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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years. Her employer at the museum, gives her a special project - to piece together the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse his dying son. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224. ****THIS IS A PREORDER TO BE SHIPPED ON OR AROUND THE PUBLICATION DATE IN AUGUST 2022****
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571280018
- ISBN
- 9780571280018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn't quite landed on her feet. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571223367
- ISBN
- 9780571223367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.06
€ 13.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the subconscious mind, with brilliantly disturbing results. The award-winning illustrations from Nicholas Garland make this a beautiful and atmospheric book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 b&w illistrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 17. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571223107
- ISBN
- 9780571223107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Growing up disabled and gay in the 1950's, circumstances force John Cromer from an early age to develop an intense and vivid internal world. As his character develops, this ability to transcend external circumstance through his own strength of character proves an invaluable asset. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571217045
- ISBN
- 9780571217045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. The Bloodworths come from Ackerman's Field, Tennessee. Theirs is a rough and violent past and Boyd Bloodworth - father of the hero, Fleming - is intent on continuing the tradition. The year is 1952 and E.F. Bloodworth, Boyd's father, has returned after 20 years of roaming. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571212149
- ISBN
- 9780571212149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. After 19 years of teaching his pupils to emigrate, Alford George, elitist schoolteacher turned populist politician, is forced to work out a welcome for the diverse races of Trinidad to their own island and how to liberate those who, despite emancipation, are still struggling under old captivities. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571192946
- ISBN
- 9780571192946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.06
€ 13.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. The tale of lives won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. The dawning of the herring fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the Highland Clearances, and this story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history, and refusing to be crushed. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571090419
- ISBN
- 9780571090419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.59
€ 12.99
€ 10.59
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393927924
- ISBN
- 9780393927924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241968635
- ISBN
- 9780241968635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
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€ 10.78
Paperback. 288 pages. Shortlisted for The Booker Prize. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408827024
- ISBN
- 9781408827024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.99
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€ 15.99
Paperback. Follows the experiences of a tour guide through a virtual theme-park that re-creates the Cherokee Trail of Tears for tourists. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803239265
- ISBN
- 9780803239265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747585305
- ISBN
- 9780747585305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.44
€ 25.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. From the author of The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, and the creator of Dr Finlay's Casebook Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447243793
- ISBN
- 9781447243793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. An astounding new novel from the bestselling author of Frankie and Stankie and Brother of the More Famous Jack Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 264. 320 pages. The time is 1995, but everybody has a past. Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with and twelve-year-old daughter. From far and wide, they are all drawn together: a masquerade in which things are not always what they seem. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 200 x 149 x 22. Weight: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408809815
- ISBN
- 9781408809815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
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€ 10.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Chakravarti, Aruna. Num Pages: 588 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House India India
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140268522
- ISBN
- 9780140268522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.93
€ 32.93
Hardback. Part of Jane Duncan's classic 'My Friend..' series Series: My Friends.. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447297901
- ISBN
- 9781447297901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.30
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€ 25.30
Paperback. Presents a series of stories about women stirred, bothered, or fascinated by men they cannot understand, or understand too well. This book features characters that are haunted by the ghosts of the lives they might have led - lit by new flames, old flames, and flames that are guttering out. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099520993
- ISBN
- 9780099520993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. 'Elegant, scrupulously poised, always intelligent and, not least, original' Angela Carter The characters in Anne Enright's fierce and witty first collection of stories stand at an oblique angle to society. Full of desire, but out of kilter, their response to a dislocated reality is mutinous, wild, unforgettable. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099437390
- ISBN
- 9780099437390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.99
€ 12.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, 'Soul Mountain' is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China. Translator(s): Lee, Mabel. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007119233
- ISBN
- 9780007119233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.24
€ 18.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. Deidre O'Dare is a rising stage and TV soap star, but jealous fears that her roguish boyfriend Rory is having a Hollywood fling theaten to ruin her happiness. Retreating from Dublin to the West of Ireland, she meets gorgeous Gabriel, the squire of the local manor. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 122 x 36. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0013102
- ISBN
- 9780553812466
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Thus
- SKU
- 9780099284345
- ISBN
- 9780099284345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. In the summer of 1920 two men, both war survivors meet in the quiet English countryside. One is living in the church, intent upon uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting while the other camps in the next field in search of a lost grave. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182308
- ISBN
- 9780141182308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 107 x 18. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226042435
- ISBN
- 9780226042435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. Angela is in the city of love - but romance is taking a nose-dive.. Series: I Heart Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007268
- ISBN
- 9780007288410
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99