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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Eliza Duane Mooney is searching for a boy she has not seen in four years, one of the several children drawn into the war. His fate has been mysterious. It's a walk that will have consequences for many seemingly unconnected survivors. This novel is a tale of war and forgiveness, of strangers in a strange land, of love put to the ultimate test. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338. Clean copy.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0208241
ISBN
9780099481522
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The second novel by the international bestselling author of The Guilty One Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749957278
ISBN
9780749957278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Set in the summer of 1765, Redgauntlet centres around a third, fictitious Jacobite rebellion and a plot to enthrone the exiled Prince Charles Edward Stewart. The last of Scott's major Scottish novels, this is the only available critical edition. It reprints the Magnum text of 1832. Editor(s): Sutherland, Kathryn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199599578
ISBN
9780199599578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. A haunting and elegiac love story set in a spoiled paradise, as vital and as relevant today as when it was first published Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783780303
ISBN
9781783780303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. A novel set in post-9/11 New York City about a supermodel and the ultimate Broadway blockbuster. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350309
ISBN
9781584350309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Dixon, A. Series: Signature. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714507101
ISBN
9780714507101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

Paperback. Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, this novel tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184456
ISBN
9780141184456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Haiti's complex social and political situation is the setting for this story of two women ordained by the spirits of Vodou to be "marasa" (twins) in spite of their birth into unrelated families of different classes. Translator(s): Bodkin, Robin Orr. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Second Paperback Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917535
ISBN
9780813917535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.88

hardcover. Gives us Edmund Burke a new, vividly depicting his dazzling intellect, imagination and empathy against the rich tapestry of 18th century Europe. Editor(s): Norman, Jesse. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 54. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593654
ISBN
9781841593654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974230
ISBN
9781910974230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Herd, David. Series: Refugee Tales. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910974308
ISBN
9781910974308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The poets and soldiers Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen are dispatched to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland in 1917. There, army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating brutalised, shell-shocked men. It is Rivers' job to fix these men and make them ready to fight again. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970768
ISBN
9780241970768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, and army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers's job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough to fight. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141030937
ISBN
9780141030937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Lets you enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the news of their engagement. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506997
ISBN
9780099506997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. 'Relativity is a novel of assured and measured empathy, a story of familial love and familial hurt that is fair, honest and remarkably non-judgmental. Hayes is a convincing writer and a true storyteller: her characters are alive.' Christos Tsiolkas, author of THE SLAP Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472151704
ISBN
9781472151704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. A prize-winning modern classic by the Man Booker shortlisted author Tom McCarthy. It contains a foreword by American scholar McKenzie Wark. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846883804
ISBN
9781846883804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166010
ISBN
9780231166010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Translator(s): Berry, Michael. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166003
ISBN
9780231166003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 75.95

Paperback. A stunningly imagined debut novel about the turbulent world of the master painter Rembrandt and the three women who shaped his life, seen through the eyes of his last great love and muse - a lowly housemaid. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782396765
ISBN
9781782396765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. 'Remedy' is an agile and endearing debut about a single girl in Paris, who works in fashion and calls upon the saints to help her find the perfect man. Num Pages: 352 pages, b&w integrated line drawing illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846270925
ISBN
9781846270925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.19

Paperback. Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113041
ISBN
9781782113041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. A savagely satirical tale of marital revenge. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers London
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007109265
ISBN
9780007109265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. Contains tales that are set in different eras since 1960s to the turn of the twentieth century. This title offers multiple perspectives on the experience of Lebanese women in the United States. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608813
ISBN
9780815608813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.66

Paperback. Trapped in an abusive marriage, Faith Nolan finds the courage to defy her husband to help others. When her actions result in a false charge of murder, she finds the support she needs in Nathan Bartlett. Series: Woman of Hope. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 207 x 26. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Time Warner Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892968473
ISBN
9780892968473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

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