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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Kemal's friend mysteriously disappears, leaving him a generous allowance and the use of his large house. He discovers that his new dwelling involves an inheritance of $1.3 million, and a Russian nobleman's missing son. Kemal embarks on a missing person case that will bring chaos and romance to his life. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846590672
ISBN
9781846590672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Maxwell Sim seems to have hit rock bottom: separated from his wife and daughter, estranged from his father, and with no one to confide in even though he has 74 friends on Facebook. He's not even sure whether he's got a job until suddenly a strange business proposition comes his way which involves a long journey to the Shetland Isles. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241967775
ISBN
9780241967775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Collector, adventurer and artist, Vivant Denon was a youthful courtier at Versailles; he lived through the French Revolution, and galloped across Egypt with Bonaparte. He found world fame without seeking it, risking his life and happiness in an endless quest, a love affair with art. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099492924
ISBN
9780099492924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardcover. Starting with "Broomsticks and Other Tales" of 1925, with its twelve stories, this book continues with "The Lord Fish" of 1933 with seven stories. It includes three distinctive stories, 'Pigtails, Ltd', 'The Thief' and 'A Nose'. These stories are quirky, sometimes frightening, and often preoccupied with states of mind and personal identity. Editor(s): de la Mare, Giles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900357050
ISBN
9781900357050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Coach House Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552451007
ISBN
9781552451007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.06

Paperback. Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099579038
ISBN
9780099579038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Raya, a mercurial Moscow blonde who speaks no English, and the affair she is embarking upon with Gordon Proctor-Gould, a British businessman who speaks no Russian. They need an interpreter; which is how Paul Manning is diverted from writing his thesis at Moscow University to become involved in all the deceptions of love and East-West relations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571315888
ISBN
9780571315888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KEX0200868
ISBN
9780349115900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. * The latest adventure from Edinburgh's favourite philosopher, Isabel Dalhousie, out now in paperback. Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Abacus London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123875
ISBN
9780349123875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099549062
ISBN
9780099549062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.51

Paperback. Danielle Steel is a master storyteller and one of the best-known and best-loved writers of women's fiction of all time Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751543834
ISBN
9780751543834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardback. A collection of short stories that is about our globalizing and atomizing world - with stories set in India, Sweden, Australia, and Iran - that also looks at how we meet and fail to meet and what connects us to one another, as well as waste and communication, and, in turn, communication through waste. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857422071
ISBN
9780857422071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.68

Novelty book. When Evelyn Morgan walks into Thorne and Son, a bookstore in the Cornish village of Clews, she doesn't know that she's going to meet the love of her life. When Brendan Thorne sells her a medieval poem called "The Book of the Green Knight", he doesn't know that it will shape his future. Num Pages: 82 pages, Spot Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Quirk Books United States
Number of pages
82
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Box Nov
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594745515
ISBN
9781594745515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. Twin brothers are reunited after twenty years of silence and blame when the prodigal son returns home.. In a matter of days, Peter McDowell loses everything he has worked so hard for - including his marriage. Stripped of everything, he has only one place he can retreat to: the home he left twenty years ago. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 283.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552166157
ISBN
9780552166157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. As Joana, endlessly mutable, moves through different emotional states, different inner lives and different truths, this impressionistic, dreamlike and fiercely intelligent novel asks if any of us ever really know who we are. Her innovation in fiction brought her international renown. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197340
ISBN
9780141197340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Presents a surreal novel. It is based on orgiastic wasteland of drugs, depravity, political plots, paranoia, sadistic medical experiments and endless, gnawing addiction. It also features authors notes on the text and alternate drafts. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189765
ISBN
9780141189765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A magnificent novel of heroism, sacrifice and love in a war-torn world Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 109 x 56. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Headline Book Publishing
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755305216
ISBN
9780755305216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Brings together a wide selection of the author's works, that offers an introduction to his extensive writing. This title includes the full text of "Fiesta"; and, long extracts from his three works of fiction, "A Farewell to Arms", "To Have and Have Not" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099460978
ISBN
9780099460978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812980189
ISBN
9780812980189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to Eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. This book shows readers the struggles that he faces with the rituals of 'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478461
ISBN
9780099478461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

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