Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Intends to give the reader an appreciation for how our economy works and the wondrous role that the price of everything plays in everyday life. This book presents a story about economic growth and the unseen forces that create and sustain economic harmony all around us. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143354
- ISBN
- 9780691143354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Presents a funny retelling of the Arabian Nights and a inspired exploration of the art of storytelling. This title reimagines how Sheherezade saved Baghdad's virgins and her own life through a heroic feat of storytelling - one that kept the Persian king Sharyar hanging in agonizing narrative and erotic suspense for 1001 nights. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143378
- ISBN
- 9780691143378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.59
€ 25.99
€ 19.59
Hardback. Nineteen classic fairy tales, retold for younger readers in the early twentieth-century, including "Rapunzel," "Little Red Riding-Hood," "Rumpelstiltskin," and "The Sleeping Beauty." Illustrator(s): Watson, A. H. Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Introduction
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159218
- ISBN
- 9780691159218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Hardback. Helene Cixous is one of France's leading contemporary writers. This new book is a work of fiction about the most implacable of human certainties - death. It explores death, mourning and loss by means of a poetic fiction: imagining a magic telephone through which one can open up a lifeline to departed loved ones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642994
- ISBN
- 9780745642994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648675
- ISBN
- 9780745648675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading French feminist writers, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648682
- ISBN
- 9780745648682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.31
€ 22.31
Hardback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653907
- ISBN
- 9780745653907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. * Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist author writing today. * This book tells the story of how the author re-discovers a box from the past, containing a book manuscript from over fifty years ago. This leads to reflections on literary creativity, memory, identity and dreams. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653914
- ISBN
- 9780745653914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Paperback. Gemini is a novel of extraordinary proportions, intricate images, and profound thought, in which Michel Tournier tells his fascinating story with an irresistible humor. Translator(s): Carter, Ann. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801857768
- ISBN
- 9780801857768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.29
€ 36.99
€ 31.29
Hardback. Magnolias, water, mescal, stars, and fire return again and again in these seven sparse-yet tightly written-vignettes. Series: Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894312
- ISBN
- 9780801894312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.71
€ 32.99
€ 27.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803224414
- ISBN
- 9780803224414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.23
€ 15.23
Paperback. Self-centred, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city to the next, Kate Riley is all too real but not at all the loyal and steady homebody of idealized womanhood. Kate is about to undergo exploratory brain surgery for a condition she herself has fabricated. Series: Flyover Fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3404 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225145
- ISBN
- 9780803225145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234932
- ISBN
- 9780803234932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.61
€ 17.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. Features stories such as: "Under the Lion's Paw", "Up the Coolly", "Mrs. Ripley's Trip" and more. Num Pages: 247 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press new york
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803270589
- ISBN
- 9780803270589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Paperback. Presents an account and indictment of colonialism. Translator(s): Anderson, Alison. Num Pages: Illus. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803279667
- ISBN
- 9780803279667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.53
€ 18.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Set largely in locations along the French Riviera, these 11 short stories depict with great compassion the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this privileged region. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280076
- ISBN
- 9780803280076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Series: Bison Book. Num Pages: 119 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: Bison Book S. 119 pages. Winky thought he'd seen everything in Wyoming Territory. Then into town one lazy day rode a long-haired kid and a colossal African mute. They were met in the saloon by Fiddler Jones, whose hair and temper flared like a wasps' nest. Fiddler's yellow eyes fell instantly in love with the kid's pouch of gold dust. That pouch was worth killing for. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803291317
- ISBN
- 9780803291317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.09
€ 14.09
Paperback. Tells the story of a dreamer on a journey of self-discovery. This novel is a hybrid of love story, tragedy, and farce, with a protagonist who sweet-talks teaspoons, flirts with important politicians, plays maidservant to young boys, and uses a passer-by's mouth as an ashtray. It aims to spoof the stiff-upper-lipped European petit bourgeois. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan (Assistant Professor, Bard College, USA). Num Pages: 141 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298095
- ISBN
- 9780803298095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Paperback. On a lazy, quiet afternoon, in the blink of an eye, our world shatters into two parallel universes, as men vanish from women and women from men. After families and loved ones separate from one another, life continues in different ways for men and women, boys and girls. An explosion of violence sweeps one world that still operates technologically. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298415
- ISBN
- 9780803298415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.48
€ 18.99
€ 18.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press oh
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804008914
- ISBN
- 9780804008914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.36
€ 33.36
Paperback. First published in 1930 under the title Fever Pitch, The Lizard Woman is Frank Waters' first novel. It foreshadows a theme central to Waters' later work: that we must attune our spirits to the land to fully understand our places in the natural order. Num Pages: 146 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 280. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804009874
- ISBN
- 9780804009874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618521
- ISBN
- 9780816618521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.17
€ 23.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Mier-Cruz, Benjamin. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677993
- ISBN
- 9780816677993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83
Paperback. When cattle rustlers working in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1880s switch to horses and target the Circle C ranch, fourteen-year-old Andi turns to Macy, a homeless, ill-bred new student whose mistakes have endangered Andi but who may hold the key to saving Taffy's foal. Series: Circle C Milestones. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Kregel Publications,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825443671
- ISBN
- 9780825443671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.37
€ 13.99
€ 10.37