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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Set in contemporary Bombay and other cities, this is a collection of 11 short stories that reflect Desai's skill for evoking the full flavour of Indian life. The colours, smells and sounds, as well as some intensely individual characters, are here. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428534
ISBN
9780099428534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Another deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 286. 416 pages. Another deliciously seasonal and heart-warming tale from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 144 x 198 x 27. Weight: 278.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847561169
ISBN
9781847561169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 109 x 30. Weight in Grams: 198.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hyperion New York
Number of pages
414
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRS0005923
ISBN
9780786893928
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In Old Bombay, they say you introduce only your worst enemy to opium. But in Rashid's opium room on Shuklaji Street, the air is thick with voices and ghosts. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame, her hair falling across her eyes. Men sprawl and mutter in the gloom. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571275786
ISBN
9780571275786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. From the author of international bestseller, SOPHIE'S WORLD, a spell-binding fable about a girl who begins to receive messages from another time.. STATION ELEVEN meets THE LITTLE PRINCE. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780229188
ISBN
9781780229188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FJMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183909
ISBN
9780141183909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Paperback. The new hilarious, poignant and darkly comic novel by the Queen of Comedy Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Headline Review
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755322329
ISBN
9780755322329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. In the 1600s Sara de Vos, a mother and painter, loses her young daughter suddenly to illness. In her grief, she secretly begins paintingh a dark landscape of a girl watching a group of ice skaters from the edge of a wood In 1950s New York, Martijn de Groot has At the Edge of a Wood hanging above his bed. Though it is a dark, peculiar painting, by a scarcely known female painter of the Golden Age, he holds the painting dear and when it is stolen, he is beeft. In Brooklyn, struggling art student Ellie Shipley accepts a commission to paint an intricate forgery of de Vos' sole surviving work, not realising that her decision will come to haunt her. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781925266801
ISBN
9781925266801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0017492
ISBN
9781848400382
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents a story of love and betrayal, of seduction and of possession, and of a people desperately trying to find stability amidst the maelstrom of their times. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747557852
ISBN
9780747557852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. From a brave girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, to a lesson in summoning storm clouds to help end a drought, these women struggle against domestic violence, savage wilderness, and the corrosive effects of poverty and addiction to secure a sense of for themselves and for those they love. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099591887
ISBN
9780099591887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. Featuring the fictional character Clive Staples (aka 'Jack') Lewis as an amateur detective, presented with a mysterious crime. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Marylebone House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910674178
ISBN
9781910674178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. The magical new novel from Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, Milly Johnson Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Paperback Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471114649
ISBN
9781471114649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardcover. First published in 1922, and modelled on Homer's "Odyssey", this is Joyce's account of one day in 1904 in the life of Dublin. It is an earthy story which focuses on the humble Lionel Bloom and his sensuous wife, Molly. Num Pages: 1076 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 51. Weight in Grams: 998.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151008
ISBN
9781857151008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. Home To An Empty House tells in Alun Richards' incisive style the story of a marriage that has long since lost its sparkle. Walter, the wisecracking paranoiac and Connie, teacher of the 'backward class', are a couple who know a lot about sex but little about each other. Series: Library of Wales. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902638850
ISBN
9781902638850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Hardback. One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story of Offred, one of the few women in the Republic of Gilead left with functioning ovaries, whose only function it is to breed. If she deviates, she will be hanged as a dissenter. But Offred is determined to find a way out. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 192 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435124090
ISBN
9780435124090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.54

Paperback. Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult explores the heartbreaking issue of teen suicide in this deeply moving and impossible to put down novel, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 37. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444754353
ISBN
9781444754353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.71

Paperback. It's Tibet, 1954. Steeped in the Quaker tradition of non-violence and longing to live in a society that has embraced pacifism for centuries, two Americans Emma and Gerald Kittredge are soon happily adopted by their Tibetan neighbours, Dorje and Rinchen. But the arrival of Maoist soldiers into their quiet life shatters everything. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687367
ISBN
9781851687367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. In a sublime short story collection, the author explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a London flat to the hush-hush floor of an exclusive Hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245000
ISBN
9780571245000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447276494
ISBN
9781447276494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A Great American Novel - from the author of 'Borrowed Finery'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007150380
ISBN
9780007150380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Includes the stories "Hornblower and the Atropos", "The Happy Return", and "A Ship of the Line". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140081770
ISBN
9780140081770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099577423
ISBN
9780099577423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A provocative view of modern society weaved into a tale of explosive love and, perhaps, even, black magic. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188. As new.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KRF0028051
ISBN
9780006545927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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