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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; DNF; FA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184142
- ISBN
- 9780141184142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.33
€ 19.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. 'Stunning. An essential novel' Irvine Welsh Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- On Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447219309
- ISBN
- 9781447219309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497196
- ISBN
- 9780099497196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. * In this fascinating and thrilling novel, Robert Winder brilliantly imagines the writing of Shakespeare's missing royal play, Henry VII, and creates a suspenseful page-turner as well as a literary tour de force Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349122502
- ISBN
- 9780349122502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 4.99
€ 14.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A brilliant reworking of the detective story by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & KLAY. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007196036
- ISBN
- 9780007196036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. In true controversial James Frey style, this brilliant new novel is the final Testament of the Holy Bible. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 196 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848543195
- ISBN
- 9781848543195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105541
- ISBN
- 9780143105541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
hardcover. First published in 1912, Theodore Dreiser's third novel, "The Financier", captures the ruthlessness and sparkle of the Gilded Age alongside the charismatic amorality of the power brokers and bankers of the mid-nineteenth century. This volume is an edition of "The Financier" to draw on the uncorrected page proofs of the original 1912 version. Editor(s): Mulligan, Roark. Series: The Dreiser Edition. Num Pages: 672 pages, 10 b&w. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 247 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035043
- ISBN
- 9780252035043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.70
€ 102.70
Paperback. Now available as a stunning Canon 'A work of glittering Sparkian ice, whose thinly frozen surface tempts you to jump up and down jovially above something deeper and darker' ALI SMITH Series: Canons. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Canongate Canons
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main - Canons ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782117575
- ISBN
- 9781782117575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266. Some minor shelf wear but overall in a very good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSC0002366
- ISBN
- 9781408809938
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, and Amazon customers alike. Series: Myths. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 150. Clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KTM0000676
- ISBN
- 9781847672797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Sounds a clarion warning to the world. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140182750
- ISBN
- 9780140182750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 comes a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion. One pregnant woman is determined to survive and see her baby born - and only the enigmatic man known as the Fireman can help her. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780575130739
- ISBN
- 9780575130739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780701186609
- ISBN
- 9780701186609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an illicit affair. But as another war threatens, everything around him starts to crumble, and the future for him and for France suddenly looks dangerously uncertain. Translator(s): Smith, Sandra. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099520368
- ISBN
- 9780099520368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 11.72
€ 23.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Mysterious beans are found on the market stalls of the East, to which ancient superstition lends the power of favouring the birth of male children. When a French entomologist obtains a few of these beans, he worries that the world has entered a critical phase of its history. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105994
- ISBN
- 9780349105994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 138. . Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, and light wear to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fleet London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0000261
- ISBN
- 9780708898550
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 106 x 12. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553252248
- ISBN
- 9780553252248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785898914
- ISBN
- 9781785898914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.57
€ 11.99
€ 9.57
Paperback. The Spanish Flu killed thirty million people in 1918. Now, with history threatening to repeat itself, a scientific expedition speeds toward a remote island on the Arctic Sea. For reporter Frank Daly, it is the story of a lifetime. But, when he meets up with the ship upon its return, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 110 x 27. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Books Edition
- SKU
- KAK0003746
- ISBN
- 9780099184027
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99