Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Hardback. The formation of Saudi Arabia in 1932, with the unification of the two Kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd, not only unified parts of the Arabian peninsula which had until then remained disparate, but also led to the development of a distinct Saudi Arabian literature. This title offers insight into the complex and enigmatic setting of Saudi Arabia. Editor(s): Al-Sebail, Abdulaziz; Calderbank, Anthony. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FA; FYB; FYT; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760995
- ISBN
- 9781780760995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 135.20
€ 152.89
€ 135.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172872
- ISBN
- 9781590172872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.18
€ 18.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. Personal shopper Annie Valentine has a dream job in the heart of fabulous Manhattan. Daughter Lana is lost in the heat of first love, but has she fallen for a heart-breaker? In London husband Ed faces a scandal at work and knows, in his heart, he needs Annie back. What's a girl to do when her true love is in London but her new love is New York? Series: Annie Valentine. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0002202
- ISBN
- 9780552163170
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Biggins, Michael. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Archipelago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914671336
- ISBN
- 9780914671336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060889647
- ISBN
- 9780060889647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.40
€ 26.99
€ 22.40
Paperback. A collection that traces the celebrated career of a grande dame of contemporary literature, this complete gathering of Fox's short works spans 45 illustrious years of her career, from 1965 to 2010. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342345
- ISBN
- 9780393342345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.67
€ 15.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. The third novel in the bestselling Thrush Green series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752877532
- ISBN
- 9780752877532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. Pablo Escobar: billionaire drugs baron, ruthless manipulator brutal killer and jefe of the infamous Madellin cartel. A man whose importance in the international drug trade and renown for his charitable work among the poor brought him influence and power in his home country of Colombia, and the unwanted attention of the American courts. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241968697
- ISBN
- 9780241968697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062409218
- ISBN
- 9780062409218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.86
€ 11.99
€ 9.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062409201
- ISBN
- 9780062409201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.08
€ 23.99
€ 20.08
Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942993
- ISBN
- 9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.32
€ 29.99
€ 26.32
Paperback. A reissue of Derek Beaven's first novel - originally published by Faber - a lavish and richly detailed portrait of the world of Newton and the London of that time. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841150116
- ISBN
- 9781841150116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.06
€ 16.99
€ 12.06
Paperback. The land running down to the River Dean has been farmed by the Meredith family for generations. Robin Meredith bought the farm from his father, just before he married his wife Caro and now he and his brother Joe work on the land. But now Caro has died, as much as a mystery to the family as she was when she arrived twenty years ago. Num Pages: 320 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242. 317pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KON0825688
- ISBN
- 9780552997003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. 1936: London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson. But the king is not the only member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic descendent of a wealthy land-owning family, is anxiously awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552777407
- ISBN
- 9780552777407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.01
€ 15.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Run by Toby and Paula, the centre offers ordinary people a chance to learn from professional artists skilled in poetry, sculpture, ceramics, and the like. Artists like Greg, the New England poet, whose works are strangely absent; or Bob the lascivious potter who sells his Toby jugs to department stores. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000712
- ISBN
- 9780140064810
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780978107000
- ISBN
- 9780978107000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
Hardcover. These African experiences are recorded through the eyes of an African who is at once a participant and an observer, the latter due to the fact that he has come home on vacation from Europe. The reader is exposed to a variety of settings in the author's native Togo: middle-class city life, urban slums, and life in a village. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838640203
- ISBN
- 9780838640203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.90
€ 91.90
Paperback. Ranging from the ultra realistic "Some Hours in the Life of a Witch" to the surreal fantasy world of "Fulfilment" and "The Wife of Bath", the stories in this book describe ordinary and not so ordinary lives, and the lives of women in particular, in the feminist and post-feminist era in Ireland. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855942011
- ISBN
- 9781855942011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.60
€ 10.99
€ 10.60
Paperback. When Vic Wilcox (MD of Pringle's engineering works) meets English lecturer Dr Robyn Penrose, sparks fly as their lifestyles and ideologies collide head on. What, after all, are they supposed to learn from each other? But in time both parties make some surprising discoveries about each other's worlds - and about themselves. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554189
- ISBN
- 9780099554189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FR; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408876947
- ISBN
- 9781408876947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628723205
- ISBN
- 9781628723205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.22
€ 15.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. "Combining a Houellebecq-like sense of the psychic malaise beneath the surface of contemporary cultural life with the disspassionate voice of a police report, Nicola, Milan tells a story of perverse, asexual frenzy emptying out into the void"--Back cover. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351283
- ISBN
- 9781584351283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Lying on a four-poster bed, unable to sleep, Mary Hooligan recounts (mis)adventures, courtships, and sexual encounters of the most transgressive kind, in a narrative voice of blistering originality. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571270293
- ISBN
- 9780571270293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.99
€ 11.99
€ 9.99
Paperback.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baen Books United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781476736181
- ISBN
- 9781476736181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.41
€ 10.41