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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Num Pages: 502 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 348. 502 pages. A young man is fighting for his life. Into his room walks a bewitching woman who believes she can save him. Their journey will have you believing in the impossible. A Richard and Judy Best Read 2009 pick. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671691
- ISBN
- 9781847671691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. VAS combines a variety of voices, from journalism and libretto to poem and comic book. Often these voices meet in counterpoint, and the meaning of the narrative emerges from their juxtapositions, harmonies, or discords. Num Pages: 370 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807409
- ISBN
- 9780226807409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. The brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of 'Mr Golightly's Holiday' and 'Miss Garnet's Angel'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007165452
- ISBN
- 9780007165452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. The new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR, an absorbing and thought-provoking tale about the impact on a happy family when the husband mysteriously vanishes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0001861
- ISBN
- 9780340994290
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, the overlapping lives of five newcomers to China's most dynamic city are the subject of this kaleidoscopic novel. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007494187
- ISBN
- 9780007494187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424. 252 pages. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Donald
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904607588
- ISBN
- 9781904607588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.78
€ 33.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. The word has gone out that Seduce is dead, and all the mourners gather on the mythical Church Island in the Caribbean for her wake. All bring their own memories of Seduce: her daughter Glory prays for the rescue of her mother's soul. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232177
- ISBN
- 9781845232177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. A reissue of a novel which has been unavailable since 1987, about a young, glamorous, successful couple whose relationship is threatened by an afternoon's faithlessness. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 24. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751542493
- ISBN
- 9780751542493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. There's Chris Yop, clinging to his ergonomic chair; Lynn Mason, the boss, whose breast cancer everyone pretends not to talk about. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027630
- ISBN
- 9780141027630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver's North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910409978
- ISBN
- 9781910409978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.98
€ 10.99
€ 9.98
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scott, Asgeir. Num Pages: 138 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246284
- ISBN
- 9780851246284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099273936
- ISBN
- 9780099273936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141187945
- ISBN
- 9780141187945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.97
€ 9.99
€ 8.97
Paperback. A warm and funny novel about folk musicians, by one of Britain's most popular radio broadcasters. Num Pages: 320 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340715697
- ISBN
- 9780340715697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
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
€ 18.99
€ 15.14
Paperback. Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. This title tells their story. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099771913
- ISBN
- 9780099771913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other women and children whom the Japanese force to walk for miles through the jungle leading to the deaths of many. Due to her courageous spirit, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9781784870027
- ISBN
- 9781784870027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 5.80
€ 7.99
€ 5.80
Hardback. Waldo, a feted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, Waldo is pressed to action: determined to expose the couple, he sets himself first to prove his suspicions correct and more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571332014
- ISBN
- 9780571332014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 4.99
€ 18.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and other Professors. Outside, where land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141192383
- ISBN
- 9780141192383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Limited Ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- SKU
- 9780091887193
- ISBN
- 9780099497028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 7.50
€ 13.99
€ 7.50