Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Davie Watts is the Trackman. He knows what song to play to you and he knows exactly when you need to hear it. Davie seeks out strangers in need and helps them using the power of music. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 200 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908373434
- ISBN
- 9781908373434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.08
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Paperback. Explores the last years of Hemingway's life, evoking both Cuba and this giant of American letters with enormous skill and wit. This title takes you on a journey into the past and into the personality of one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic and powerful writers, and totally convincing portrait emerges, as well as a riveting mystery. Translator(s): King, John. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 172. 240 pages. Explores the last years of Hemingway's life, evoking both Cuba and this giant of American letters with enormous skill and wit. This title takes you on a journey into the past and into the personality of one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic and powerful writers, and totally convincing portrait emerges, as well as a riveting mystery. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 128 x 199 x 21. Weight: 206. Translator(s): King, John.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841955414
- ISBN
- 9781841955414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743478472
- ISBN
- 9780743478472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.80
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Hardback. A story of Hollywood, celebrity and the love of two brothers. It conveys a family's predicament: the decline of one brother, their mother's disappearance and reappearance and the flayed emotions in search of healing, the loneliness and intimacy of despair and the buoyancy of filial love. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747502371
- ISBN
- 9780747502371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
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Paperback. A dark, sexy thriller from the author of Sex Education Num Pages: 192 pages, plan. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Edition
- Illustrated edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC LONDON
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747574187
- ISBN
- 9780747574187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.51
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€ 8.51
Paperback. They are called The Glory Boys, by those who regard their exploits with envy or contempt. Bob Kearton is one of them. Already a veteran and survivor of the close action in the English Channel and North Sea, in January of 1943, he is ordered to the Mediterranean and beleagured Malta, a mere sixty miles from occupied Sicily. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 320
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484271
- ISBN
- 9780099484271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. New York, 1945 - Sara Smythe, a young, beautiful and intelligent woman, ready to make her own way in the big city, attends her brother's Thanksgiving Eve party. As the party gets into full swing, in walks Jack Malone, a US Army journalist back from a defeated Germany and a man unlike any Sara has ever met before. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 42. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Books Edition
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099415374
- ISBN
- 9780099415374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.45
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503942981
- ISBN
- 9781503942981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.78
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€ 14.78
Hardcover. A burlesque epic in the tradition of The Good Soldier Schweik, this title exposes the absurdity of war by applying its own demented logic to America's involvement in Korea. The 'catch' is that soldiers have to claim to be mad in order to get out of fighting - but being capable of making such a claim automatically proves them sane. Num Pages: 569 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 37. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 569
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152203
- ISBN
- 9781857152203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.64
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€ 15.64
Paperback.
- Publisher
- FABER MUSIC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571100934
- ISBN
- 9780571100934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.80
€ 11.80
Hardback. Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened. The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen, Tom finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781910702666
- ISBN
- 9781910702666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 5.47
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Paperback. An irresistible journey of love, intrigue and betrayal from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755358540
- ISBN
- 9780755358540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172339
- ISBN
- 9781590172339
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.85
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Paperback. Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 123 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551096
- ISBN
- 9780006551096
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.36
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Paperback. Set at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), suave master spy Sterling Archer deals with global espionage; a domineering, hypersexual, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane; her ISIS accountant boyfriend Cyril Figgis; and, a less-than-masculine code name: Duchess. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062066312
- ISBN
- 9780062066312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.68
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Paperback. Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. By the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the E.M.Forster Award. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749391621
- ISBN
- 9780749391621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Paperback. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784703608
- ISBN
- 9781784703608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. * Zora Neale Hurston's masterpiece is perhaps the most widely read and highly regarded novel in the entire canon of African American literature. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860685241
- ISBN
- 9780860685241
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Angry, dazzling and humane, The French Art of War is the Goncourt-winning novel about the intervals of peace and the moments of unspeakable savagery in French wars spanning half the world and half a century. Translator(s): Wynne, Frank. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857897534
- ISBN
- 9780857897534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.75
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Paperback. "Five-year-old Pea (shortened from her French name, Pivoine) and her eerily precocious younger sister, Margot, are left to their own devices for most of one oppressively hot summer in the French countryside after their father is killed in a farm accident and their pregnant and deeply depressed mother takes to her bed."--Library Journal. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KHN0002077
- ISBN
- 9781408841846
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Pamphlet. Translator(s): Barton, Polly. Series: Keshiki. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 4. .
- Publisher
- UEA Publishing Project
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911343028
- ISBN
- 9781911343028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.02
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Paperback. Hidden deep in the mountains, the recruits at 'Unit 701', China's secret services, operate in a dark, shadowy world. There is the 'wind-listener', a blind surveillance officer who can hear sounds from miles away, the beautiful, unstable maths genius who meets a violent end, and, the old man who deciphers codes in his dreams. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391458
- ISBN
- 9780141391458
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Condition: New
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Paperback. From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753825563
- ISBN
- 9780753825563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. Series: Caribbean Modern Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231453
- ISBN
- 9781845231453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84