? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188553
ISBN
9780141188553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, into his confused life comes Jill, a runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188546
ISBN
9780141188546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a futile job. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187839
ISBN
9780141187839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Rachel Walsh has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, and it's about time she had a holiday. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 41. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780241958438
ISBN
9780241958438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Series: SB - The Africa List. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 213 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423320
ISBN
9780857423320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.62

Paperback. The entralling story of when Connie Bell meets Dan Stewart and the dark and terrible history between their families threatens to destroy them. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747263265
ISBN
9780747263265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The international bestseller from the master of suspense.Jennifer Parker is brilliant, beautiful and bold. . She seems unbeatable - but is she really? Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 39. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Paperback Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007228256
ISBN
9780007228256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.92

Paperback. Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century, where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat. Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape, the mighty J P Morgan dominates the financial world and Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 2. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188171
ISBN
9780141188171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Venture into the Railsea - an epic journey for readers of all ages. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447213673
ISBN
9781447213673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 268. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0038182
ISBN
9781842233115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 268. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219283
ISBN
9781842233115
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A journalist - the autobiographical features are quite deliberate - is trying to find out what happened to Lidia, who disappeared in Luanda in 1992, a point in time when the civil war flared up again with ferocity after rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA movement refused to accept defeat in the country's first free and democratic elections. Translator(s): Hahn, Daniel. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413200
ISBN
9781906413200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Offers a collection of two novellas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950463
ISBN
9780241950463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679601722
ISBN
9780679601722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. People love to hate the trains. They're essential - but everyone wishes there were more of them, and that they were faster, and most of all, that they would just run on time. But whenever something new is planned for the railway, there will always be someone with objections. Series: Discworld Novels. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552173612
ISBN
9780552173612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 283 x 221 x 11. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120756861
ISBN
9788120756861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Hrabal s books are distinctive witness to the life of ordinary people only at first glance. In the book, Rambling on await the reader stories set in the popular Hrabal s Kersko. The book was filmed in 1983 by Jiri Menzel. " Translator(s): Short, David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 191 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Edition
Classroom ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024632865
ISBN
9788024632865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 30 pages, 26 color illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870333927
ISBN
9780870333927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Paperback.
Publisher
Freight Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780956613578
ISBN
9780956613578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. By the author of "A White Merc with Fins", this is the sharp and comic story of a modern man in all kinds of trouble. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
New Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0201270
ISBN
9780099759713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A new novel of women's friendship from the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship and Friendship Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455572854
ISBN
9781455572854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.21

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