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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. 29 short stories by the best new African writers, selected by one of Africa's most eminent contemporary writers, Helon Habila. Editor(s): Habila, Helon. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083333
ISBN
9781847083333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Old Street Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910400111
ISBN
9781910400111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. A tragic love story set against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, and a major film from the director of House of Flying Daggers Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 118 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087037
ISBN
9781844087037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Repack
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764228490
ISBN
9780764228490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Hardcover. Not far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying but it's still a good time to be rich in San Francisco where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. This novel is a follow-up to the bestselling debut The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224098243
ISBN
9780224098243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
377
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155059
ISBN
9781903155059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.29

Paperback. Richard Mason's page-turning sequel to HISTORY OF A PLEASURE SEEKER, the continued adventures of the inimitable Piet Barol .. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474602358
ISBN
9781474602358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.53

Paperback. A spellbinding tale about what the human heart can inflict and the mind endure Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Film tie-in edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408865934
ISBN
9781408865934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.70

Paperback. This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels - who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes. Translator(s): Clarke, Alan R. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780722533949
ISBN
9780722533949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. From the three million copy bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes the big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND is a gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, as her modern-day characters are caught up in a battle that has been raging for hundreds of years. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
(Reissue)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007288632
ISBN
9780007288632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.42

Paperback. Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man.. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. 8vo. Good copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
SKU
KTK0090550
ISBN
9780007419913
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 10.99
€ 8.54

Hardcover. With its intricate rhyme scheme and dance-like pattern of repeated lines, its marriage of recurrence and surprise, the villanelle has fascinated poets ever since it was introduced almost two centuries ago. This title collects the poems that range from the classic villanelles of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597928
ISBN
9781841597928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 5. Weight in Grams: 94. 64pp
Publisher
Cinnamon Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781907090028
ISBN
9781907090028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.45

Hardback. Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to her husband's gamekeeper. Editor(s): Squires, Michael; Poplawski, Paul. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: D; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192482
ISBN
9780141192482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.29

Hardcover. For Bertie Wooster's old friend has fallen in love with Madeline Bassett and, as usual, makes a hash of the affair until Jeeves comes to the rescue. In the meantime, Jeeves must also solve the mystery of the white mess jacket, while sorting out the lives of Bertie's cousin Angela, her mother, and her mother's French chef. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591049
ISBN
9781841591049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardcover. This is the story of fatal attraction and its consequences. The American narrator's highly-strung wife falls for his bluff, inarticulate English friend. Retrospectively piecing the story together, the betrayed and now widowed husband puzzles over the mysteries of the affair. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150209
ISBN
9781857150209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Offers an exploration of primitive history. This title portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. It describes the brutality, prejudice and subjugation that occur when hunter-gatherers and farmers struggle for supremacy over the land. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391588
ISBN
9780141391588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Shortlisted for The Orange Prize and highly praised on hardback publication. Set in Lenigrad of the 1930s, ICE ROAD is a compelling and passionate story about ordinary people - Boris, Natasha, Irina - caught up in history Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080595
ISBN
9781844080595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Paperback. Room meets Stand By Me, in a thrilling tale of the loss of innocence Translator(s): Doust, Kylee. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128. 160 pages. Lorenzo Cuni is a fourteen-year-old loner. His wealthy parents think he is away on a school skiing trip, but, in fact, he has stowed away in a forgotten cellar. He plans to live in perfect isolation for a week, keeping the adult world at bay. Then a visit from his estranged half-sister, Olivia, changes everything. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 11. Weight: 128. Translator(s): Doust, Kylee.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857861986
ISBN
9780857861986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437024
ISBN
9780099437024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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