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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The portrait of a New Orleans stockbroker, Binx Bolling, turning thirty and caught between ennui and a need for redemption through women, family or personal revelation, 'The Moviegoer' won the National Book Award in the USA on its first publication in 1961. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780413773272
ISBN
9780413773272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: FA. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
LITTLE BROWN IMPORTS
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780316129374
ISBN
9780316129374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. The Time Machine (1895) is H. G. Wells's first published novel as well as his most enduring and influential work. Editor(s): Arata, Stephen. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Norton Critical Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927948
ISBN
9780393927948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.50

Paperback. Reassembles the Charles W Chesnutt's work in the conjure tale genre. This work allows the reader to see how the original volume was created, how an African American author negotiated with the tastes of the dominant literary culture of the late nineteenth century, and how that culture both promoted and delimited his work. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313878
ISBN
9780822313878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. As the newly-built foundries of South Wales enter their first decline, a travelling harpist from the rural north arrives in town to find his friends caught in a fiercly-fought industrial dispute, a dispute which quickly spirals out of control. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Parthian Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781908069733
ISBN
9781908069733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Farree has discovered a portion of his true heritage as one of the ancient Little People, the Faery Folk, of legend - but so far as he knows, he is the only one of his kind to survive. That is, until his compatriots, star-traveler Krip Vorlund and sorceress Lady Maelen, run across wings for sale in the market on a distant frontier outpost world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 108 x 31. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baen Books
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781451637571
ISBN
9781451637571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.41

Paperback. For 9 years, Adam has been the centre of his mother, Cara's world. And, she has been the centre of his, until the day he disappears. When he is found in the woods, beside the body of a girl whom Cara has never heard of before, it feels as if her world has been torn apart. This book presents the story of the tangled bond between mother and child. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141024981
ISBN
9780141024981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced American writer living a very private life in Maine. Until, one wintry morning, his solitude is disrupted by the arrival of a package postmarked Berlin. But what is more unsettling is the name accompanying the return address on the package: Petra Dussmann. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FH; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099509745
ISBN
9780099509745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl's first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother's yearlong struggle with the death of her daughter, this book includes stories that make their world ours. Series: Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217904
ISBN
9780803217904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.73

Hardback. Translator(s): Jalil, Intizar. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423931
ISBN
9780857423931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. A long-awaited new novel set in the period of the French and Indian Wars brings a new dimension to the region s history" Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652137
ISBN
9781584652137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781471141270
ISBN
9781471141270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.99

Paperback. I Heart series book 1. Get ready to meet Angela Clark as she flees the world's worst wedding for a new life.. Series: I Heart Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780007288380
ISBN
9780007288380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. A collection of tales that have played an integral role in the development of modern dark fantasy. Editor(s): Hoppenstand, Gary. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 406 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803292987
ISBN
9780803292987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.92

Paperback. Describes the turn-of-the-century adventures of Tokyo belle Miss Morning Glory in a first-person narrative. With the addition of critical commentary and comprehensive notes, this annotated edition sheds light on the creative inventiveness of an important modernist writer. Editor(s): Marx, Edward; Franey, Laura E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Figure, 11 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135554
ISBN
9781592135554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. IN Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017630
ISBN
9789381017630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.30

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Revised and Expanded
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813529530
ISBN
9780813529530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Text Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911231028
ISBN
9781911231028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Sheila O'Flanagan was a No. 1 Sunday Times paperback bestseller in the UK and a No. 1 Irish Times bestseller in Ireland with SOMEONE SPECIAL Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KI20003417
ISBN
9780755343843
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beautiful and independent, Arabella has been brought up in rural seclusion by her widowed father. Devoted to reading French romances, the young woman imagines all sorts of misadventures that can befall a heroine such as herself. This is a parody of the style of Cervantes, and a telling and comic depiction of eighteenth-century English society. Editor(s): Gilroy, Amanda; Verhoeven, Wil. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140439878
ISBN
9780140439878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

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