Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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€ 11.09
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Paperback. A new paperback edition of the winner of the 1999 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature Translator(s): Ghazoul, Ferial J.; Verlenden, John. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166259
- ISBN
- 9789774166259
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.51
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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€ 11.10
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- Tra Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564784353
- ISBN
- 9781564784353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.39
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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€ 9.51
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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
€ 11.01
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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
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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
€ 21.99€ 20.33
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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
€ 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
€ 57.13
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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
€ 4.99
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€ 11.09
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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€ 10.70
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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
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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€ 14.52
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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
€ 10.99€ 10.54
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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
€ 15.99€ 14.27
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paperback. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists - a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour. This work features stories such as "Rashomon", "In a Bamboo Grove", "The Nose", "O-Gin", "Loyalty", "Death Register", "The Life of a Stupid Man" and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143039846
- ISBN
- 9780143039846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.10
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paperback. Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - one of Japan's foremost stylists and a modernist master whose short stories are marked by imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour. His other works include: "Rashomon"; "In a Bamboo Grove"; "The Nose"; "O-Gin"; "Loyalty"; "Death Register"; "The Life of a Stupid Man"; and "Spinning Gears". Translator(s): Rubin, Jay. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449709
- ISBN
- 9780140449709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781551522357
- ISBN
- 9781551522357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
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€ 19.45