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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Set in Tuscany during the World War II, this book of the film tells the story of a devoted father who must use his wit and ingenuity to save his family from the spiralling horrors of the Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: APF; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571200344
- ISBN
- 9780571200344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KEX0245441
- ISBN
- 9780330439428
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The new paperback edition of a rarity: a brilliant novel of ideas that is also irresistible and very, very racy. An engrossing, hugely satisfying and entertaining read, by a young Argentinian superstar. For lovers of historical novels, and of the modernist giants Mann and Musil. Translator(s): Caistor, Nick; Garcia, Lorenza. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908968388
- ISBN
- 9781908968388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. * A captivating story of a child's investigation into who her real father is and the secrets clouding his disappearance. 'A haunting story of love and betrayal that ever so gently gets under your skin' THE MIRROR. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088065
- ISBN
- 9781844088065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Ophelia, criminal lawyer, is in for a shock. Her husband announces he's been having an affair, and leaves. Her home life and work implode - before long, she's broke, drinking too much and falling for a client. And then she is faced with the most serious trial of her life, when a disgruntled defendant comes back to haunt her. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907595493
- ISBN
- 9781907595493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.53
€ 10.99
€ 9.53
Paperback. A reissued edition of this classic Booker Prize-winning novel Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. 336 pages. A reissued edition of this classic Booker Prize-winning novel. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408834343
- ISBN
- 9781408834343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Josie Clark is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeff don't have much and it's often difficult to make ends meet. But Josie will do anything to protect her family and keep them safe. Bel Monkton is a successful property developer, living in a beautiful house by the sea. She seems to have everything going for her, but she's lonely. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KRA0011061
- ISBN
- 9780099586449
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
CD-Audio. The setting is Blandings Castle in rural Shropshire England, idyllic country seat of eccentric Clarence, 9th Earl of Emsworth. It is summer time and Blandings is bursting with bizarre visitors including his Lordship's sister Lady Constance and Alaric, Duke of Dunstable. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904605652
- ISBN
- 9781904605652
CD
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 17.81
€ 31.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. The riveting story of a woman determined to escape and the man who wants to find her, set in the glorious south of France. From the bestselling author of IF YOU WERE ME, ISOBEL'S WEDDING and MY MOTHER'S SECRET. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472210753
- ISBN
- 9781472210753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. From an acclaimed master of American fiction comes an intelligent and romantic novel about friendship, funerals and the myths we employ to make sense of ourselves Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847087812
- ISBN
- 9781847087812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
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€ 10.05
Paperback. Features such stories as: one of Cromwell's soldiers staggers home to find his wife remarried and promptly disappears, an eighteenth century farmer carries on an affair with a maid under his wife's nose, a mother writes letters to her imprisoned son, a 1980s real estate company discover a soldier's skeleton, dated to the time of Cromell. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099573449
- ISBN
- 9780099573449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062207517
- ISBN
- 9780062207517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.97
€ 21.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529040
- ISBN
- 9780099529040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
paperback. A collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's influential and imaginative writers. It was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. Editor(s): Yates, Donald A.; Irby, James East. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics England
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184845
- ISBN
- 9780141184845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. One early September afternoon, Yosef and Mariam, young Ethiopians set off on a road trip in search of an identity as an American couple. Thirty years later, Yosef has died, and the couple's son, Jonas, is desperate to make sense of the volatile generational and cultural ties that have forged him. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099521037
- ISBN
- 9780099521037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Ivan Vladislavic invites readers to do some detective work of their own. Each story can be read as a story or you can try to tease out the clues and patterns. Whether skewering extreme marketing techniques or constructing dystopian parallel universes, Vladislavic will make you look beyond appearances. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908276568
- ISBN
- 9781908276568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
€ 17.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all.. but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241969953
- ISBN
- 9780241969953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardcover. In order to save his reputation and the honour of his house at school after he shames himself by running away from a fight between fellow pupils and toughs from the local town, a studious schoolboy takes up the study of boxing. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591858
- ISBN
- 9781841591858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
hardcover. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield has been chosen by Claire Tomalin and emphasize the stronger, feminist side of her writing rather than the popular, more sentimental view. The 21 stories are presented in chronological order and include "Prelude", "The Garden Party" and "At the Bay". Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABU; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150483
- ISBN
- 9781857150483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905169811
- ISBN
- 9780905169811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.31
€ 10.31