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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 208 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Soho Press Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616955717
ISBN
9781616955717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.72

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
€ 14.72

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
€ 10.87

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

€ 19.99
€ 16.95

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
€ 10.95

Paperback. A novel about a group of young (and not so young) Londoners and their relationships, decribing what it's like to be living in London in the late 1990s. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
9780140279276
ISBN
9780140279276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99

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
€ 10.93

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
€ 11.53

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
€ 9.37

Paperback. The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780688154875
ISBN
9780688154875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.53

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. This novel of the harem, originally published in 1958, is a dramatisation of a piece of Egyptian feminine and feminist history. Set at the turn of the century, when Egyptian women were struggling to come forward, it tells the story of life behind the veil and of one woman's rebellion against it. Translator(s): Atiya, Nayra. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815602804
ISBN
9780815602804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.38

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

Hardback. Munshi Premchand is a pioneering figure in modern Hini literature. This is a translation of his Hindi novel, Rangbhumi (1924-5), which is about the tensions between the rulers and the ruled. Set in the period between the 1920s and 1930s, it captures and celebrates the unassailable spirit of the common man, especially the farming community. Translator(s): King, Christopher. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; FA; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 52. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195667127
ISBN
9780195667127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.67

Paperback. Fernanda Barnes' life was once graced by security, success and stunning wealth. Now, widowed and with a mounting pile of debts, she is trying desperately to shield her three children from the rising panic within her. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 27. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KSS0003733
ISBN
9780552149938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. From the walls of Troy, King Priam watches the body of his son Hector being dragged behind Achilles' chariot. There must be a way of reclaiming the body - of pitting compromise against heroics, new ways against the old, and of forcing the hand of fate. Dressed simply and in a cart pulled by a mule, the old man sets off for the Greek camp.. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099539520
ISBN
9780099539520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Rant is an anti-hero whose recreational drug of choice is rabies. He becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. On designated nights, the Party Crashers chase each other in cars in the hope of a collision, and all the while Rant, the 'superspreader', transmits his lethal disease. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099499367
ISBN
9780099499367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Talks about the brutality and cowardice that overtakes the city of Niagara Falls in the aftermath of an attack on a woman and her daughter. A dissection of modern mores, this is more than the story of Teena and Bethie, and their insolent assailants. It is also the tale of their silent champion, a man who knows the meaning of justice, and love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156. A Love Story. 160 pages. Talks about the brutality and cowardice that overtakes the city of Niagara Falls in the aftermath of an attack on a woman and her daughter. A dissection of modern mores, this is more than the story of Teena and Bethie, and their insolent assailants. It is also the tale of their silent champion, a man who knows the meaning of justice, and love. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight: 156.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843544135
ISBN
9781843544135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Clean copy with some reader wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTM0000640
ISBN
9780007141760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Kitson, Thomas J. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180832
ISBN
9780231180832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143334149
ISBN
9780143334149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.11

Paperback. This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different perspectives. Illustrator(s): Kuwata, M. Translator(s): Kojima, Takashi. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401731
ISBN
9780871401731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.60

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