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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. A novel, in which Charles Gould returns to South America determined to make a success of the inheritance left to him by his father, the San Tome mine. But his dreams are thwarted as the country is plunged into revolution. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
9781857150889
ISBN
9781857150889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 13.91

paperback. First published in 1904, this book deals with Latin America. It offers a picture of an insurrectionary society and the opportunities it provides for moral corruption. Editor(s): Pauly, Veronique. Series Editor(s): Stape, J. H. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141441634
ISBN
9780141441634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
98
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573640445
ISBN
9780573640445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.93

Paperback. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274. 336 pages. George Gastin is part of an insurance scam to wreck a Cadillac originally meant for the Big Bopper, but George has other ideas and disappears with the car. On his quest to find the spirit of rock 'n' roll he is pursued by gangsters and meets hitch-hikers and demented preachers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight: 276.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954868
ISBN
9781841954868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Series: Open Door S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA; YFB. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New Island Books
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902602158
ISBN
9781902602158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.95

Paperback. A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the ultimate test in this explosive new novel from Barbara Delinsky Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. 69pp .Folio. Stitched as issued. Includes detailed information on each person . Covers Clare Cork kerry Kildare Kilkenny King's County Limerick and Tipperary
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007285846
ISBN
9780007285846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.07

Paperback. A Spanish family torn apart by the Civil War. A story of exile, love, and loss in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Mexico. A marriage embittered by disappointment, a boy struck by lightning and a young woman running headlong into a personal hell. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0228233
ISBN
9780571209019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers unusual insights into the social history of the late colonial period. Set in pre-World War II Burmese society, this title tells the story that centers on the relationship and marriage of seventeen-year-old Way with U Saw Han, a much older Burmese agent for a British trading company. Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801677
ISBN
9780896801677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408846896
ISBN
9781408846896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Henrietta Tate gave up everything for her husband Marcus and their kids. But now that the children are away at school and she's rattling round their large country house all day she's feeling more than a little lost. So when a friend puts her in touch with Laurie, a historian in need of a PA, Henrietta heads for London. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241958285
ISBN
9780241958285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. For the whole of Rose's respectable married life, she had kept faith with both men. To Ned she was a perfect wife and mother of his son. To Mylo, Rose was an unconventional mistress, answering his erratic calls. After Ned's funeral Rose looks back on a life of dual constancy, passion, humour, and the ambiguities of love - and chooses her future. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499121
ISBN
9780099499121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Action-packed, wittily observed and non-PC satire set in California where terrorists are gearing up for the Millenium. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349109282
ISBN
9780349109282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. Features a collection of short stories. This book explores the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771054
ISBN
9780552771054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Containing a wonderfully engaging and eccentric cast of characters who live long in the memory, this is the story of mothers and daughters, people bound by blood and geography, moments captured and lifetimes lost, and things never quite turning out as expected. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bonnier Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785300905
ISBN
9781785300905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. Contains the author's essays that are personal on the surface, and stresses upon what impresses her in really good literature. Num Pages: 149 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
149
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803263314
ISBN
9780803263314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Paperback, in good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KRF0015132
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. In Dublin, a newspaper editor is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier on the dead man's desk. And in the dossier Owen finds a photograph, which brings him back, once again, to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206. Some minor shelf wear, but remains very good.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
SKU
KTJ0008195
ISBN
9780141038063
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 13.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509806560
ISBN
9781509806560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. A very good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KAK0002142
ISBN
9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. She was looking for domestic perfection and she found it .. perfect chaos Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 129 x 197. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAK0011052
ISBN
9780340950838
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Vintage Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307949875
ISBN
9780307949875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9781681370767
ISBN
9781681370767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.28

Hardback. This postmodern, first-person tale of a contemporary Taiwanese gay man reflecting on his life, loves, and intellectual influences is among the most important novels to emerge from Taiwan in recent memory. Translator(s): Goldblatt, Howard; Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116084
ISBN
9780231116084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.62

Paperback. Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, the author takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780753513828
ISBN
9780753513828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 5.80

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