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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

CD-Audio.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
4
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442300095
ISBN
9781442300095
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.39

Paperback. 2012: Edward, a diplomat held hostage for eleven years in an Afghan cave, returns to London to find his wife is dead, and in her place is an unnerving double - his daughter, now grown up. Numb with grief, he attempts to re-build his life and answer the questions that are troubling him. Was his wife's death an accident? Who paid his ransom? Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776981
ISBN
9780552776981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. A novel that puts the reader right in the heart of the 1967 Detroit race riots Series: Sweetwater Fiction: Originals. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472034291
ISBN
9780472034291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, is in love with an educated, modern woman, Mannu Wu. But, his family chose a wife for him when he was young. Tracing these lives through their summer of decision, this work conjures the texture of daily life in a place where the demands of human longing must contend with the weight of centuries of wisdom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0012909
ISBN
9780099287599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? Num Pages: 329 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Everyman
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151336
ISBN
9781857151336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.94

paperback. Memed grows up a serf to a vicious overlord on the plains of Turkey's Taurus region. When his plan to escape is dashed, and the young woman he loves murdered, Memed makes for the mountains to become an outlaw. Before long he has transformed from a young rebel to an infamous bandit, the scourge of corrupt oppressors and hero to the poor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9781784701086
ISBN
9781784701086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJPG; FA; JPFQ; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
9781509843701
ISBN
9781509843701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

hardcover. Tells a story that centers on two young women: Voltairine, a dancer who no longer dances but whose body is still haunted by the movement of dance, and her soulmate Emile, a young woman recovering from unexpected cardiac arrest. The girls are inseparable, and both their lives have been shattered by the horror of rape. Translator(s): Ball, David; Ball, Nicole. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
9780857421890
ISBN
9780857421890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.14

paperback. After building an empire that has made her a legend in business, Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the Mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of all. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552159067
ISBN
9780552159067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. A collection of short stories composed between 1910-62. It includes "Mr Loveday's Little Outing"; "Cruise"; "A House of Gentlefolks"; and, "The Sympathetic Passenger". Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193687
ISBN
9780141193687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.48

paperback. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavoring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. Editor(s): Hoffman, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141187778
ISBN
9780141187778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183923
ISBN
9780141183923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had.. Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about her real mother. Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? And more importantly, who is the real Daisy? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141046051
ISBN
9780141046051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. From teenage love in an eighties holiday park to flatshares, relationships, career crises and children, Vince and Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st BCA Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141012186
ISBN
9780141012186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

paperback. The narrator of this novel has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, Kafka, life, art and his passionate and adulterous affair with Daria. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099429586
ISBN
9780099429586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

paperback. Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. Off stage, however, she is bored with her handsome husband, coquettish and undisciplined. She is at first flattered and amused by the attentions of a shy and eager young fan, but before long Julia is amazed to find herself falling wildly, dangerously, in love. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099286837
ISBN
9780099286837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099282792
ISBN
9780099282792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.21

Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780870571
ISBN
9781780870571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

"Originally published in Hebrew in 1973 under the title Hamashal vehanimshal, having appeared as one of several stories in the volume Ir u-meloah." Translator(s): Diamond, James. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788717
ISBN
9780804788717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220042
ISBN
9780253220042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.61

BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 136 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451628036
ISBN
9781451628036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.81

Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416544197
ISBN
9781416544197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.62

Paperback. THE IT GIRL is the first in a sassy, sophisticated, completely addictive new series starring Jenny Humphrey from the hit series GOSSIP GIRL Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755339976
ISBN
9780755339976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Teenage daughters; a tricky ex-husband; love, friendship, warmth and humour - Maeve Binchy on top form in this No.1 bestseller Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752884646
ISBN
9780752884646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.34

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