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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618491
ISBN
9780816618491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. During those fateful weeks before Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, a fragment of radio intercept had referred to Qubth-ut-Allah, a devastating secret weapon that could rain death and destruction on the Allied forces. Despite Allied scepticism, Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass as an Arab, is sent into Kuwait to assess Iraqi strength. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 107 x 41. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552139908
ISBN
9780552139908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Series: Story-Tellers S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780285636040
ISBN
9780285636040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.21

paperback. Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780749386696
ISBN
9780749386696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. The tale of an outsider told from the inside. It speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. Cadence Roth holds the world record of shortest woman and is trying to renew her failed acting career, Maupin narrates the story through Cadence's journal entries. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552998758
ISBN
9780552998758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.83

perfect. At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552996099
ISBN
9780552996099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.85

paperback. Vicky thought that nobody would know if she just stepped out for twenty minutes. Everything was quiet; it was so easy for her to slip away ..One little lie. One little secret. One little mistake has changed everything. Now Vicky's best friend is going to help stop her whole life from falling apart. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552779791
ISBN
9780552779791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. When seven-year-old Irish orphan Lavinia is transported to Virginia to work in the kitchen of a wealthy plantation owner, she is absorbed into the life of the kitchen house and becomes part of the family of black slaves whose fates are tied to the plantation. But Lavinia's skin will always set her apart, whether she wishes it or not. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552779128
ISBN
9780552779128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.83

paperback. Features a collection of short stories. This book explores the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771054
ISBN
9780552771054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess' own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552164542
ISBN
9780552164542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
SKU
9780552163293
ISBN
9780552163293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. It is the early 1920s and Kate Hannigan is happily married to Dr Rodney Prince, who has willingly accepted her illegitimate daughter, Annie, as the eldest child of their household. Everything seems to be going well for the Prince family, but soon spiteful rumours about Kate's earlier life seem to haunt both her and Annie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 106 x 24. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Corgi Books, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780552145817
ISBN
9780552145817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Includes two of the author's critically acclaimed stories. This title contains a story that recounts the author's meeting with a young girl before being sent into combat. It also contains a story that features the Glass family, the loveable and idiosyncratic family. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241950456
ISBN
9780241950456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Features twenty classic tales of Horace Rumpole in which he battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198293
ISBN
9780141198293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.91

paperback. A complete collection of short fiction by one of the masters of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141188089
ISBN
9780141188089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

paperback. A collection of stories of the author whose stories - whether they are set in Italy, Greece, India, or in England itself - contrast the freedom of paganism with the restraints of English civilization, the personal, sensual delights of the body with the impersonal, inhibiting rules imposed by society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141186191
ISBN
9780141186191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A pornographic fantasy in which the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185385
ISBN
9780141185385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.75

paperback. When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099914709
ISBN
9780099914709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099599470
ISBN
9780099599470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

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