Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A novel that follows the strange second life of William Howard Taft, the gentle giant who never wanted to be president in the first place, as he tries to survive the hyperactive tempest of 21st-century politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Quirk Books United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594745508
- ISBN
- 9781594745508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.40
€ 16.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Sonokrom, a village in the Ghanaian hinterland, has not changed for thousands of years. Kayo is a forensic pathologist convinced that scientific logic can shatter even the most inexplicable of mysteries. But as events in the village become incomprehensible, Kayo finds that Western logic and political bureaucracy are no longer equal to the task. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099526124
- ISBN
- 9780099526124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
- Publisher
- Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665152
- ISBN
- 9781552665152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 102 x 25. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kensington
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617733710
- ISBN
- 9781617733710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.59
€ 9.59
Paperback. From one of this generation's most talked about young writers comes a novel about failed relationships, drug-induced depression, marriage, and death Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781782111856
- ISBN
- 9781782111856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.38
€ 10.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Cleo thinks she's found her Mr Right - but if that's the case, why can't she get old adversary Johnny LaVenture out of her mind? A delicious romance from an author who knows love inside out.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Review
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007444
- ISBN
- 9780755328222
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Twenty year old Jenny Bunn is supernally beautiful and stubbornly chaste, which is why Patrick Standish, an arrogant schoolmaster, wants her so much. This novel about a northern girl who moves south, wants to fit in and yet wants to preserve her principles, challenges our assumptions about the battle of the sexes and classes in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194271
- ISBN
- 9780141194271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KSS0007540
- ISBN
- 9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KTM0004631
- ISBN
- 9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KTM0006437
- ISBN
- 9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KTM0006440
- ISBN
- 9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362. 8vo. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0265788
- ISBN
- 9781848270114
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Above the Line Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310266273
- ISBN
- 9780310266273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Series: Paradise, Idaho. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 36. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503940789
- ISBN
- 9781503940789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.69
€ 11.99
€ 10.69
Paperback. Inary McCrimmon has a gift. She can see people - ghosts - after they've died. Where she comes from they call it The Sight. But after a traumatic experience at the age of twelve, her gift has vanished. Now, fifteen years later, Inary is called away from her busy London life back to her home in Glen Avich. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845027469
- ISBN
- 9781845027469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.14
€ 10.99
€ 9.14
Paperback. When journalist Rachel Carmedi is kidnapped and murdered by a Colombian drug cartel, her lover Tom Chambers vows to avenge her death. Ellen Shelby and Michael McCann want to turn Rachel's story into their first Hollywood movie, whilst Chambers agrees to track down the killers. But his need for vengeance soon overrides their desires. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 358. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KOC0015435
- ISBN
- 9780099534341
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A man knocked on the King's door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him the reader will discover as this short narrative unfolds. Illustrator(s): Sis, Peter. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Num Pages: 48 pages, 4 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 42
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860466908
- ISBN
- 9781860466908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679729655
- ISBN
- 9780679729655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Stories that have delighted children and fascinated adults for over a century are the heritage of Hans Christian Andersen. Suitable for both students and general readers alike, this title displays the full range of Andersen's authorship, from parable to science fiction. It contains the drawings of Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich. Editor(s): Conroy, Patricia L.; Rossel, Sven Hakon. Translator(s): Conroy, Patricia L.; Rossel, Sven Hakon. Num Pages: 316 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295959368
- ISBN
- 9780295959368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.75
€ 37.75
Paperback. The black humor of life in an Upper Egyptian village from a previously un-translated writer Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 118 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167072
- ISBN
- 9789774167072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.20
€ 19.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. An introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people as we are with our own neighbours. The crowded, throbbing life of India is brilliantly captured in this series of stories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571230563
- ISBN
- 9780571230563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. A collection of twenty of Shakespeare's stories which begins with "The Tempest", that explores themes of magic, power and reconciliation, and ends with "Pericles", "Prince of Tyre", an exotic play of love, loss and family ties. Each tale is told chronologically and retains much of Shakespeare's lyricism, phrasing and rhythm. Editor(s): Warner, Marina. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441627
- ISBN
- 9780141441627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. Series: CLASSICS. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Rupa Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788129142238
- ISBN
- 9788129142238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.23
€ 9.99
€ 9.23
Paperback. Includes tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns. Translator(s): Hainsworth, Peter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191331
- ISBN
- 9780141191331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95