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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys become involved in the worlds and stories of the adults around them, tumbling from one adventure and to another. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099554424
ISBN
9780099554424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007333851
ISBN
9780007333851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. A devastating novel of love and desire and one man's search for his soul in a world of violence and political intrigue, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award 1998 Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747260332
ISBN
9780747260332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

mass_market. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 118.
Edition
Reprint
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316769488
ISBN
9780316769488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Holden Caulfield is a dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780241950432
ISBN
9780241950432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.12

Paperback. Cipriano and his daughter craft a new line of small ceramic figurines and the Centre orders cast quantities and then recants. Resigned to idleness, Cipriano moves to a soulless megaplex, until late one night he comes across a horrifying secret in the bowels of the artificial city. This is an Orwellian nightmare, a family fable and a love story. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099449157
ISBN
9780099449157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Somerville Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992736415
ISBN
9780992736415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Presents the story of Michael Caradock, a writer whose life has ended violently on an isolated Welsh island. This book follows his protected Welsh childhood, his crucial first encounters with sex, his literary success in London and his final withdrawal to Wales. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762958
ISBN
9781905762958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in a Peruvian manuscript, this book tells you how to make connections between the events happening in your own life right now, and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553409024
ISBN
9780553409024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. A companion volume which expands on the knowledge contained in each of the nine insights of "The Celestine Prophecy". It aims to foster readers' spiritual growth by putting them in touch with evidence of their own experience. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553503708
ISBN
9780553503708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. After a nervous collapse while serving at the altar, his college principal sends him on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, down-and-outs, rent boys, religious fundamentalists and people with AIDS. In increasing despair, he embarks on a journey through the world of Jack the Ripper. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906413224
ISBN
9781906413224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.73

Paperback. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172. 288 pages. Snipers in the hills overlook the shattered streets of Sarajevo. Knowing that the next bullet could strike at any moment, the ordinary men and women below strive to go about their daily lives as best they can. Kenan faces the agonizing dilemma of crossing the city to get water for his family. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 194 x 126 x 19. Weight: 196.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843547419
ISBN
9781843547419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. A collection of stories, in which moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate leads a person to a new way of thinking or being. It presents a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500300343
ISBN
9780500300343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099755111
ISBN
9780099755111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140023404
ISBN
9780140023404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell yearns to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a blizzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189048
ISBN
9780141189048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. * by one of the finest chroniclers of the lives of northern working-class women Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860686118
ISBN
9780860686118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Mallory Book 10: the tenth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Headline
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755385393
ISBN
9780755385393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718158972
ISBN
9780718158972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. First published in 1953, The Charioteer is a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, unapologetic portrayal of homosexuality that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room as a landmark work in gay literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089505
ISBN
9781844089505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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