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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Follows the interactions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig - all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226173474
ISBN
9780226173474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.22

Paperback. Homi Seervai is a Parsi scientist, who invents a machine which activates the memory store of the brain. When a love affair finishes, Homi uses the machine to relive good times, but the machine goes wrong, and he experiences ancestral and racial memories. This is the author's first novel. Series: Phoenix Fiction S. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143811
ISBN
9780226143811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. On a summer's night in Athens, Patrik Keim stuck a pistol into his mouth and pulled the trigger. Keim was an artist, and the room in which he died was an assemblage of the tools of his particular trade. His body completed the tableau. This is a two-sided ethnography: one from the world of the living and the other from the world of the dead. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226073224
ISBN
9780226073224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.06

Hardcover. Translator(s): Zucker, Alex. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024631271
ISBN
9788024631271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Zheping, Chen. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947532
ISBN
9781933947532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Hardcover. In this psychological novel, memories spawn tales within tales and seemingly disparate elements are woven into a tapestry of extraordinary moments that reveals the authorAEs penetrating observations on the interdependency of humanity and nature in its wholeness. Translator(s): Wilson, Michiko N.; Wilson, Michael K. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947303
ISBN
9781933947303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Hardcover. Translator(s): Gernant, Karen; Zheping, Chen. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Edition
hardcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947235
ISBN
9781933947235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.11

Hardcover. The protagonist has just turned thirty and is engaged to be married and about to start work as a teacher. Frightened by the idea of settling down, he journeys to the Alps in a do-or-die effort to climb the unclimbed North Ridge, and by doing so prove he is not ordinary. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike (Lecturer in German, University of Stirling). Series: The German List. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497927
ISBN
9781906497927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.94

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650209
ISBN
9781890650209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650193
ISBN
9781890650193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445858
ISBN
9781885445858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.63

Hardcover. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445339
ISBN
9781885445339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.82

Paperback. The offer of a sensational ride alongside a unique individual in his quest to find freedom from his criminal past. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Soul Rocks Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846949883
ISBN
9781846949883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Private Investigator Tommy Storm is hired by a top Hollywood film producer to find his missing daughter and her leading man. As Storm and his goody two-shoes doppelganger investigate the case, sinister forces conspire to commit the ultimate murder. The question is: who is on the side of the angels, and can either Storm tell the difference? Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: F; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846949531
ISBN
9781846949531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

Paperback. According to Barry Gibbons, the soulless and unprincipled corporations and businesses will decidedly mess things up for everyone over the next millennium. Through a series of clever and funny vignettes, this book examines the next 999 years of corporate mayhem and madness. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841124629
ISBN
9781841124629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Political and literary thriller set in 1980s Guatemala. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785354748
ISBN
9781785354748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. One young man's dizzying ascent through the dazzle of contemporary consumer culture takes him from orphaned tragedy to double-edged success. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785352355
ISBN
9781785352355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Escaping an abusive marriage, Maddy, a singing telegram performer, is forced to live in her car while trying to raise 100 grand to pay her husband to go away Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785352256
ISBN
9781785352256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Nature is collapsing. The government doesn't want you to know why. Welcome to 2051 and 600ppm. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782799924
ISBN
9781782799924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. A story of Urban Enlightenment. To Fear, With Love is a modern-day twist on the timeless truth of human transformation and transcendence. Follow heroine Alice Bailey as she overcomes emotional suffering and adversity, using them as a catalyst to find passion and love. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782795810
ISBN
9781782795810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

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