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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother lies dying in a state hospital. As he tries to help her grapple with an unfeeling bureaucracy, Corde is troubled: at home the centre is not holding firm, in Eastern Europe authority is cruel and dehumanising. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141188867
- ISBN
- 9780141188867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784701987
- ISBN
- 9781784701987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.11
€ 18.99
€ 15.11
Paperback. The modern classic of life on the Home Front re-issued with a great new cover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284. 288 pages. Stella arrives at Hallows Farm in her Rayon stockings, having just waved goodbye to the love of life - naval officer Philip. Agatha has just graduated from Cambridge; life on the Farm is certainly going to offer her a different kind of education. Prue, a hairdresser from Manchester, is used to painting the town red, not manual labour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 192 x 174 x 25. Weight: 282.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780332468
- ISBN
- 9781780332468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204. 240 pages. When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FL. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747557524
- ISBN
- 9780747557524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.90
€ 13.99
€ 10.90
Hardcover. Translator(s): Bogin, Magda. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152814
- ISBN
- 9781857152814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. A light-hearted romp from 'The Jane Austen of our time' - Harpers & Queen Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 col. port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Publication date
- 1977
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552152518
- ISBN
- 9780552152518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A collection of short stories that evokes isolated lives and a lost world in stories that are set in the Jewish-Italian community of 1930s Ferrara. Translator(s): McKendrick, Jamie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141192123
- ISBN
- 9780141192123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. An extraordinary story of high diplomacy, low intrigue and a dangerous love affair set during the fiery nights of the Blitz-now in paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715650615
- ISBN
- 9780715650615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.57
€ 11.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099282747
- ISBN
- 9780099282747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. The Motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but Standish Treadwell won't be subdued. This title tells the story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. The Motherland is a world in which individuality and difference are crushed but Standish Treadwell won't be subdued. This title tells the story and the unforgettable heroism of Standish. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Hot Key Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KCG0001307
- ISBN
- 9781471401893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Set in contemporary India, this work includes five tales which paint a picture of Bombay - its ghosts, its passions, its feuds, its mysteries - while exploring questions of the human spirit. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234509
- ISBN
- 9780571234509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. New novel from the international bestselling chick-lit writer who keeps you guessing to the very end. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KST0026749
- ISBN
- 9780340993361
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The captivating first novel from bestselling and RNA prize-winning author Jojo Moyes. Num Pages: 528 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340960356
- ISBN
- 9780340960356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. William has a good, steady job in retail. He works in the bedlinen department of an Oxford Street store. Lucy has a portfolio career which, in her view, is no kind of career at all. Unable to sleep, she thinks a new pillow might be the answer. William and Lucy are not connected. Yet the pair of them share a terrible memory from the past. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224099813
- ISBN
- 9780224099813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.43
€ 24.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593715
- ISBN
- 9781841593715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.80
€ 20.99
€ 15.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447259091
- ISBN
- 9781447259091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters home describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out fantasies hatched by Star Trek; and more. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099533016
- ISBN
- 9780099533016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Successive episodes in the death and burial of Addie Bundren are recounted by various members of the family circle, principally as they are carting their mother's coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, in order to bury her among her people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099479314
- ISBN
- 9780099479314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.68
€ 8.68
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591018
- ISBN
- 9781841591018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. A compelling story of love, loss and belonging Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 332. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KRA0013067
- ISBN
- 9781444744163
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Motherhood, it seems, has more pitfalls than Lucy might have expected. Caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No 1 and hypercompetitive Alpha Mum, Lucy is in danger of losing the parenting plot. And worst of all, she's alarmingly distracted by Sexy Domesticated Dad. It's only a matter of time before the dirty laundry blows up in her face. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306. Nice copy, with some shelfwear. Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KST0026813
- ISBN
- 9780099502883
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Motherhood, it seems, has more pitfalls than Lucy might have expected. Caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No 1 and hypercompetitive Alpha Mum, Lucy is in danger of losing the parenting plot. And worst of all, she's alarmingly distracted by Sexy Domesticated Dad. It's only a matter of time before the dirty laundry blows up in her face. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306. In good condition. A well read copy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRS0010859
- ISBN
- 9780099502883
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226696
- ISBN
- 9780571226696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with her hero, Paul Newman. This book presents a portrait of small-town America and an emotional tour de force. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571235711
- ISBN
- 9780571235711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75