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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. A collection of truly brilliant short stories, each depicting the deeply personal experience of a universal or historical event. Momentous fiction from the best American writer of his generation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780297829508
ISBN
9780297829508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Dalits constitute about one sixth of India's population. Spread over the entire country, and belonging to many religions, they have become a major political force. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations 1 map,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129732
ISBN
9780231129732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Deals with Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender - one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In this book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack - and how his world then slowly devolves. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1064.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226141794
ISBN
9780226141794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.38

Paperback. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. This title presents eleven short stories. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183862
ISBN
9780141183862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042190
ISBN
9780141042190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Eeva, orphaned daughter of a failed revolutionary, also battles to find her independence and identity. Destitute when her father dies, she is sent away to a country orphanage, and then employed as servant to a widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015026
ISBN
9780141015026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Ever wondered what happened to your first love? Imagine bumping into them twelve years later and realizing you still fancy them rotten. That's exactly what happens to Dig Ryan when he sees Delilah again. Now imagine you're Nadine. You and Dig have been best friends for fifteen years. And you've finally realized that you're in love with him. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140279283
ISBN
9780140279283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

paperback. The final appearance of Nicholas de Fleury, who started in the first of the Niccolo series as an 18-year-old apprentice. Now in his 30s, his flair for numbers means he could find a place almost anywhere in 15th century Europe. But first he has to return to Scotland where men wait to kill him. Series: House of Niccolo. Num Pages: 768 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 198 x 45. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140252316
ISBN
9780140252316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.41

Paperback. Helen is fifty-two and Edward forty-nine when Dorothy, their mother, dies, ending her reign of terror and leaving them ill-equipped to deal with their lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140119329
ISBN
9780140119329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 111 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage Publishing GB
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099570332
ISBN
9780099570332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country. With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love. And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornerstone
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539148
ISBN
9780099539148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. Series: The Will Trent Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 36. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9780099509752
ISBN
9780099509752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs Elner Shimfissle is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next thing she knows, she is off on a strange adventure, running into people, in the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, 'What's life all about anyway?' Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507642
ISBN
9780099507642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Friday August 15th, 1997. Two tiny Korean babies are delivered to two very different Baltimore families. Every year, on the anniversary of 'Arrival Day' the two families celebrate together, with more and more elaborately competitive parties, as little Susan and Jin-ho take roots and become American. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9780099499398
ISBN
9780099499398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornerstone
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457039
ISBN
9780099457039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.23

paperback. In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey. This book tells Ernie's story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285595
ISBN
9780099285595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Judith's worst nightmare comes true when Vivian Flynn, her husband's first wife, moves two doors down from the Hillside Manor. She brings along her new husband, Billy 'Blunder' Buss, who is many years her junior. But as the B&B business is going well and Vivian isn't causing any problems for the Flynns, Judith adjusts to the situation. Series: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 106 x 22. Weight in Grams: 167.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780061351556
ISBN
9780061351556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. A brilliant novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Proulx, author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007151523
ISBN
9780007151523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.38

Paperback. The cult classic that can still change your life.. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
50th Anniversary edition
SKU
V9780006513902
ISBN
9780006513902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Sixties London, fashion, affairs and heartbreak - an all-consuming tale from No. 1 bestselling author, Penny Vincenzi. The Original and The Best. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 55. Weight in Grams: 602. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0011303
ISBN
9780755379538
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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