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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. 'Hope Against Hope' recounted the last four years in the life of the great Russian poet, Osip Mandelstam, and gave an account of Stalin's terror. 'Hope Abandoned' complements that earlier masterpiece, and in it Nadezhada Mandelstam describes their life together from 1919, and her own after Mandelstam's death in a labour camp in 1938. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 50. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846556548
ISBN
9781846556548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.68

Keywords: Fiction - General - Family Sagas - Women's Interest
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
752
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KHS0058469
ISBN
9780751531701
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509806560
ISBN
9781509806560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. You do not mess with Jack Reacher. He is as close to untraceable as a person can get. A loner comfortable in his anonymity and solitude. So when a member of his old Army unit finds a way to contact him, he knows this has to be serious. You do not mess with the Special Investigators. In the past the elite team always watched each other's backs. Series: Jack Reacher. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857500144
ISBN
9780857500144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Reaves, Michael; Pelan, John. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Del Rey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345452733
ISBN
9780345452733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. The moving sequel to NEW YORK TIMES bestseller Lisa Kleypas's SUGAR DADDY, BLUE-EYED DEVIL is a turbulent but beautiful star-crossed love affair.. Series: Travis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1 St. Martin's Press Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749909048
ISBN
9780749909048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591230
ISBN
9781841591230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowning. As the tourists he has been guiding down the river seek to save him, Aljaz is beset by visions horrible and fabulous. As the rapids rise, Aljaz relives not just his own life but also his country's dreaming. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784702908
ISBN
9781784702908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. 'A dark, suburban fantasy .. richly funny, even whimsical, and bizarrely familiar' - The New Yorker Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086525
ISBN
9781847086525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Paperback. Toward the end of the Algerian war, the FLN, organized a demonstration in Paris to oppose a curfew imposed upon Algerians in France. About 30,000 Algerians gathered peacefully, but the protest was suppressed by the Paris police. Between 50 and 200 Algerians were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Seine. This novel recounts this event. Translator(s): Mortimer, Mildred. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220233
ISBN
9780253220233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.77

Paperback. The perfect festive stocking-filler: a heartwarming and funny novel by bestselling author Chrissie Manby. Series: Proper Family. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KAK0006273
ISBN
9780340992760
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presenting an American epic poem, and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races, this volume features rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595540
ISBN
9780099595540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. A semi-autobiography of the childhood of Alan Kent, from early manhood to artist. The text includes brief, graphic sketches which illustrate the struggle against various hardening effects of a brutal and seemingly indifferent world. Illustrator(s): Frizzell, Ralph. Num Pages: 88 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820317892
ISBN
9780820317892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785762901
ISBN
9781785762901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

Paperback. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is an eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 292. 400 pages. The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a gutsy eighteen-year-old who grasps the chance of escape to foreign lands and takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years, he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai, and, on the other side of the law, brings about the overthrow of the Shogun. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841959597
ISBN
9781841959597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. "A richly imagined and stunningly inventive story of love, art, and betrayal in Paris of the 20's, 30's, and 40's"-- Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061713804
ISBN
9780061713804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609451882
ISBN
9781609451882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351788
ISBN
9781584351788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. In 1945, in Kostelec, Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only allowed in the band since he owns the bass, and the love of Danny's life is in love with somebody else. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Zebra/Grove Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047676
ISBN
9780141047676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. A sharply observed, keenly funny, wildly entertaining latter-day comedy of manners from the ultimate insider, the author of SEX AND THE CITY and FOUR BLONDES. Classic Candace Bushnell: wickedly funny social satire at its most sassy and entertaining. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 392. Clean copy with some very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KST0017051
ISBN
9780349114941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A retired bureaucrat has escaped the world to spend his twilight years running a guest-house on the banks of the country's holiest river, the Narmada. But he has chosen the wrong place for peace and quiet: too many lives converge here and he meets a series of unusual characters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099515944
ISBN
9780099515944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Daunt Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970740
ISBN
9781907970740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pinnacle
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786040322
ISBN
9780786040322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.61

Paperback. Charlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet dignified death, Charlie is left to face his own fierce resentment for his adulterous mother. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113041
ISBN
9781782113041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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