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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. This final, classic collection of stories reveals Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Included are: "The Lotus Eater", "The Outstation" and "The Back of Beyond". Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099428862
ISBN
9780099428862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9781857152883
ISBN
9781857152883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Private detective Lew Archer has better things to do than take on an investigation for Alex Kincaid, a young man claiming that his new bride, Dolly, has gone missing. Snapped by a hotel photographer on the day of their wedding, the beautiful girl vanished only hours after and Alex has heard nothing since. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141196619
ISBN
9780141196619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472339
ISBN
9780099472339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Depicts the imagined life of an ordinary person, Bing Wu, from the hardships of his earliest years on a rural farm to his retirement from a respected position in government service. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846226
ISBN
9781603846226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.02

Paperback. From the author of 'Black Bread White Beer' Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 172. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
SKU
KRA0009085
ISBN
9780008113438
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional school mistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a world of adult games that they will never forget. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141181424
ISBN
9780141181424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Behind the bar at Jameel's in Cairo hang two mugs engraved with the names of Ram and Font. During their years together in London, they drank many a pint of Bass from these mugs. But there is no Bass in Nasser's Egypt, so Ram and Font have to make do with a heady mixture of beer, vodka and whisky. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687563
ISBN
9781846687563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Captivating and evocative, Letter from a Stranger will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 330. Good, clean copy. Covers and page edges showing minor shelfwear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KSG0006197
ISBN
9780007441716
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Love by Jeanette Winterson Race by Toni Morrison Death by Julian Barnes Sisters by Louise May Alcott Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FM; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872687
ISBN
9781784872687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Paperback. Kully knows some things you don't learn at school. She knows the right way to roll a cigarette and pack a suitcase. She knows that cars are more dangerous than lions. She knows you can't enter a country without a passport or visa. And she knows that she and her parents can't go back to Germany again - her father's books are banned there. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188454
ISBN
9780141188454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Now the big day has finally arrived, it's time to .. savour the moment. Enjoy the third installment of Nora Roberts' highly successful Bride quartet Series: Bride Quartet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Piatkus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749929039
ISBN
9780749929039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. The international bestselling sensation. Translator(s): Bradbury, Roy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141800
ISBN
9780349141800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. 'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in a state of religious flux. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349106007
ISBN
9780349106007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. In this novel the light and the dark sides of 19th-century London flow into each other, attracting the attention of famous names such as Marx and Gissing, but also of less well-known characters, who play a significant role in a tale that is a mixture of fable, adventure and Gothic comedy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749396596
ISBN
9780749396596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. When Rosie, a successful radio presenter, hears that her father has had a stroke, her life is thrown into disarray and she finds herself making reckless decisions that make little sense to those around her. As she strives towards building some kind of future for herself and her father, he quietly plots his own death. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099539858
ISBN
9780099539858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Roman Books India
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789380905471
ISBN
9789380905471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Born in the Bahamas, Bert Williams moved to California with his family. Too poor to attend Stanford University, he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker. Together they played lumber camps and mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to 'play the coon'. This novel is about the life of one remarkable man. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099488873
ISBN
9780099488873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KIN0008131
ISBN
9781853714405
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Naipaul's praise is rare enough to be notable; and Taseer lives up to it .. among the sharpest and best-written fictions about contemporary India' Independent Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330544443
ISBN
9780330544443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

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