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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
paperback. Ezeulu, the chief priest of Ulu, has rivals in the tribe, in the white government and even in his own family. Surrounded by trouble, he adopts an increasingly cosmic view of events - surely in the battle of the dieties, he is merely an arrow in the bow of his God? Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- HEINEMANN
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022456
- ISBN
- 9780435905309
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
hardcover. Charles Croker, Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur, is having to face the reality of massive debt. Conrad Hensly, idealistic father of two, is fired from his job in the Croker Global Foods warehouse in Oakland. Back in Atlanta, Fareek "The Cannon" Fannon, star running-back, is accused of date rape. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167. Weight in Grams: 1030. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022617
- ISBN
- 9780224030366
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022688
- ISBN
- 9781848403420
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. A collection of stories from the author's final years. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Newspaper clipping pasted to half-title page by previous owner. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022712
- ISBN
- 9780141042596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. The author has a genius for entering the lives of ordinary people and capturing the passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. This title takes mainly the lives of women - unruly, ungovernable, unpredictable, unexpected, funny, sexy and completely recognisable - and brings their hidden desires bubbling to the surface. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Random House
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022753
- ISBN
- 9780099287865
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Langland, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112961
- ISBN
- 9781551112961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.95
€ 42.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. Stories capture the peculiar rites of passage of growing up Midwestern Series: Break Away Books. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253008381
- ISBN
- 9780253008381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTG0007107
- ISBN
- 9780007429493
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780060834555
- ISBN
- 9780060834555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
€ 19.99
€ 18.54
paperback. Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives in the suburbs with his wife, Alice, who illustrates his award-winning children's books and gives him her unstinting devotion. Their life together is one of enviable privilege and ease - enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and beats her into a coma. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0023455
- ISBN
- 9780241965641
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Formed in the mists of New Year's Eve, The Sex Division sees procreation at its most material, as five men devise a point system based upon the act. A missing brother, prophetic visions, a love-affair, and a confrontation draw the characters out into the open, revealing the men behind the machismo. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Used paperback in very good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0038329
- ISBN
- 9780099739517
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060000806
- ISBN
- 9780060000806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060727086
- ISBN
- 9780060727086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
€ 19.99
€ 18.56
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780060859565
- ISBN
- 9780060859565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.53
€ 18.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062517494
- ISBN
- 9780062517494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297555
- ISBN
- 9780803297555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.51
€ 17.99
€ 17.51
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780060727673
- ISBN
- 9780060727673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060815165
- ISBN
- 9780060815165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.91
€ 32.99
€ 27.91
paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780061122422
- ISBN
- 9780061122422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. Rebuilding her life in a different town, the taciturn Elsie finds modest comfort among the white people who employ and befriend her. This book weaves the story of a ravaged woman into the traditional tales of her people to create a vivid sense of communities bound by storytelling and understanding and sundered by ignorance and silence. Series: Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803298651
- ISBN
- 9780803298651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.68
€ 19.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. An epic novel recounting the experiences of people living under the German occupation of northern France during World War I. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773547544
- ISBN
- 9780773547544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
paperback. Tells the story of Anna Blume and her journey to find her lost brother, William, in the unnamed City. The author takes us to an unspecified and devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber And Faber Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571227303
- ISBN
- 9780571227303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.64
€ 11.99
€ 10.64
paperback. Reflects the consequences of 9/11, that forces us to confront the blackness of night even as it celebrates the existence of ordinary joys in a world capable of the most grotesque violence. This novel presents the story of a seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571240777
- ISBN
- 9780571240777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.64
€ 11.99
€ 10.64
paperback. From the author of the cult classic The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear comes another fantastical journey into Zamonia. This captivating story from the unique imagination of Walter Moers is astonishingly inventive, amusing and engrossing. Num Pages: 688 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099472223
- ISBN
- 9780099472223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.97
€ 24.99
€ 20.97