Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. In dusty Delhi, where call centres and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life, Puri's main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners, a job once the preserve of aunties and family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puri's resources to investigate. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099525233
- ISBN
- 9780099525233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Hardcover. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office in Clarendon Street provides corpses - but they have often died of violence and drowning: they are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition - Second Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701182953
- ISBN
- 9780701182953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.26
€ 20.00
€ 16.26
Paperback. Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099524137
- ISBN
- 9780099524137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 6.44
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€ 6.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806576
- ISBN
- 9781609806576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.92
€ 27.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Two former lovers are brought back together .. but can they really trust their pasts? The new novel from the bestselling author of SOPHIE'S WORLD. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753827697
- ISBN
- 9780753827697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Turns the 78 tarot cards to a new purpose, linking word and image to the purposes of narrative. A band of travellers, trapped in an gloomy castle in the heart of a wood, find themselves struck dumb and are only able to converse by using the tarot cards to tell one another how they came to be there. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8pp colour halftones, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 3. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268055
- ISBN
- 9780099268055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
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€ 13.20
Paperback. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751552867
- ISBN
- 9780751552867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Explores the personal relationship between Burroughs and cats. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189901
- ISBN
- 9780141189901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
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
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
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€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
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
€ 10.30
€ 10.30
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
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
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€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in a fictional Johntown, Tennessee. This man's predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts, and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191553
- ISBN
- 9780813191553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.60
€ 31.60
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
€ 14.99€ 14.25
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€ 14.25
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€ 13.24
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€ 13.24
Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820328386
- ISBN
- 9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
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€ 26.49
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
€ 14.99€ 11.76
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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
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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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€ 6.63
€ 11.99
€ 6.63
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€ 10.55
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€ 10.55
Paperback. First published in Sweden, Bjor Larsson's thriller became a bestseller in Europe. Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 218 x 29. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574091144
- ISBN
- 9781574091144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.66
€ 16.66
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€ 10.87
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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€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73