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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736790
ISBN
9780198736790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. Zhou Wei Hui lives in Shanghai and is a graduate of the prestigious Fudan University. Marrying Buddha is her second novel; her first, Shanghai Baby, was an international bestseller. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Constable and Robinson United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845291709
ISBN
9781845291709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.01

Paperback. This second collection of short stories by the author of the prize-winning "Four Bare Legs in a Bed", recently nominated as one of Granta magazine's Best Young British Novelists, continues to explore ideas of independence, solitude, marriage, sex and babies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749395452
ISBN
9780749395452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Offers a collection of twelve writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780099524083
ISBN
9780099524083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. 1980s Soho. Parties, love affairs and secrets .. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409120902
ISBN
9781409120902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

paperback. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188348
ISBN
9780141188348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Over seventy years have passed since sisters Rose and Connie Doughty found an abandoned baby near their home on the island Scribbly Gum. With no one to take care of it, Rose and Connie took the baby in as their own. Since then the 'Munro Baby Mystery' has brought fame and fortune, putting Scribbly Gum on the tourist map. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405918510
ISBN
9781405918510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 15 x 151 x 232. Weight in Grams: 565. 8vo. Good clean copy of the large format paperback edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
SKU
KEX0259631
ISBN
9780755326211
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 107 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552075831
ISBN
9780552075831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Featuring undertakers, dark forests, resurrected butterflies and a singularly mean-spirited horse, this work features various stories. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225491
ISBN
9780571225491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. Set mainly in London or New York, this title includes many stories that concerns ordinary people - shopassistants, schoolmasters, secretaries, servants, unsuccessful writers - living the life of rented rooms and cheap cafes. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591704
ISBN
9781841591704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. "Originally published in French as L'Origine de l'homme by Editions P.O.L, Paris, 2002"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Wing, Betsy. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306. 265 pages. The Origin of Man is the story of one man--and all humanity--waging a war against oblivion without ever quite winning the day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 14. Weight: 306. Translator(s): Wing, Betsy.
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Number of pages
265
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564787378
ISBN
9781564787378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.79

Paperback. A first ink drawing showed a hanged man swinging from a gallows on which perched an enormous crow. And there were at least twenty other etchings and pen or pencil sketches that had the same leitmotif of hanging. On the edge of a forest: a man hanging from every branch. Translator(s): Coverdale, Linda. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141393452
ISBN
9780141393452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590172872
ISBN
9781590172872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. * A wonderful novel about unravelling a young woman's secret past. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349102702
ISBN
9780349102702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Former steel worker Harry Perkins has led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes removal of American bases and public control of finance. The Establishment is appalled by the prospect. As M15 conspires with the city and the press barons, Perkins finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687402
ISBN
9781846687402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. Emma Funnell is the matriarch of Bramble House, built for her as a wedding gift. Now, in 1968, she is in her seventies, with the avowed intent of living to be a hundred. And, as she has always done, she continues to rule the roost, for apart from herself three generations of the Funnell family live in the house - all of them women. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 24. Weight in Grams: 190. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KRA0003344
ISBN
9780552133036
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Copy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909570009
ISBN
9781909570009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Charts the unlikely meeting between East and West that follows Ludmila Derev's appearance on a Russian Brides website. Determined to save her family from starvation in the face of marauding troops, this title presents Ludmila's journey. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230952
ISBN
9780571230952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Series: Stay More. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Weight in Grams: 0.7.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612181042
ISBN
9781612181042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before we took it to the edge of destruction. And off the air, Billie and Spike are falling in love. What will happen when their story combines with the world's story, as they whirl towards Planet Blue, into the future? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141032603
ISBN
9780141032603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Arcadia Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901969078
ISBN
9781901969078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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
€ 12.95

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

€ 11.99
€ 10.79

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